Senior Software Engineer, Elastic
Observability, Go/CI
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
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Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help turn endless data possibilities into real results with the power of Search AI.
Role
Who you are
- Communication: You will have the ability to get your point across exceptionally well in both written and spoken communication and to include others in your decision-making process
- Emotional intelligence: You'll have a good understanding of how to work on a distributed team of engineers around the world and you'll be able to put yourself in their shoes and see the world from their point of view
- Security-minded: You'll be able to think creatively and thoroughly about the kind of work we should do to keep our information and data secure
- You should be very meticulous and conscious of the fact that small mistakes can have big consequences
- Experienced: You have demonstrated ability in Golang with a special focus on build and test processes for complex projects
- You have experience with Buildkite, especially on projects with complex cross-platform test and deployment pipelines
- Data-driven: When faced with a decision, among your first thoughts should be the kind of data you need to make an informed choice and you should be relentless in your search for high-quality data to refine and evaluate the decisions you make
What the job involves
- This role focuses on the software build, test, and release processes for Elastic Agent
- This role extends from the CI/CD systems which run automated test and release processes to the build tooling which underpins a complex Golang project
- Ensuring that the test framework for Elastic Agent consistently delivers accurate test results to developers quickly and cost-effectively
- Produce automated CI analytics to quantify business impact, surface bottlenecks, and prioritize improvements
- Implement a curated testing strategy, manage flaky tests, and maintain an up to date support matrix
- Promote the use of container-based builds and standardized tooling in the Elastic Agent CI
- Ensure proper access controls, secret management, dependency security checks, and software supply chain security best practices, while aligning with compliance requirements
Our take
Organizations are dealing with exploding data volumes increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, and the growing expectation tha ttechnology should help act on problems, not just report them. Ai is moving from experimentation into real operations, especially in security and observability where speed and context are critical. So now, both enterprises and governments are looking for simpler, shared platforms that sale easily and reduce complexity rather than add to it.
And Elastic sits at the intersection of these needs with its Search AI Platform that helps organizations turn large amounts of structured and unstructured data into clear insights and actiontions across search, security, and observability. Elastic's strength lies in its open, flexible approach, which breaks down data silos and provides a context people and AI systems need to make daster, better decisions. The goal is straightforward: help teams see what's happening, understand it quickly, and respond confidently.
Recently, the company worked with CISA to deliver a unified, cloud-based SIEM for US federal agencies, this highlights strong trust in Elastic's security and scalability. Alongside this, its AWS Agentic AI Specialization also reflects leadership in making autonomous AI system practical and reliable. Together, these milestones position Elastic well for the future, as organizations increasingly rely on shared platforms and intelligent systems to manage ris, complexity, and growth.
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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2016
$58m
SERIES D
Jun 2014
$70m
SERIES C
Total funding: $162m
Company benefits
- Toast to your health: Fully paid health coverage for you and your family, in many locations.
- Craft your calendar: Flexible location and schedule for most roles.
- Create space for you: Distributed by design workforce, plus generous number of vacation days each year.
- Embrace parenthood: Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave, plus generous family formation benefits.
- Give back your time: 40 hours each year to use toward volunteering with organizations and causes you’re passionate about.
- Amplify your impact: Double your charitable giving — we match donations up to $1500 USD (or local currency equivalent).
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ashutosh Kulkarni
(CEO)Ashutosh joined Elastic in 2021 as CPO, becoming CEO in 2022. Prior to this, he was an EVP and CPO of Enterprise at McAfee, a Senior VP and GM of Web Performance and Web Security at Akamai Technologies, and a Senior VP and GM of Informatica Cloud at Informatica.
Shay Banon
(Co-Founder & CTO)Shay co-founded Elastic in 2012 and has served as the CTO since.
Navam Welihinda
(CFO)Prior to joining Elastic in 2025, Navam was the CFO at Grammarly. He also spent nearly 8 years at HashiCorp as VP of Finance and CFO and was the Head of Finance, Compose at IBM for 1 year.
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