Senior Software Engineer, Elastic
Web Platform
Software that searches and analyses data in real time
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Software that searches and analyses data in real time
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To build software to make data usable in real-time and at scale for search, logging, security, and analytics use cases.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of full-stack development experience with modern web technologies and frameworks
- Expertise in backend technologies and database systems (we use Node.js, Express, Python, and Scala across various projects)
- Solid frontend development skills with React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and containerized applications
- Knowledge of API design principles, RESTful services, and data integration patterns
- Understanding of content management systems and headless CMS architectures
- Experience with testing methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently on ambiguous challenges
- Demonstrable ability to mentor others and collaborate effectively in cross-functional teams
- Superb communication skills and experience working with distributed teams
- Commitment to writing maintainable, scalable, and well-documented code
Desirable
- Experience with Elasticsearch or other search technologies
- Knowledge of design systems and component architecture
- Familiarity with performance optimization techniques for both frontend and backend systems
- Experience with marketing technology integrations (CRM, analytics, form processors)
- Understanding of web accessibility standards and implementation
- Experience with internationalization and localization
- Background in data analytics, monitoring, and observability tools
- Contribution to open-source projects or developer communities
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code and DevOps practices
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
- Design, develop, and maintain full-stack features for Elastic.co, with a focus on backend services and APIs (we use Next.js, Express, and other frameworks in the Node ecosystem)
- Build and optimize data integration pipelines, content management workflows, and web services
- Contribute to frontend development using NextJS, React, and TypeScript to create seamless user experiences
- Collaborate with design and UX teams to implement pixel-perfect, accessible interfaces
- Lead small to medium-sized projects from conception to deployment, working independently on complex problems
- Participate in architecture discussions and technical trade-off decisions, using your experience to guide solutions
- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing
- Identify and prioritize technical debt, driving improvements to system reliability and performance
- Work closely with SRE teams on deployment processes, monitoring, and infrastructure optimization
- Contribute to API design, data architecture, and system integration standards
- Champion inclusive communication and collaboration practices in a distributed-first environment
Our take
Elastic develops the Elastic Stack, an open-source set of tools that includes Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash, designed for data search and analysis. It also offers X-Pack, which adds commercial features to the Elastic Stack, and Elastic Cloud, a suite of SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) products.
This technology is widely used by major companies like eBay, Wikipedia, Yelp, Uber, Lyft, Tinder, and Netflix, along with over 17,000 other organizations. It is applied in various use cases, including application and website search, enterprise search, logging, infrastructure monitoring, application performance management (APM), security analytics (enhancing SIEM applications), and business analytics.
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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
Shay Banon
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously held the position of Technology Director at GigaSpaces Technologies.
Simon Willnauer
(Co-Founder)Previously spent 13 years at The Apache Software Foundation, holding various positions such as VP Apache Lucene and Lucene Core Commiter and PMC Member.
Uri Boness
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Software Architect and Head of Search at Orange11 for 7 years.
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