Senior Software Engineer, Elastic
Docs Engineering, Documentation
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
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Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To help turn endless data possibilities into real results with the power of Search AI.
Role
Who you are
- Versatility and an interest in working across a range of projects and programming languages is essential
- We are looking for a formidable systems thinker, a polyglot engineer who views programming languages as tools rather than identities
- Someone who knows how to build software using the right methods, both established and new, and who has a drive to improve efficiency and automation through intelligent and informed choices
- Prior experience with the Elastic product suite is not essential, but is beneficial
- You have proven experience in building, releasing, supporting and maintaining software products for a broad user base
- You have a minimum of 8 years of recent software engineering experience, with proficiency in a variety of programming languages (including C#)
- You are comfortable with AI-assisted coding and have a drive to integrate these tools into the modern development lifecycle
- You can demonstrate a deep understanding of industry best practices, complex architectures, and the nuances of distributed systems
- You have a strong focus on usability and developer experience
- You have a genuine interest in technology
- You have excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills
- You can think clearly, work independently, and collaborate effectively across a remote, global team
- Ideally, you also have prior experience of Elastic products (though this is not essential)
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Docs Engineering Team. In this role, you will bring your technical expertise to our distributed team in order to build, maintain, and support our documentation platform, tooling and pipelines
- You will also work alongside a variety of stakeholders to understand business needs, plan and design solutions, and rollout and promote systems and processes
- As part of our Docs Engineering Team, you won't just be maintaining a platform, you'll be building the sophisticated tooling and pipelines that deliver documentation to the world
- You will have the autonomy to help lead the effort in redefining how technical documentation is authored and delivered. If you are a self-motivated engineer who enjoys solving high-level architectural puzzles and isn't afraid to get their hands dirty across different stacks, we want to talk to you
- You'll be developing, maintaining, and supporting software that bridges the gap between content creation and high-scale delivery
- You'll work in a multi-language environment across a range of technologies, including C#/.NET
- You'll leverage AI-assisted coding and emerging tools to radically improve engineering efficiency and automation
- You'll work alongside the Product Team and other stakeholders to translate business needs into elegant, scalable deployment patterns and processes
- You'll maintain a relentless focus on usability, ensuring our documentation platforms provide a world-class experience for developers
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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