JavaScript Developer Experience and Tooling, Elastic
Kibana Operations
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
Job no longer available
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help turn endless data possibilities into real results with the power of Search AI.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of experience in a Software Engineering role managing Continuous Integration platforms
- Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js
- Understanding of at least one modern JavaScript framework such as Angular or React
- Experience with the release process: Source code control, package installers, build scripts, Docker, etc
- Familiar with various JavaScript build and bundling tools such as Webpack, Nx, or Moonrepo
- Able to work independently and deliver projects involving a wide variety of technologies and systems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Your heart in the right place, a good sense of humor and a genuine interest in the people you work with
Desirable
- Experience with Buildkite
- Experience with the Elasticsearch platform
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience in distributed systems
- Experience with AI tools and workflows to enhance the developer experience
- Experience with open source projects
What the job involves
- We are looking for a hands-on developer in the Application Experience Operations team, which is responsible for building and maintaining CI systems and developer tools that shorten the development feedback loop for Kibana, facilitate automated testing, and regularly capture and surface quality and performance metrics
- The team also provides ongoing developer tooling support and documentation to ensure that other developers have the highest level of productivity
- You’ll collaborate with teams across Elastic, supporting hundreds of developers who build on top of the Kibana platform and shaping a robust, cloud-native developer experience
- Develop and maintain build, test, and deployment tools and environments
- Provide enhancements to our continuous integration pipeline
- Develop, collect, and analyze developer experience metrics
- Maintain and update critical dependencies
- Work collaboratively with other developer focused teams throughout Elastic
- Provide technical feedback to engineers through code reviews
- Provide ongoing support to developers to ensure a smooth day-to-day experience
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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