Software Engineer II - Builder Experience - Platform Engineering Productivity

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What Is The Role :

We are looking for a curious, mid-to-senior Software Engineer who embraces AI as part of their engineering craft to join our Platform Engineering Productivity team.

In this role, you will help ensure our products are released to customers with high quality while improving the developer experience for engineers across Elastic. You’ll thrive here if you think systematically, enjoy solving complex problems, and are motivated by building tools, frameworks, and processes that help teams develop, ship, and operate software effectively at scale.

What You Will Be Doing :

As part of the Engineering Productivity organization, you will contribute to initiatives that improve the end-to-end software development lifecycle. The team serves as an enabling function, providing reusable components, frameworks, and guidance that product teams can adopt and operate independently. Your work may include:

• Ensuring CI infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and efficient.
• Managing systems and processes for building releasable artifacts.
• Creating and maintaining ephemeral developer environments.
• Defining and enforcing release gates based on key quality criteria.
• Building tools and infrastructure that support product deployment and release.
• Improving the overall developer workflow across build, test, package, and release stages.
• Partnering with teams across the organization to solve productivity and release engineering challenges.

What You Bring :

• Solid experience in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, Java, or Scala.
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, including building, packaging, testing, and releasing software.
• Experience with modern development environments is essential. Proficiency in cloud and infrastructure technologies such as Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker, along with a solid understanding of cloud platforms and configuration management tools.
• Proficiency with CICD and version control systems, especially GIT.
• Experience executing or contributing to release engineering and quality strategies.
• Experience using AI-assisted tools to accelerate development, troubleshoot systems, and improve code quality while maintaining ownership of outcomes.
• Ability to move effectively across projects, codebases, and teams as priorities evolve.
• Ability to work autonomously in a distributed team using direct, transparent, and asynchronous communication and comfort in navigating ambiguity.
• Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills.
• High standards for design, quality, and the features you ship. A track record of contributing to improvements in engineering practices such as code review processes and standards.
• Is eligible to work in Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 4 or above cloud service environments.

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.  In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.  Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$110,900-$175,500 USD

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:

$133,200-$210,700 USD

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

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