Principal Search Engineer - Java, Elastic Search, Solr

Location: Hyderabad, India, (Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite / 2 Days Remote)

About Nasuni

Nasuni is a profitable, growing SaaS data infrastructure company reinventing enterprise file storage and data management in an AI-driven world. We power the data infrastructure of the world’s most cutting-edge enterprises. Backed by Vista Equity Partners and Goldman Sachs, our engineers are building what’s next with AI. Our platform lets businesses seamlessly store, access, protect, and unlock AI-driven insights from exploding volumes of unstructured file data. As an engineer here, you’ll help build AI-powered infrastructure trusted by 900+ global customers, including Dow, Mattel, and Autodesk.

Nasuni is headquartered in Boston, USA with offices in Cork-Ireland, London-UK and an India Innovation Center in Hyderabad India.. The company’s recent Annual Revenue is $160M and growing at 25% CAGR.

We have a hybrid work culture. 3 days a week working from the Hyderabad office during core working hours and 2 days working from home.





Principal Search Engineer – Distributed Search & SaaS Platforms

Role Overview

Nasuni is building the future of AI-powered enterprise file data infrastructure, and search is a foundational capability of that platform.

As a Principal Search Engineer, you will serve as the technical owner and architect of Nasuni’s distributed search and MCP SaaS platform. This role is designed for a senior individual contributor who thrives at the intersection of deep technical execution and long-term platform strategy.

This role is for engineers who want to design and operate mission-critical search systems at scale, influence platform direction, and mentor others without people management responsibilities.

Level & Scope Definition (Principal IC)

Autonomy & Ownership

• Owns end-to-end technical design of Nasuni’s search platform

• Makes architectural decisions within the search domain

• Operates with minimal oversight

📌 Principal Search Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Nasuni
📍 Hyderabad