Principal Software Engineer (Networking) - Platform

Requirements

• 10+ years in Software Engineering with product success in delivering Cloud network solutions. Experience in public cloud, Go, and managed Kubernetes services is advantageous.
• Success and lessons of experiences from striving for 'progress not perfection' in the name of Platform reliability.
• Passion for developing solutions that involve inclusive communication methods to grow and strengthen partner and team relationships.

What You'll Be Doing

• Taking an engineering approach in leading technical initiatives for automating network engineering efforts to guarantee the reliability of the global Elastic infrastructure.
• Growing our global Platform infrastructure to meet the increasing scaling demands by developing and maintaining software, codebases, tooling, and automations.
• Collaborating in an environment with an inclusive approach and focusing on operational perfection which uplifts others.
• Preventing repeated customer impact in response to major incidents and prioritized problem management.

Nice to Haves

• You have designed and built a SaaS product in a public cloud ideally built using Infrastructure-as-Code tooling such as Crossplane or Terraform.
• You have built Kubernetes-at-scale infrastructure, ideally across multiple cloud providers, and the vital automation to support it.
• You have proven results in leading and improving cross-team engineering initiatives.

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.