Principal Software Developer I Engineering Productivity

Elasticsearch B.V.; Remote; CAD 154,000 - 244,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading search AI company is seeking a Principal Software Developer to join their Engineering Productivity team in Canada. This role drives impactful projects and requires strong technical and communication skills. The company values autonomy and effective stakeholder management, with an emphasis on collaboration. Join a diverse, inclusive environment that offers competitive pay and benefits, including health coverage and generous leave policies. The expected salary range for this role is between $154,000 and $243,600 CAD.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Health coverage for family

Flexible working arrangements

Generous vacation days

Financial donation matching

Volunteer time off

Parental leave of at least 16 weeks

Qualifications

• High level of autonomy while working independently.
• Strong communication tailored to various stakeholders.
• Supportive mindset for mentorship and growth.
• Effective at managing stakeholders and influencing outcomes.
• Knowledgeable in Platform Engineering and CI/CD practices.
• Familiar with Kubernetes and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex technical problems effectively.
• Drive impactful projects involving multiple teams.
• Represent Engineering Productivity in the company.

Skills

Autonomy

Communication skills

Mentorship abilities

Stakeholder management

Knowledge of CI/CD systems

Familiarity with Kubernetes

Software development background

Tools

Kubernetes

Buildkite

Backstage

Argo CD

GitOps

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 Engineering Productivity team provides the foundation for Elastic teams to develop, build, test, and release their software at scale. We’re continuously evolving our platform and workflows, increasingly pushing boundaries toward Continuous Delivery, Continuous Quality models, while ensuring our Software Supply Chain is secured.

We're seeking a Principal Software Developer to drive impactful projects in Engineering Productivity. Success in this role goes beyond your technical expertise and involves influencing outcomes through collaboration, effective stakeholder management, and strong communication.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Solve technical problems of the largest scope, complexity, and ambiguity.
• Drive large, impactful projects that involve multiple stakeholders and impact many teams.
• Represent Engineering Productivity to the rest of the company, gathering feedback and advocating for our projects and vision at different levels.
• Up leveling the quality of the engineering in the org by setting standards exemplified in code review, incident response, and tech debt elimination for their team and peer teams.
• Participate in the On-Call rotation.

What You Bring:

• A high level of autonomy - the distributed nature of the company offers freedom to work when and how you see fit, but also requires team members to work independently, and reach out for help when stuck.
• Strong communicator who can tailor their message to engineering peers and leadership alike.
• Supportive mindset to help grow and mentor other team members.
• Effective at stakeholder management and influencing without authority.
• Knowledge of Platform Engineering and CI/CD systems and practices (Buildkite, Backstage, Argo CD, GitOps, etc).
• Familiarity and experience with Kubernetes.
• Broad software development background and solid knowledge in either Go or Python.
• Familiar with Linux and shell scripting.

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.

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.

• 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 a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

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.

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.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws and can view the following posters linked below:

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster

Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster

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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.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

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.

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. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) 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.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$154,000—$243,600 CAD