Platform Infrastructure Engineer II — Go & Kubernetes

Elastic; Norway; Remote; NOK 739,000 - 950,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and yourFamily

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Volunteer time

Parental leave

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Software Engineer II to help build and operate the Elastic Cloud Platform. You’ll ship production services, own defined features, and collaborate with distributed teams across GitHub, Slack, and Zoom.

You will gain expertise in Go, Kubernetes, and cloud-native ecosystems while growing with experienced engineers. The role is fully distributed with asynchronous communication and on-call responsibility.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience writing services in Go or strong proficiency in another systems language with motivation to ramp up on Go.
• Working understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals (Pods, Deployments, Services, Operators).
• Familiarity with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Curiosity about distributed systems and how services communicate at scale.

Responsibilities

• Build features and components for production services.
• Take ownership of well-scoped pieces of larger projects, from requirements through production.
• Propose technical solutions and bring them through to working code.
• Pair with senior engineers on harder problems and ask clarifying questions early.
• Participate in code reviews and design discussions.
• Helps operate the services we own and take part in the on-call rotation.
• Investigate incidents beyond the runbook and leave them better for the next person.
• Automate repetitive work through code.
• Communicate status and blockers early and often.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Code reviews

On-call

Async communication

Pair programming

Tools

Kubernetes operators

Crossplane

Job description

Elastic is seeking a Software Engineer II to help build and operate the Elastic Cloud Platform. You’ll ship production services, own defined features, and collaborate with distributed teams across GitHub, Slack, and Zoom.

You will gain expertise in Go, Kubernetes, and cloud-native ecosystems while growing with experienced engineers. The role is fully distributed with asynchronous communication and on-call responsibility.