Platform - Distinguished Software Engineer I

Requirements:

• Deep acumen building scalable data stores (database, data lake) and how to build access layers on top of that.
• Deep acumen building and operating large scale distributed systems and experience dealing with the scale, reliability, security and performance that arise.
• Experience in a technical leadership role for a large and distributed team e.g. large projects, with more than 50 engineers.
• Experience as a hands-on innovation leader, having delivered successful architecture development and/or evolutions.
• A pragmatic approach, experience balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in language design or compilers for set-based or pipe based declarative programming languages.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, a great teammate with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Responsible for technical vision and architecture for new initiatives spanning Elasticsearch and ES|QL.
• Leading the delivery of the cross-company technical features in partnership with the solution teams.
• Delivering operational SLOs, improving processes, maintainability, testability, re-use, and reliability.
• Collaborating actively with other senior technical leaders to align roadmaps, making appropriate technology choices and trade-offs.
• Reviewing and approving implementation designs for core platform features.
• Supporting the contributor community, building engagement, providing best practices, and ensuring alignment with architecture.
• Mentoring a dedicated and talented team of Senior and Principal Engineers.
• Being a credible and trusted leader, advocate, and influencer for Elastic's DE community.

Bonus Points:

• Experience using the Elastic Stack and Kibana.
• Experience with a statically typed language (e.g. Go, Java, etc).
• Experience running or significantly contributing to an open-source project.
• Experience in Security, Observability, or Search domains.

Perks and Benefits:

• 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