Requirements

Expert-level knowledge of Python required, including awareness of new features.
Experience in Linux shell scripting.
Cloud orchestration with Kubernetes.
Experience in cloud architectures, service models, and operating across multiple cloud service providers, assessing tradeoffs from both performance and deployment perspectives.
Familiarity with measuring performance and sizing in Linux VM and container environments.
Ability to multitask, effectively manage your time, and collaborate with team members globally across time zones.

Nice to Haves

Prior experience in the troubleshooting and root cause analysis of performance issues in complex distributed architectures.
Experience with performance tuning of Java applications and JVMs.
Prior experience with large, distributed search engines and in developing and tuning queries.
Prior experience with CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with the Elasticsearch Query API and building Kibana dashboards is a strong plus.

Participate in the design and building of tooling and automated processes for provisioning and execution of Elasticsearch performance benchmarking jobs at scale.
Maintain our open source Python based benchmarking tool, Rally and act as a source of best practice within the team regarding our Python-based tooling.
Define best practices, methodologies, and guidelines for performance benchmarking of Elasticsearch servicing development teams and solution architects.
Address and devise solutions for benchmarking disparate use cases and workloads.
Develop reporting for and interpreting benchmarking results.

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 minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave