Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

Elastic

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Typical pay for professionals in tech and media in Greece: around €30,635 a year Official statistics
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Permanent residency after about 5 yrs
Citizenship after about 7 yrs
Work language: likely English (posting is in English)

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About the role

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

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Typical pay for professionals in tech and media in Greece: around €30,635 a year Official statistics

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Salary

1.6 × Greece’s average gross yearly salary. No official euro amount found, and Greece is revising the procedure.

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