Employers hiring for Lucene on this page include Elastic, ServiceNow, and Etsy. Lucene roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Lucene is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Lucene roles span the full seniority range — we list 50 open roles requiring Lucene across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Lucene hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Lucene roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Lucene candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Lucene on current listings.

Principal Software Engineer - Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteUK

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteSpain

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteSwitzerland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteUK

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteSpain

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

RemoteIreland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

18d

Elastic

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$154k – $244k

Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra

18d

Elastic

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$160k – $253k

Elastic Consultant - Public Sector

24d

Elastic

RemoteGermany

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic

RemoteSpain

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€80k – €127k

Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra

1mo

Elastic

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€73k – €116k

Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic

RemoteIreland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€103k – €163k

Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search

1mo

Elastic

RemoteIreland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€103k – €163k

Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search

1mo

Elastic

RemoteSpain

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€80k – €127k

Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search

1mo

Elastic

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€73k – €116k

Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless

1mo

Elastic

RemotePortugal

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€56k – €88k

Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic

RemoteIreland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€86k – €136k

Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless

1mo

Elastic

RemoteNorway

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic

RemoteRomania

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$272k – $430k

Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic

RemoteSpain

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€67k – €106k

Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€61k – €97k

Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless

1mo

Elastic

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$133k – $211k

Principal Software Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic

RemoteGreece

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€73k – €116k

Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless

1mo

Elastic

RemoteRomania

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless

1mo

Elastic

RemoteIreland

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€103k – €163k

Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless

1mo

Elastic

RemoteNorway

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless

1mo

Elastic

RemotePortugal

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€67k – €106k

Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless

1mo

Elastic

RemoteSpain

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work€80k – €127k

Principal Java Developer - Distributed Systems, Serverless

1mo

Elastic

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$128k – $203k

Principal Search Consulting Architect

1mo

Elastic

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$160k – $253k

Principal Search Consulting Architect

1mo

Elastic

RemoteBrazil

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$133k – $211k

Senior Java Developer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch

1mo

Elastic

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$128k – $203k

Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search

2mo

Elastic

RemoteUSA

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$160k – $253k

Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search

2mo

Elastic

RemoteCanada

62 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$154k – $244k

Sr Staff Software Engineer

ServiceNow

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$191k – $334k

Senior Agentic Search Infrastructure Engineer

10d

ServiceNow

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$143k – $243k

Software Engineer III

11d

ZoomInfo

HybridWaltham, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$112k – $176k

Threat Detection Engineer

1mo

ID.me

HybridMcLean or Mountain View

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Search Engineer - Search and Browse Core

1mo

Zalando

HybridBerlin, Germany

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO

Senior Agentic Search Infrastructure Engineer

17d

ServiceNow

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$143k – $243k

Staff Site Reliability Engineer I, Search Developer Platform

2mo

Etsy

HybridDublin, Ireland

57 · Good5 day weekGenerous Parental Leave€118k – €139k

Agentic Search Infrastructure Engineer

1mo

ServiceNow

OnsiteMountain View, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

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