Senior Software Engineer - IAM - Control Plane - Platform

<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> <p><span data-offset-key="epk9m-0-0"><span data-text="true">The Elastic Platform Control Plane team is looking to add to our growing team! We are looking for creative and </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:r19:" class="chakra-text css-1h4n5cs"><span data-offset-key="epk9m-1-0"><span data-text="true">passionate</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="epk9m-2-0"><span data-text="true"> people who can help us evolve and operate our control plane services (Self-Managed, Hosted, and Serverless), and accelerate our adoption of Kubernetes. Our distributed services constitute the orchestration layer of the Elastic Cloud and allow users to build new Elastic Clusters or expand existing ones. Our services run on multiple cloud service provider platforms and are built on Docker, Kubernetes, Go/Scala/Java, and custom orchestration architectures. We are a </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:r1b:" class="chakra-text css-1h4n5cs"><span data-offset-key="epk9m-3-0"><span data-text="true">versatile</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="epk9m-4-0"><span data-text="true"> group of engineers based all around the world, covering a multitude of countries and time zones. We tackle hard problems with creativity and resourcefulness. We also have lots of fun along the way! This is your chance to join a team with </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:r1d:" class="chakra-text css-1j6t0d7"><span data-offset-key="epk9m-5-0"><span data-text="true">outstanding</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="epk9m-6-0"><span data-text="true"> chemistry and help us make meaningful contributions to Elastic’s future. Day to day you will participate in coding, technical design, crafting solutions, debugging complicated failure scenarios, and prioritizing security, bug fixes, and features. You will </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:r1f:" class="chakra-text css-1j6t0d7"><span data-offset-key="epk9m-7-0"><span data-text="true">analyze</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="epk9m-8-0"><span data-text="true"> the current systems strengths and limitations, and think of ways in which to refactor our services to improve our operations and quality of our service. You will also participate in an oncall rotation to address operational events in a timely manner.</span></span></p> <h3><strong>What You Will Be Doing</strong></h3> <ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" data-offset-key="78h2s-0-0"> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="78h2s-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="78h2s-0-0"><span data-offset-key="78h2s-0-0"><span data-text="true">Contribute to the development and evolution of the IAM codebases that power our Elastic Cloud offerings.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="87fe-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="87fe-0-0"><span data-offset-key="87fe-0-0"><span data-text="true">Operate our systems by participating in our oncall rotation, solving incidents in Production.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="233kh-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="233kh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="233kh-0-0"><span data-text="true">Collaborate with Support engineers in solving customer problems.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="40h61-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="40h61-0-0"><span data-offset-key="40h61-0-0"><span data-text="true">Proactively improve our existing services for security, stability, and reliability.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="2ip5q-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2ip5q-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2ip5q-0-0"><span data-text="true">Design, build, and maintain software supporting our cloud offerings and on-prem services.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="fb6jn-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fb6jn-0-0"><span id="popover-trigger-:r1h:" class="chakra-text css-bcri66"><span data-offset-key="fb6jn-0-0"><span data-text="true">Debug production technical issues involving distributed systems, virtualization, containers, and microservices.</span></span></span></div> </li> </ul> <h3>What You Bring&nbsp;</h3> <ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" data-offset-key="5nld8-0-0"> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="5nld8-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5nld8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5nld8-0-0"><span data-text="true">A record of software engineer excellence, delivering high-quality code to Production.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="f0qta-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="f0qta-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f0qta-0-0"><span data-text="true">Solid experience with JVM-based programming languages.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="cladk-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cladk-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cladk-0-0"><span data-text="true">3+ years working as a backend engineer in the IAM space OR 5+ years working as a backend engineer</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="5n0ir-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5n0ir-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5n0ir-0-0"><span data-text="true">Deep </span></span><span id="popover-trigger-:r1j:" class="chakra-text css-1h4n5cs"><span data-offset-key="5n0ir-1-0"><span data-text="true">passion</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="5n0ir-2-0"><span data-text="true"> for automation and for raising the quality bar.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="5oqce-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5oqce-0-0"><span id="popover-trigger-:r1l:" class="chakra-text css-1j6t0d7"><span data-offset-key="5oqce-0-0"><span data-text="true">Strong</span></span></span><span data-offset-key="5oqce-1-0"><span data-text="true"> analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="7p52-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7p52-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7p52-0-0"><span data-text="true">You have a proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while still owning the final outcomes.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="1k0eb-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1k0eb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1k0eb-0-0"><span data-text="true">You possess the ability to collaborate across teams and seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or teams based on business priorities.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="7t8ii-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7t8ii-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7t8ii-0-0"><span data-text="true">You can work autonomously, drive decisions and results in a distributed team by leveraging asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="7t8ii-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7t8ii-0-0"><span data-text="true">You are eligible to work in DoD Impact Level 5 or above cloud service environments</span></span></li> </ul> <h3>Bonus Points</h3> <ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" data-offset-key="5nld8-0-0"> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="2cmfp-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2cmfp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2cmfp-0-0"><span data-text="true">Scala and Golang experience</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="563ul-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="563ul-0-0"><span data-offset-key="563ul-0-0"><span data-text="true">Technical depth in one or more technologies relevant for SaaS.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="4c8ih-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4c8ih-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4c8ih-0-0"><span data-text="true">Hands-on Kubernetes (k8s) experience.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="eni9u-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eni9u-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eni9u-0-0"><span data-text="true">Hands-on experience developing software on the cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="elta4" data-offset-key="fip9v-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="fip9v-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fip9v-0-0"><span data-text="true">Practical knowledge of Elasticsearch.</span></span></div> </li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br>Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.&nbsp; This role does not have a variable compensation component.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">These ranges represent </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.&nbsp; We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.&nbsp; 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.</span></p></div><div class="title">The typical starting salary range for this role is:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$133,100</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$210,600 USD</span></div></div><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$159,900</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$252,900 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><h2><strong>Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People</strong></h2> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <ul> <li>Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary</li> <li>Health coverage for you and your family in many locations</li> <li>Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles</li> <li>Generous number of vacation days each year</li> <li>Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service</li> <li>Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love</li> <li>Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave</li> </ul> <p>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.</p> <p>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 <a href="mailto:candidate_accessibility@elastic.co" target="_blank">candidate_accessibility@elastic.co</a><span class="gmail_default">.</span>&nbsp;We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.</p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below:</span> <a href="https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/fmlaen.pdf" target="_blank">Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)</a> <span style="color: #000000;">Poster;</span><span style="color: #000000;">&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf" target="_blank">Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision</a> Poster; </span><a href="https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/eppabw.pdf" target="_blank">Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)</a> <span style="color: #000000;">Poster and <a href="https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights.pdf" target="_blank">Know Your Rights</a> (Poster)</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Elasticsearch develops and distributes technology and information that is subject to U.S. and other countries’ export controls and licensing requirements for individuals who are located in or are nationals of the following sanctioned countries and regions: Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Russia, including the Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia (The Crimea region of Ukraine, The Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), The Luhansk People's Republic (LNR), Kherson or Zaporizhzhia). 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