Principal Platform Engineer: Builder Experience & Productivity

Elastic; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 120.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health coverage

Flexible location

Generous vacation days

Parental leave

Volunteer time

Charitable donation matching

Descripción de la vacante

Elastic is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Madrid to join the Platform Engineering Productivity team. You will own and improve the full software lifecycle, focusing on CI/CD, release automation, and scalable tooling, while mentoring engineers and guiding best practices.

You will work with globally distributed teams, applying AI fluency and modern automation to deliver high-quality products and accelerate release cycles. This role offers flexible location and a dynamic tech environment.

Formación

• Ability to move fluidly across projects, priorities and evolving team structures.
• Experience with CI/CD systems, GIT and modern development and release practices.
• Enthusiasm for working with a globally distributed team and navigating ambiguity.
• Solid understanding of the full software development lifecycle, including build, package, test, release and quality strategy.
• Experience designing scalable systems and improving developer productivity through tooling and automation.
• Hands-on AI fluency, including integrating LLM APIs into production workflows and applying prompt engineering to domain-specific problems.
• Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and developer platforms, including Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, configuration management tools, and major cloud providers.
• Deep experience in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, Java, or Scala.
• A track record of improving engineering practices such as code review quality, standards, and team efficiency.

Responsabilidades

• Join our Platform Engineering Productivity team as a Principal Software Engineer.
• Help ensure Elastic products are delivered with high quality and make the release process more efficient for engineers across the organization.
• Build and improve frameworks, reusable components, and operational guidelines for the full software development lifecycle.
• Improve CI infrastructure reliability and efficiency
• Build and manage systems that produce releasable artifacts
• Enable ephemeral developer environments
• Define and enforce release quality gates
• Develop tooling and infrastructure for product deployment and release
• Review code to uphold engineering standards and catch defects early
• Collaborate with engineering and product to align on requirements, testing strategy and delivery goals
• Drive clear technical communication across teams and projects
• Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation for systems, processes and architectural decisions
• Mentor engineers and foster a collaborative culture around code quality and best practices

Conocimientos

CI/CD systems

GIT

AI fluency

Cloud platforms

Programming languages

Herramientas

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Descripción del empleo

Elastic is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Madrid to join the Platform Engineering Productivity team. You will own and improve the full software lifecycle, focusing on CI/CD, release automation, and scalable tooling, while mentoring engineers and guiding best practices.

You will work with globally distributed teams, applying AI fluency and modern automation to deliver high-quality products and accelerate release cycles. This role offers flexible location and a dynamic tech environment.