Platform - Engineering Productivity - Principal Software Developer I

Platform - Engineering Productivity - Principal Software Developer I

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 Engineering Productivity team provides the foundation for Elastic teams to develop, build, test, and release their software at scale. We continually evolve our platform and workflows, increasingly pushing boundaries toward Continuous Delivery and Continuous Quality models, while ensuring our Software Supply Chain is secure.

We're seeking a Principal Software Developer to drive impactful projects in Engineering Productivity. Success in this role goes beyond your technical expertise and involves influencing outcomes through collaboration, effective stakeholder management, and strong communication.

What You Will Be Doing

• Solve technical problems of the largest scope, complexity, and ambiguity.
• Drive large, impactful projects that involve multiple stakeholders and impact many teams.
• Represent Engineering Productivity to the rest of the company, gathering feedback and advocating for our projects and vision at different levels.
• Up leveling the quality of the engineering in the org by setting standards exemplified in code review, incident response, and tech debt elimination for their team and peer teams.
• Participate in the On-Call rotation.

What You Bring

• A high level of autonomy - the distributed nature of the company offers freedom to work when and how you see fit, but also requires team members to work independently, and reach out for help when stuck.
• Strong communicator who can tailor their message to engineering peers and leadership alike.
• Supportive mindset to help grow and mentor other team members.
• Effective at stakeholder management and influencing without authority.
• Knowledge of Platform Engineering and CI/CD systems and practices (Buildkite, Backstage, Argo CD, GitOps, etc).
• Familiarity and experience with Kubernetes.
• Broad software development background and solid knowledge in either Go or Python.
• Familiar with Linux and shell scripting.

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.

$154,000 - $243,600 CAD

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 minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

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. We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Poster; Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster).