Open search Engineer

5+ years of hands-on experience administering Solr and/or OpenSearch in production environments Strong proficiency in Java and Python, with demonstrated ability to read, debug, and modify existing application code Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts: sharding, replication, consistency, cluster topology Experience with AWS services (EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudWatch) Experience managing clusters on at least one third-party/non-AWS cloud provider (e.g., Google Cloud Platform) Hands-on experience with REST APIs, Query DSL, and index management (ILM/ISM policies) Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Copilot) to improve engineering velocity and code quality Experience with CI/CD tools and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar) Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning skills Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or similar) Solid understanding of Git-based version control and code review workflows