Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale - unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data - securing and protecting private information more effectively - Elastic's complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
What is The Role:
The Elastic Platform Control Plane team is looking to add to our growing team! We are looking for creative and passionate people who can help us evolve and operate our control plane services (Self-Managed, Hosted, and Serverless), and accelerate our adoption of Kubernetes. Our distributed services constitute the orchestration layer of the Elastic Cloud and allow users to build new Elastic Clusters or expand existing ones. Our services run on multiple cloud service provider platforms and are built on Docker, Kubernetes, Go, and custom orchestration architectures.
We are a versatile group of engineers based all around the world, covering a multitude of countries and time zones. We tackle hard problems with creativity and resourcefulness. We also have lots of fun along the way! This is your chance to join a team with outstanding chemistry and help us make meaningful contributions to Elastic's future.
Day to day, you will participate in coding, technical design, crafting solutions, debugging complicated failure scenarios, and prioritizing security, bug fixes, and features. You will analyze the strengths and limitations of the current system and think of ways in which to refactor our services to improve our operations and quality of our service. You will also participate in an on-call rotation to address operational events in a timely manner.
We are currently hiring for this position within the Eastern Time Zone (ET). You may apply if you are located in or willing to work within ET hours. Relocation is not offered.
What You Will Be Doing:
Contribute to the development and evolution of the codebases that power our Elastic Cloud offerings.
Operate our systems by participating in our on-call rotation and addressing customer support requests.
Proactively improve our existing services for security, stability, and reliability.
Design, build, and maintain software supporting our cloud offerings and on-prem service networking.
Debug production technical issues involving virtualization, containers, and microservices.
Work with a distributed team of engineers from all across the globe.
Work cross-team and multi-functionally on solving exciting problems, crafting new features, and delivering important projects within Elastic.
Collaborate with Support engineers in diagnosing customer problems.
What You Bring:
A record of software engineer excellence, delivering high-quality code to Production
Experience with the Go (golang) programming languages.
Hands-on Kubernetes (k8s) experience
Hands-on experience with at least one major Cloud Service Provider (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Deep passion for automation and for raising the quality bar.
Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
Bonus: Technical depth in one or more technologies relevant for SaaS
Bonus: Practical knowledge of Elasticsearch.
Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People:
As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you're looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn't matter if you're just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.
We strive to have parity of benefits across regions, and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.
Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
Generous number of vacation days each year
Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
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Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is committed to diversity as well as inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to the principles of affirmative action. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. If you require any reasonable accessibility support, please complete our Candidate Accessibility Request Form.
