Software Engineer, Elastic
Python, Developer Tools, Search
$110.9-210.7k
Salary is dependent on location. Eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
Be an early applicant
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$110.9-210.7k
Salary is dependent on location. Eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help turn endless data possibilities into real results with the power of Search AI.
Role
Who you are
- An interest in working across a range of projects and programming languages, with a particular focus on Python and Node.js, is essential
- Ideally, you will also have experience developing software in an open source environment
- Proven experience in building, releasing, supporting and maintaining software products for a broad user base
- Minimum 4 years of recent software engineering experience in Python and/or Node.js
- Knowledge of developing software within an open-source environment
- Knowledge of industry best practices in software engineering
- A strong focus on usability and developer experience
- A genuine interest in technology and an active interest in exploring multiple programming languages
- An understanding of core AI principles and LLMs
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
- A willingness and ability to work as part of a remote, globally distributed team
- Clear thinking, self-motivation, and the ability to learn and work independently
- Experience of vector databases (nice to have)
- A connection to tech communities through open source projects, blogs or talks (nice to have)
- Prior experience of Elastic products (nice to have)
- Knowledge of client-server networking, HTTP, and RESTful APIs (nice to have)
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join the Developer Tools Team
- In this role, you will bring your expertise in software development and ecosystems to our distributed team of engineers from various technical disciplines in order to build, maintain, and support libraries and integrations
- The Developer Tools Team is primarily responsible for creating libraries, SDKs, and other tools that simplify the integration of the Elastic product suite into user applications
- Your role will involve developing and maintaining this software, engaging with developer communities, and contributing to both team-wide projects and cross-team collaborations
- You will be working on fully open sourced code that is embedded within user applications, so will need to understand the implications of writing software in the open, versioning and managing product releases, and interacting with users directly in a public setting
- Prior experience with the Elastic product suite is not essential, but is beneficial
- You'll be developing, maintaining, and supporting libraries and third-party integrations for the Elastic Stack, working in a mixture of languages including Python and Node.js
- You'll work closely with the Product Team and other internal stakeholders to plan and deliver work, highlight challenges, and drive progress
- You'll participate in the design and development of team-wide projects
- You'll support users through GitHub issues, forums, and official support channels
- You'll collaborate with maintainers of external projects (e.g. AI frameworks) to facilitate integration with the Elastic Stack
- You'll represent Elastic within relevant communities and ecosystems
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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