Software Engineer II - 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="encvm" data-offset-key="fl003-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="fl003-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fl003-0-0"><span data-text="true">We are looking for a curious, </span></span><strong><span data-offset-key="fl003-0-1"><span data-text="true">mid-to-senior Software Engineer</span></span></strong><span data-offset-key="fl003-0-2"><span data-text="true"> who embraces AI as part of their engineering craft to join our </span></span><strong><span data-offset-key="fl003-0-3"><span data-text="true">Platform Engineering Productivity</span></span></strong><span data-offset-key="fl003-0-4"><span data-text="true"> team. </span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="fl003-0-0">&nbsp;</div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="fl003-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5bvg6-0-0"><span data-text="true">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.</span></span></div> </div> <h3><strong>What You Will Be Doing :</strong></h3> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span data-offset-key="b30n4-0-0"><span data-text="true">As part of the </span></span><strong><span data-offset-key="b30n4-0-1"><span data-text="true">Engineering Productivity</span></span></strong><span data-offset-key="b30n4-0-2"><span data-text="true"> 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:</span></span></p> <ul> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="encvm" data-offset-key="2t2ps-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="2t2ps-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2t2ps-0-0"><span data-text="true">Ensuring CI infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and efficient.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="encvm" data-offset-key="5a5lj-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5a5lj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5a5lj-0-0"><span data-text="true">Managing systems and processes for building 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="encvm" data-offset-key="rdcm-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="rdcm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="rdcm-0-0"><span data-text="true">Creating and maintaining 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="encvm" data-offset-key="705h0-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="705h0-0-0"><span data-offset-key="705h0-0-0"><span data-text="true">Defining and enforcing release gates based on key quality criteria.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="encvm" data-offset-key="4hb3m-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4hb3m-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4hb3m-0-0"><span data-text="true">Building tools and infrastructure that support 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="encvm" data-offset-key="a14no-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="a14no-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a14no-0-0"><span data-text="true">Improving the overall developer workflow across build, test, package, and release stages.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="encvm" data-offset-key="ap1vm-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="ap1vm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ap1vm-0-0"><span data-text="true">Partnering with teams across the organization to solve productivity and release engineering challenges.</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="encvm" data-offset-key="ank83-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="ank83-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ank83-0-0"><span data-text="true">Solid experience in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, Java, or Scala.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="encvm" data-offset-key="5sn12-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5sn12-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5sn12-0-0"><span data-text="true">Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, including building, packaging, testing, and releasing software.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="encvm" data-offset-key="135kl-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="135kl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="135kl-0-0"><span data-text="true">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.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-D