Software Engineer, Elastic
Web Platform
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
- 3+ years of full-stack development experience with modern web technologies
- Experience with frontend technologies like React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS
- Familiarity with backend development using Node.js, APIs, and database systems
- Understanding of web fundamentals including HTTP, REST APIs, and responsive design
- Experience with version control (Git), testing practices, and CI/CD workflows
- Familiarity with content management systems or headless CMS architectures
- Ability to work independently on well-defined tasks while seeking guidance on ambiguous problems
- Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn new technologies
- Good communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed team environment
- Interest in mentoring others and contributing to a positive team culture
- Commitment to writing clean, maintainable code
Desirable
- Experience with Next.js, Express, or other Node.js frameworks
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), containerized applications, and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Understanding of performance optimization techniques
- Experience with design systems and component libraries
- Knowledge of testing frameworks and methodologies
- Experience with Elasticsearch or other search technologies
- Understanding of web accessibility standards
- Contribution to open-source projects
What the job involves
- Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Web Platform team, working on our flagship website, Elastic.co
- This full-stack role focuses on building and maintaining scalable web applications, services, and infrastructure that power exceptional user experiences
- You'll work collaboratively with a distributed team of engineers, designers, and product managers, contributing to both frontend and backend systems while mentoring junior team members and helping drive technical excellence across the platform
- Develop and maintain full-stack features for Elastic.co using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and backend technologies in the Node ecosystem
- Build data integration workflows, content management features, and web services with moderate complexity
- Contribute to frontend development creating responsive, accessible user interfaces
- Collaborate with design teams to implement user experiences that balance design vision with technical feasibility
- Own small to medium-sized components and features, working with some guidance from senior engineers on complex problems
- Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and learning from senior team members
- Contribute to API design and data architecture decisions within your areas of ownership
- Help identify and address technical debt in systems you work on
- Work closely with SRE teams on deployment processes, monitoring, and infrastructure optimization
- Participate in on-call rotation, learning to investigate beyond runbooks and drive incident resolution
- Collaborate and build relationships across teams
- Contribute to team planning processes and help break down project work
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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