Software Engineer (EDR Workflows, Security)

Elastic; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and family

Flexible location & schedule

Generous vacation days

Parental leave (16+ weeks)

Volunteer hours (40 per year)

Charitable donation matching up to $1,

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Software Engineer for the Security EDR Workflows team to build workflows and user-facing capabilities powering Elastic Defend management. You will collaborate with security engineering, product, and design to deliver robust, high-scale features used by security practitioners globally.

You will write production-grade TypeScript/Node.js code, contribute to architecture, and work with OSQuery-based forensics capabilities within Kibana.

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of Node.js and React.js; Typescript is a plus.
• An AI-powered development mindset and initiative-taking attitude.
• Curious, collaborative, and able to work across time zones and teams.
• Experience in cybersecurity and forensics; knowledge of Elastic stack is a plus.
• Open-source contribution experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build workflows and user-facing capabilities for Elastic Defend agent.
• Implement features powering Elastic Defend UI across Kibana perspective.
• Contribute to architecture of Elastic Defend management and response actions with OSQuery forensics.
• Develop scalable, high-performance systems within Elastic ecosystem.
• Write production-grade code in Typescript/Node.js and participate in code reviews.
• Collaborate with multiple Elastic engineering teams on cross-team projects.

Skills

Node.js

Typescript

React.js

AI mindset

Team collaboration

Security/forensics knowledge

Tools

OSQuery

Job description

• The Security EDR Workflows team is in charge of building core capabilities that power Elastic Defend management experience. Our focus is on delivering policy configuration and management capabilities, Elastic Defend and third party providers response actions as forensics capabilities through OSquery. The team is leading XDR key expansion to our SIEM foundations and enhancing user experience in onboarding and managing our security product
• As a Software Engineer on the Security EDR Workflows team, you will help build workflows and user-facing capabilities that get to our Elastic Defend agent to protect and respond against security threats. You’ll collaborate closely with other security engineering teams, as well as with product and design, to deliver robust, high-scale features used by security practitioners around the world. You’ll be using AI to quickly understand and solve problems
• You’ll implement features that power Elastic Defend user interface capabilities
• You’ll contribute to the architecture of Elastic Defend management and response actions framework along with OSquery forensics capabilities
• You’ll develop scalable, high performance systems within the Elastic ecosystem
• Write production-grade code in Typescript/Node JS (and potentially other languages) as part of high-quality, well-tested codebase
• You’ll collaborate with other Elastic engineering teams when working on cross-team efforts
• You’ll be helping on engineering standards, tooling and team processes improvements driven by AI usage
• You’ll participate in code reviews
• You’ll work with a globally distributed team of skilled engineers focused on delivering Elastic Defend and OSquery capabilities from Kibana point of view
• you’ll collaborate with team members on large product features
• You’ll be using AI to supercharge development work

Benefits

• Toast to your health: Fully paid health coverage for you and your family, in many locations.
• Craft your calendar: Flexible location and schedule for most roles.
• Create space for you: Distributed by design workforce, plus generous number of vacation days each year.
• Embrace parenthood: Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave, plus generous family formation benefits.
• Give back your time: 40 hours each year to use toward volunteering with organizations and causes you’re passionate about.
• Amplify your impact: Double your charitable giving — we match donations up to $1500 USD (or local currency equivalent).

You have a basic knowledge of Node JS and React JS skills. Typescript is a plusYou have an AI-powered development mindsetAn initiative-taking mindset: you ask the right questions, don’t make assumptions, and look for ways to improve both product and engineering processesYou take advantage of AI for better comprehension of complex problems and quickly ramping up into solutionsComfortable developing collaboratively. Giving and receiving feedback on code and approaches, even asynchronously over different time zonesYou are curious and want to engage in team meetingsExperience in cybersecurity and forensicsKnowledge of the Elastic stack and solutionsExperience and interest in contributing or developing open-source projects