Platform - Control Plane - Senior Software Developer

Elastic; Canada; Remote; CAD 128,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Senior Software Developer to enhance its Elastic Cloud offerings. In this role, you will design and develop control plane services, ensuring high-quality code delivery while collaborating with a distributed team. Your expertise in distributed systems and back-end programming will be crucial as you tackle complex challenges and contribute to the evolution of the platform. With a focus on automation and quality, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment. Join a diverse team committed to inclusivity and professional growth, where your contributions will be valued and recognized.

Benefits

Health coverage

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Donation matching

Volunteer project hours

Parental leave

Qualifications

• Strong track record in delivering high-quality code as a software engineer.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and back-end programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of Elastic Cloud offerings and control plane systems.
• Participate in on-call rotation and address customer support requests.

Skills

Software Engineering

Distributed Systems Architecture

Back-end Programming

Debugging

Automation

Analytical Skills

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Scala

Go

Elasticsearch

Job description

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:

The Elastic Platform Control Plane team is looking to add a Senior Software Developer to evolve and operate our Elastic Cloud offering control plane services (Self-Managed, Hosted, and Serverless), and accelerate our embrace 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 provider platforms and are built on Docker, Kubernetes, Go/Scala, and custom orchestration architectures.

As a Senior Software Developer in our team, you will be responsible for technical design and work in key functional areas of Elastic’s Cloud offerings. You will participate in coding, crafting solutions, debugging complex failure scenarios, and prioritizing bug fixes and features. You will analyze the current system, its 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 be part of an on-call rotation to address operational events in a timely manner.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Contribute to the development and evolution of the codebases that power our Elastic Cloud offerings.
• Operate our control plane systems by participating in our on-call rotation and addressing customer support requests.
• Lead standard processes for back-end development with strong ownership.
• Contribute to our technical plans and direction and across other product teams in Elastic.
• Be part of a distributed team of engineers from all across the globe.
• Collaborate with other teams within Elastic when working on cross-team efforts.
• Collaborate with Support engineers in diagnosing problems and coordinating with the Elasticsearch engineers the design of new features.
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions with other engineers.
• Mentor new team members, both junior and senior ones.
• Improve our engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

What You Bring:

• Strong track record as a software engineer delivering high-quality code within teams.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems architecture and design patterns.
• In-depth experience with a back-end programming language.
• Ability to own projects from beginning to end, from design to delivery.
• Ability to build and debug features with a broad impact, running on multiple machines.
• Deep passion for automation and for raising the quality bar.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Be self-motivated and highly organized.
• Bonus: Technical depth in one or more technologies relevant for SaaS (orchestration, networking, containers, etc.).
• Bonus: Practical knowledge of Elasticsearch.
• Bonus: Production-level experience with the Scala and Go programming languages.

Compensation

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.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$128,300—$203,000 CAD

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.

• 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/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 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 [e-mail]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.