Principal Software Engineer II - Observability

1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Elastic

Elastic

Elastic is a leading platform for search-powered solutions, providing real-time insights and making data usable for developers and enterprises worldwide.

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K
Founded 2010

Description

  • Collaborate with product management, product design, and cross-functional teams to define and evolve Observability experiences.
  • Serve as a contact point for other Elastic teams, including Support, integration teams, and Elastic Stack engineers.
  • Work hands-on in the codebase and review team output, providing constructive feedback to engineers.
  • Help define coding practices and engineering standards for the team.
  • Foster a culture of mutual respect, collaboration, and consensus-based decision-making.
  • Stay aligned with the team’s software development principles and practices.
  • Mentor engineers by providing technical and professional guidance.
  • Contribute to technical design and development of components across big data engineering, backend architecture, and user-facing experiences.

Requirements

  • Experience leading technical projects in data and enterprise architecture.
  • Proven experience building and running sophisticated technical infrastructures and sound software systems.
  • Hands-on experience using and developing observability tools, preferably in the logs space.
  • Experience mentoring expert engineers and providing technical and professional guidance.
  • Experience defining a long-term technical vision and roadmap for a data-intensive application across teams and organizations.
  • Ability to work with high autonomy and guide projects from start to finish.
  • Ability to use AI coding agents throughout the software development workflow.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Experience as a user of the Elastic Stack (bonus).
  • Experience in SRE roles (bonus).

Benefits

  • Competitive pay based on the work you do, not your previous salary.
  • Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
  • Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
  • Generous vacation days each year.
  • Up to 16 weeks of parental leave.
  • Up to $2,000 in matching for financial donations and service.
  • Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects you choose.

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