The first prominent open-source search library, Apache Lucene, becomes a top-level Apache project. Modern search is born.
about
A world where you always find what you’re searching for.
Our mission is to empower businesses through meaningful, scalable search experiences.
How we started
Bonsai was developed by One More Cloud, a bootstrapped software firm that provides specialized hosted cloud services. Launched in 2012, Bonsai was the first hosted Elasticsearch-as-a-service on the market and remains the leader in providing world-class search solutions and in 2021, Bonsai became the first OpenSearch provider.
Based in Austin, Texas, our company is small and independent. Since day one, we’ve been self-funded, profitable, and beholden to our customers alone. We are driven to provide world-class experiences for developers and businesses.
The OMC team launches Websolr, a hosted version of Solr. It is the first hosted version of Solr on the market. Champagne toasts ensue.
Shay Banon releases Elasticsearch, a modern distributed search engine based on Lucene.
The OMC team launches the first hosted Elasticsearch service in the world. More champagne toasts ensue.
Bonsai launches the first Heroku Elasticsearch add-on and supports search for engineering teams at Harvard, Pinterest, Salesforce, Indeed.com, and more.
Bonsai adds enterprise-grade integrations, security, and support for Elasticsearch.
Fully automated deployments with customer cloud environments.
First cloud provider to support managed OpenSearch.
16,000+ active clusters on the Bonsai platform.
What we do
Together, this small but mighty team leverages our unique skill set in distributed computing to offer unparalleled search. From large tech companies and ecommerce brands to libraries and nonprofits engaging with their communities — our goal is to ensure that organizations at any scale, and their users, find what they are searching for.
The team
Our entire team, starting with the founders, includes developers, engineers, scientists, and designers. We love everything about search — and we care about making sure you and your users achieve the best search imaginable.
Alli Zadrozny
Product Engineer
Austin, TX
Brian Pedersen
Chief Revenue Officer
San Diego, CA
Christine Oen
Product Engineer
Austin, TX
Emily McLenachen
Account Manager
Gilbert, AZ
Leo Schuster
Support Engineer
Austin, TX
Lisa Watts
Operations Manager
Austin, TX
Buddy Fichera
Chief of Staff
Austin, TX
Nick Zadrozny
Founder & CEO
Austin, TX
Rob Sears
Platform Engineer
Omaha, NE
Sam Oen
Platform Engineer
Perth, AUS
Matt Gross
Solutions Architect
Lexington, KY
Joel Martens
Account Executive
Chicago, IL
Elyse Munselle
VP of Operations
Austin, TX
Corey Haines
Head of Marketing
San Diego, CA
Kendall Beckelhymer
Account Manager
San Diego, CA
Quote
“No one knows Elasticsearch better than Bonsai. We’ve been able to avoid hiring that expertise in-house because of the support that we’re getting with Bonsai.”
— Nathan Sprout, Head of Product, ActionSprout
Open Invitation
We’re always looking for amazing talent even if we don’t have the perfect position open. If you want to be a part of our team, send your resume to info@bonsai.io.
