Control Plane - Serverless Core - Software Engineer II (Go, K8s)
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 Along:
- 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.
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. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
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
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.
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)
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Join Elastic as a Control Plane - Serverless Core - Software Engineer II, where your skills will be put to the test at the forefront of technology! At Elastic, we're passionate about enabling everyone to find answers in real time, using the power of search and AI. As part of the Elastic Platform Control Plane team, you'll help us evolve our control plane services across self-managed, hosted, and serverless environments, while accelerating our Kubernetes adoption. We're seeking creative minds who enjoy tackling complex challenges in a vibrant, diverse, and distributed team environment. Your day-to-day will involve coding and technical design, solving problems, and improving the quality of our services—with an emphasis on security and reliability. As you collaborate with engineers from various countries, you’ll not only debug production issues involving microservices and containers but also roll out features that enhance the Elastic Cloud offerings. We believe in a healthy work-life balance, offering flexibility with work timings in Eastern Time. If you have hands-on experience with Go and Kubernetes and a passion for automation and problem-solving, we would love for you to be a part of our visionary team, contributing to Elastic's mission of empowering businesses with the right data at scale!
We help people around the world do great things with their data. Our products are extending what's possible with data, and deliver on the promise that good things come from connecting the dots.
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