Web Development Tech Lead, Elastic
Backend
Software that searches and analyses data in real time
Posted today
Software that searches and analyses data in real time
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build software to make data usable in real-time and at scale for search, logging, security, and analytics use cases.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in backend web development, with a focus on scalable web applications and APIs
- 3+ years of experience as a senior technical contributor or technical lead in collaborative environments
- Strong expertise in modern backend technologies and frameworks (Node.js, Python, Java, or similar)
- Deep experience with content management systems, headless CMS architectures, and content delivery workflows
- Proven experience building and maintaining data integration pipelines and ETL processes
- Strong understanding of API design principles, RESTful services, and microservices architecture
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and infrastructure-as-code practices
- Knowledge of search technologies and experience with data indexing and retrieval systems
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools for production systems
- Excellent remote communication skills and experience working with distributed teams
Desirable
- Experience with Elasticsearch or other search/analytics platforms
- Knowledge of content delivery networks (CDNs) and edge computing
- Experience with event-driven architectures and message queuing systems
- Familiarity with marketing technology integrations (CRM, analytics, form processors)
- Experience with automated testing strategies for backend systems and data pipelines
- Background in site reliability engineering or DevOps practices
- Experience with localization and internationalization for web applications
- Contribution to open-source projects or developer tools
What the job involves
- Elastic is seeking a Technical Lead to drive the backend development and infrastructure for our flagship website, Elastic.co
- This role will work closely with a distributed team of backend engineers and platform specialists, focusing on building scalable data integration systems, content management workflows, and robust web services
- You'll champion API design, data architecture, and backend best practices while collaborating with frontend engineers, SRE teams, and third-party resources to deliver exceptional web experiences at scale
- Collaborate with and provide technical guidance to backend engineers and platform specialists through code reviews and architectural discussions
- Drive the technical vision for backend services, data integration pipelines, and content management systems
- Lead the design and implementation of APIs that power dynamic web experiences
- Establish and maintain quality standards, testing processes, and deployment practices for backend systems
- Architect and optimize data synchronization between third-party platforms and internal data stores
- Collaborate closely with frontend, SRE, and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless system integration
- Champion backend performance optimizations, monitoring, and observability practices
- Ensure security, scalability, and reliability across all backend web services
- Contribute to infrastructure planning and work with SRE teams on deployment and operations
- Foster effective communication and collaboration practices in a distributed-first environment
Our take
Elastic develops the Elastic Stack, an open-source set of tools that includes Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash, designed for data search and analysis. It also offers X-Pack, which adds commercial features to the Elastic Stack, and Elastic Cloud, a suite of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) products.
This technology is widely used by major companies like eBay, Wikipedia, Yelp, Uber, Lyft, Tinder, and Netflix, along with over 17,000 other organizations. It is applied in various use cases, including application and website search, enterprise search, logging, infrastructure monitoring, application performance management (APM), security analytics (enhancing SIEM applications), and business analytics.
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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
Shay Banon
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously held the position of Technology Director at GigaSpaces Technologies.
Simon Willnauer
(Co-Founder)Previously spent 13 years at The Apache Software Foundation, holding various positions such as VP Apache Lucene and Lucene Core Commiter and PMC Member.
Uri Boness
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Software Architect and Head of Search at Orange11 for 7 years.
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