Principal Product Security Engineer, Elastic
InfoSec, AppSec
$199.7-379.3k
+ Stock program. Salary partially dependent on location
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
$199.7-379.3k
+ Stock program. Salary partially dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help turn endless data possibilities into real results with the power of Search AI.
Role
Who you are
- We’re always searching for outstanding people who have a real passion for what they do and are masters at their craft
- Are you passionate about architecting security at scale and empowering hundreds of engineers to ship innovative products safely and quickly? Can you build deep, collaborative partnerships with engineering leaders and high-caliber peers to lead impactful, company-wide security initiatives? Then we should have a conversation!
- Proven expertise in secure product development practices spanning the entire Software Development Lifecycle
- A strong track record to lead large, cross-cutting projects and manage end-to-end delivery of security initiatives, demonstrating strategic thought, pragmatic execution, and developer empathy
- Deep technical expertises, including proficiency in programming and scripting languages, enabling you to engage with application code to assess vulnerabilities
- A demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively across diverse teams and collaborators, including providing guidance to leadership and collaborating with engineers on complex security challenges
Desirable
- Experience with any Elastic products (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic Agent, Beats, Elastic Cloud, Logstash, Elastic Security)
- Experience contributing to large open-source projects and engaging with the developer community
- Experience using, applying, and securing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in a software engineering context
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Principal Product Security Engineer to help secure Elastic products that are loved by developers and recognized for innovation and impact across industries
- The InfoSec Product Security team is accountable for the security of all Elastic software and cloud services
- We foster customer trust and empower Elastic to weave security into the fabric of our product development and Elastic Cloud platforms
- In a globally distributed company, we think differently about achieving critical security and compliance objectives
- Act as a principal advisor and trusted partner to Engineering, providing strategic guidance on secure development practices for Elastic products and services
- Develop and integrate guidance, frameworks, and tooling that enables engineers to safely embrace the full potential of AI/ML capabilities in secure software development
- Drive and own cross-functional security initiatives to harden the software supply chain and CI/CD infrastructure to enable developer velocity at scale
- Lead security reviews and assessments to identify weaknesses and provide effective and pragmatic mitigation and remediation strategies
- Mentor and guide engineers, security champions, and others to elevate the organizational security posture and foster a proactive culture of security ownership across Elastic
- Provide leadership and domain expertise in product-related security Incident Response processes
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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