Senior Software Engineer - Platform Billing Experience

<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="45mim" data-offset-key="fli4b-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="fli4b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fli4b-0-0"><span data-text="true">Billing powers Elastic's Cloud business. It runs across AWS, GCP, and Azure in over 50 regions. We oversee usage-based metering, consumption billing, and marketplace integrations at global scale.</span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="fli4b-0-0">&nbsp;</div> </div> <div class="p" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="2nphl-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2nphl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2nphl-0-0"><span data-text="true">The </span></span><strong><span data-offset-key="2nphl-0-1"><span data-text="true">Billing Experience</span></span></strong><span data-offset-key="2nphl-0-2"><span data-text="true"><strong> team </strong>owns the customer-facing layer of our billing systems. We build and maintain the public and internal APIs, as well as the billing and account pages within Elastic Cloud consoles. Our goal is to make it easy for customers and internal teams to understand and manage their billing data.</span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2nphl-0-0">&nbsp;</div> </div> <div class="p" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="br4d8-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="br4d8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="br4d8-0-0"><span data-text="true">We are looking for a </span></span><strong><span data-offset-key="br4d8-0-1"><span data-text="true">Senior Software Engineer to join the Billing Experience</span></span></strong><span data-offset-key="br4d8-0-2"><span data-text="true"> team. You will take ownership of key APIs and console features, solve complex problems with minimal guidance, and help raise the bar for engineering quality on the team. You will work closely with Product, Design, SRE, and Cloud Infrastructure teams.</span></span></div> </div> <h3><strong>What You Will Be Doing :</strong></h3> <ul> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="c3let-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="c3let-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c3let-0-0"><span data-text="true">Own and improve public and internal billing APIs — focusing on reliability, correctness, and developer experience.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="9ti7r-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9ti7r-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9ti7r-0-0"><span data-text="true">Design and build full-stack features in Elastic Cloud consoles, from backend services to billing and account UIs.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="e7m38-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e7m38-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e7m38-0-0"><span data-text="true">Lead small to medium projects end-to-end — from design to delivery — within the team.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="4osbj-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4osbj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4osbj-0-0"><span data-text="true">Contribute to API design decisions: versioning, contracts, and consistency across consumers.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="6kbqf-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6kbqf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6kbqf-0-0"><span data-text="true">Improve observability and reliability of billing-facing services through better monitoring, alerting, and incident response.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="a3tc1-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="a3tc1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a3tc1-0-0"><span data-text="true">Participate in code and design reviews. Be a trusted reviewer for your area of the stack.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="19p09-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="19p09-0-0"><span data-offset-key="19p09-0-0"><span data-text="true">Mentor junior engineers through feedback, pairing, and design discussions.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="6nc91-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6nc91-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6nc91-0-0"><span data-text="true">Work with Product and Tech Leads to help shape priorities and technical direction.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="7jj1l-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="7jj1l-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7jj1l-0-0"><span data-text="true">Take part in on-call rotations and contribute to production readiness.</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="45mim" data-offset-key="ab459-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="ab459-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ab459-0-0"><span data-text="true">5+ years in backend or full-stack engineering, with solid experience building and maintaining APIs.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="c9139-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="c9139-0-0"><span data-offset-key="c9139-0-0"><span data-text="true">Experience working on customer-facing or developer-facing products at scale.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="6v99c-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6v99c-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6v99c-0-0"><span data-text="true">Solid understanding of distributed systems and how to build for reliability and scale.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="lmam-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="lmam-0-0"><span data-offset-key="lmam-0-0"><span data-text="true">Background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) — networking, monitoring, and deployment basics.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="3o07p-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3o07p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3o07p-0-0"><span data-text="true">Experience with frontend technologies used in dashboards or console products is a plus (React or similar).</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="cj720-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cj720-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cj720-0-0"><span data-text="true">Strong judgment in technical trade-offs. You can work through ambiguous problems and deliver well-thought-out solutions.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="2d5n8-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2d5n8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2d5n8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Good communication skills. You write clearly and speak up in discussions to share your perspective.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="8g8j7-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="8g8j7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8g8j7-0-0"><span data-text="true">Experience with SaaS billing, metering, or financial systems is a plus.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="7rt0d-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="7rt0d-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7rt0d-0-0"><span data-text="true">Comfortable working in a global, distributed, async environment.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" style="text-align: justify;" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="6ooh6-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6ooh6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6ooh6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Track record of using AI to speed up development, debug complex systems, and improve code quality — while owning the outcomes.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="45mim" data-offset-key="61bq8-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" style="text-align: justify;" data-offset-key="61bq8-0-0"><span data-offset-key="61bq8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Eligible to work in Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 4 or above cloud service environments.</span></span></div> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p><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. 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