We’re thrilled to announce the Top Search-Tech Voices for 2025 - a carefully curated list of the world's top search-tech professionals.
Click here to nominate your favorite Search-Tech Pros
Search technology is quietly at the heart of so many of the products and platforms we rely on every day. From e-commerce sites delivering instant product results to observability tools helping DevOps teams uncover critical insights, search tech powers the digital experiences that users expect to be seamless, fast, and intuitive.
Behind the scenes, technologies like Elasticsearch and OpenSearch are the engines driving these capabilities—but the expertise to design, implement, and optimize search systems is anything but straightforward.
The professionals who excel in this field come from a variety of backgrounds and hold a range of job titles: data engineers, architects, developers, DevOps specialists, and even product managers. Despite their diverse roles, they all share one thing in common—a deep understanding of and interest in search.
But finding these experts on the internet and learning from them isn’t easy. Search tech isn’t as sexy as other areas of the tech industry. It doesn’t enjoy the same spotlight as fields like AI or cloud computing, and there isn’t a central hub where the leading voices of the search tech world are celebrated or easily discovered.
That’s why we created this list. To give credit where credit is due, and to make the top search-tech voice readily available to the rest of the community.
So whether you’re a developer trying to optimize your Elasticsearch cluster, a DevOps engineer integrating search into an observability stack, or a product leader seeking inspiration for building user-centric search features, this collection highlights the leaders sharing knowledge and pushing boundaries in the world of search.
These voices represent the pulse of search tech in 2025, and we’re here to celebrate and learn from them, together.
Why We Put This List Together
Here at Pulse, we live and breathe search technology. As experts in Elasticsearch and OpenSearch operations ourselves, we’ve worked with dozens of companies and hundreds of industry professionals over the years who are solving complex problems and driving innovation in their organizations. One thing we’ve learned along the way? These individuals aren’t just powering search; they’re powering their companies’ success.
We also know how important the search tech community is. This is a space built on collaboration and shared knowledge—innovations happen faster when insights are shared, challenges are discussed, and new ideas are celebrated. However, despite the critical role these experts play, there hasn’t been a go-to resource to shine a light on their contributions or make it easy for others to learn from their expertise.
That’s why we’re finally putting this list together. It’s more than just a recognition of top voices; it’s a resource for the community we care so much about. Whether you’re new to search or a seasoned pro, we hope this list helps you discover new perspectives, find inspiration, and connect with the incredible professionals shaping the future of search technology.
How Do We Decide Who Makes the List?
In the spirit of transparency, here are the considerations we use to choose the top search-tech voices to follow:
- Tech Stack: Are search technologies an integral part of their organization’s tech stack? We’re looking for people who have hands-on experience using and managing these technology deployments at scale.
- Creativity and Innovation: We’re looking for people who have exhibited a creative approach to working with these technologies to positively impact their products, their organizations or the wider industry.
- Leadership: Is this person a leader in this field? Do they exhibit unique opinions or have they exhibited exceptional achievements in this space?
- Wisdom Sharing: Does this person share valuable content on social media or through regular speaking engagements? We’re looking to highlight people who take the time to share their wisdom with the community
- Community-sourced: We’re giving strong preference to people who are nominated by the community. We want to celebrate the voices you value most!
We'll review this list regularly, and we welcome your feedback and suggestions.
How to Nominate Someone to Get Featured
The list of Top Search Tech Voices is under ongoing review by our editorial team. If you know of someone who deserves a mention - nominate them! It’s free and only takes about 45 seconds of your time.
Just fill out this form. You can submit as many names as you’d like and you can even nominate yourself.
We’ll be publishing our initial list of recipients soon, and we’ll be adding/publicizing new additions as they are added throughout the year.