FEBRUARY 2005
THE FIRST PROMINENT OPEN SOURCE SEARCH LIBRARY, APACHE LUCENE, BECOMES A TOP-LEVEL APACHE PROJECT. MODERN SEARCH IS BORN.
About us
Vision
A world where you always find what you’re searching for.
Mission
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.
SEPTEMBER 2008
THE OMC TEAM LAUNCHES WEBSOLR, A HOSTED VERSION OF SOLR. IT IS THE FIRST HOSTED VERSION OF SOLR ON THE MARKET. CHAMPAGNE TOASTS ENSUE.
FEBRUARY 2010
SHAY BANON RELEASES ELASTICSEARCH, A MODERN DISTRIBUTED SEARCH ENGINE BASED ON LUCENE.
OCTOBER 2012
THE OMC TEAM LAUNCHES THE FIRST HOSTED ELASTICSEARCH SERVICE IN THE WORLD. MORE CHAMPAGNE TOASTS ENSUE.
2012
BONSAI LAUNCHES THE FIRST HEROKU ELASTIC SEARCH ADD-ON AND SUPPORTS SEARCH FOR ENGINEERING TEAMS AT HARVARD, SHOPIFY, SALESFORCE, TRUNKCLUB, AND MORE.
2015
BONSAI ADDS ENTERPRISE-GRADE INTEGRATIONS AND SUPPORT FOR ELASTICSEARCH.
TODAY
16,000+ ACTIVE CLUSTERS ON THE BONSAI PLATFORM.
Allison Zadrozny
Lead Designer & Front End Engineer
Austin, TX
Brian Pedersen
Vice President, Bonsai Enterprise
San Diego, CA
Christine Oen
Lead Product Engineer
Austin, TX
Dan Simpson
CTO
San Diego, CA
Dru Sellers
President, COO
Austin, TX
Emily McLenachen
Account Manager
Gilbert, AZ
Leo Schuster
Customer Success Engineer
Austin, TX
Lisa Watts
Office Manager
Austin, TX
Maddie Jones
Customer Success Engineer
Boulder, CO
Melissa Allison
Director of Operations
Austin, TX
Nick Zadrozny
Founder & CEO
Austin, TX
Rob Sears
Director of Customer Success
Omaha, NE
Sam Oen
Platform Engineer
Perth, Australia
Matt Gross
Solutions Architect
Lexington, KY
Joel Martens
Senior Account Executive
Chicago, IL
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.
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.
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.
