Senior Golang Engineer

Elasticsearch B.V.; East Lindsey; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking experienced Go engineers to design and operate Cloud Connectors for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. You will be part of a dynamic team ensuring high standards of security and reliability in the Cloud Connectors initiative. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in cloud services, DevOps practices, and a passion for open-source software. This position offers competitive pay and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive pay based on work

Health coverage for family

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Financial donation matching

Parental leave of 16 weeks

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Go programming language.
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Strong understanding of software development best practices.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement projects such as Cloud Connectors in Go.
• Collaborate with teams to shape requirements and drive decisions.
• Ship with a DevOps mindset using CI/CD and GitOps.
• Create dashboards and set SLOs.

Skills

Go programming language

Cloud providers experience (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Kubernetes and container orchestration

Problem-solving and debugging skills

Good communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Linux/Unix environments

Job description

Overview

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 helps organizations deliver on the promise of AI with complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability.

What is The Role

The Cloud Services team supports Elastic’s security needs across cloud environments. The Cloud Connectors initiative delivers a unified and secure integration layer between customer cloud accounts and the Elastic Stack, enabling the trust required for seamless data collection and actionability across our cloud security platform.

We’re seeking experienced Go engineers to design and operate the Cloud Connectors and required services for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud that make this possible. You will build solutions that are secure, scalable, and resilient, owning operations, APIs, and the reliability and observability to run it in production. You’ll join a high-impact team whose work forms the foundation for Elastic’s next generation of cloud security and serves as a shared platform for product teams across the company.

Ideal candidates bring strong Go and distributed-systems expertise, hands-on cloud identity/IAM experience, and a security-first, test-driven approach paired with a DevOps mindset in CI/CD, GitOps, infrastructure as code, and on-call ownership.

What You Will Be Doing

• Design and implement projects such as Cloud Connectors in Go that integrate Elastic workloads with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
• Embed security throughout the lifecycle with least privilege, secret management, threat modeling, and secure code reviews
• Collaborate with product, security, SRE, and platform teams to shape requirements, write design docs, and drive architectural decisions
• Participate in design reviews, architectural discussions, and roadmap planning
• Ship with a DevOps mindset using CI/CD, GitOps, infrastructure as code with Terraform, Kubernetes deployment patterns, feature flags, and progressive delivery
• Operate what you build: instrument telemetry, create dashboards and alerts, and set SLOs
• Ensure high quality with automated unit and integration tests and quality gates

What You Bring

• Proficiency in Go programming language
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Strong understanding of software development best practices and design patterns
• Experience with Git and Linux/Unix environments
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
• Passion for open-source software and contributing to the community
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality, production-ready code
• Good communication and collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively in a distributed environment
• The ability to work in a distributed team throughout the world
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, a great teammate with strong analytical, problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. 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
• 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. 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.

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