Platform - Control Plane - Senior Software Engineer (IAM)

Elasticsearch B.V.; East Lindsey; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading search technology company is seeking a Backend Engineer to develop and maintain their IAM codebases. The role involves building software for cloud offerings and managing production systems. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in backend engineering, experience with JVM-based languages, and a passion for automation. This position offers flexible working arrangements and a commitment to diversity.

Benefits

Competitive pay based on performance

Health coverage for employees and families

Flexible working schedules

Generous vacation days

Financial donation matching

Up to 40 hours for volunteer projects

16 weeks of parental leave

Qualifications

• 3+ years working as a backend engineer in the IAM space OR 5+ years working as a backend engineer.
• Solid experience with JVM-based programming languages.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to developing and evolving IAM codebases for Elastic Cloud.
• Operate systems by participating in oncall rotation and managing production incidents.
• Design, build, and maintain software for cloud offerings and on-prem services.

Skills

High-quality code delivery

Backend engineering

Automation passion

Debugging

Problem-solving

Tools

JVM-based programming languages

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

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.

What is The Role

The Elastic Platform Control Plane team is looking to add to our growing team! We are looking for creative and passionate 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.

We are a versatile group of engineers based all around the world, covering a multitude of countries and time zones. We tackle hard problems with creativity and resourcefulness. This is your chance to join a team with outstanding 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 analyze 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.

What You Will Be Doing

• Contribute to the development and evolution of the IAM codebases that power our Elastic Cloud offerings.
• Operate our systems by participating in our oncall rotation, solving incidents in Production.
• Collaborate with Support engineers in solving customer problems.
• Proactively improve our existing services for security, stability, and reliability.
• Design, build, and maintain software supporting our cloud offerings and on-prem services.
• Debug production technical issues involving distributed systems, virtualization, containers, and microservices.
• Work cross-team and multi-functionally on solving problems, crafting new features, and delivering projects within Elastic.
• Work with a fully-remote distributed team of engineers located in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

What You Bring

• A record of software engineer excellence, delivering high-quality code to Production.
• Solid experience with JVM-based programming languages.
• 3+ years working as a backend engineer in the IAM space OR 5+ years working as a backend engineer
• Deep passion for automation and for raising the quality bar.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Bonus Points

• Scala and Golang experience
• Technical depth in one or more technologies relevant for SaaS.
• Hands-on Kubernetes (k8s) experience.
• Hands-on experience developing software on the cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Practical knowledge of Elasticsearch.

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.

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 minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

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.