Principal Software Engineer - Builder Experience - Platform Engineering Productivity

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><h3><strong>What Is The Role :</strong></h3> <div class="p" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="22lh6-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="22lh6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="22lh6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join our </span></span><strong><span data-offset-key="22lh6-0-1"><span data-text="true">Platform Engineering Productivity</span></span></strong><span data-offset-key="22lh6-0-2"><span data-text="true"> team as a </span></span><strong><span data-offset-key="22lh6-0-3"><span data-text="true">Principal Software Engineer</span></span></strong><span data-offset-key="22lh6-0-4"><span data-text="true">. We’re looking for a systems-minded engineer who is curious by nature, stays current with AI and emerging tools, and takes ownership not only of what the team builds, but also how the team works.</span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="22lh6-0-0">&nbsp;</div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="22lh6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1p8rd-0-0"><span data-text="true">In this role, you will help ensure Elastic products are delivered to customers with high quality while making the software development and release process more efficient for engineers across the organization. If you think systematically, thrive in ambiguity, and enjoy enabling teams to build and ship software effectively at scale, we’d love to hear from you.</span></span></div> </div> <h3><strong>What You Will Be Doing :</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify;">As part of the Engineering Productivity team, you will build and improve the frameworks, reusable components, and operational guidelines that help teams own the full software development lifecycle for their services. You may work across a wide range of initiatives, including:</p> <ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" data-offset-key="1llgj-0-0"> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="1llgj-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1llgj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1llgj-0-0"><span data-text="true">Improving CI infrastructure reliability and efficiency.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="9n82c-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9n82c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9n82c-0-0"><span data-text="true">Building and managing systems that produce releasable artifacts.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="4malg-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4malg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4malg-0-0"><span data-text="true">Enabling ephemeral developer environments.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="b9d13-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b9d13-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b9d13-0-0"><span data-text="true">Defining and enforcing release quality gates.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="fc69p-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fc69p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fc69p-0-0"><span data-text="true">Developing tooling and infrastructure for product deployment and release.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="3vfmm-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3vfmm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3vfmm-0-0"><span data-text="true">Review code to uphold engineering standards, improve performance, and catch defects early.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="buvd-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="buvd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="buvd-0-0"><span data-text="true">Collaborating with engineering and product to align on requirements, testing strategy, and delivery goals.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="asrj6-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="asrj6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="asrj6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Drive clear technical communication across teams and projects.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="8tjhd-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8tjhd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8tjhd-0-0"><span data-text="true">Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation for systems, processes, and architectural decisions.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="bpno4-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="bpno4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bpno4-0-0"><span data-text="true">Mentoring engineers and fostering a collaborative culture around code quality and best practices.</span></span></div> </li> </ul> <h3><strong>What You Bring :</strong></h3> <ul> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="ficpf" data-offset-key="1gnlc-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="1gnlc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1gnlc-0-0"><span data-text="true">Solid und