Principal Engineer — Builder Experience

Referral Board; España; On-site; PHP 7,988,000 - 10,893,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible location & schedule

Generous vacation days

Volunteer time

Job summary

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Platform Engineering Productivity in Spain. You will lead across the full software lifecycle and drive efficiency for engineers across the organization, enabling scalable product delivery.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on AI fluency and strong experience with Python/Go, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker, along with a proven ability to improve engineering practices and developer productivity.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• As part of the Engineering Productivity team, you will build and improve the frameworks, reusable components, and operational guidelines that help teams own the full software development lifecycle for their services.
• You may work across a wide range of initiatives, including: CI infrastructure reliability and efficiency; building and managing systems that produce releasable artifacts; defining and enforcing release quality gates; developing tooling and infrastructure for product deployment and release; reviewing code to uphold engineering standards.
• Collaborating 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; mentoring engineers and fostering a collaborative culture around code quality and best practices.

Skills

Python

Go

Bash

Java

Scala

AI fluency

Tools

CI/CD systems

GIT

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud providers

Job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for Platform Engineering Productivity in Spain. You will lead across the full software lifecycle and drive efficiency for engineers across the organization, enabling scalable product delivery.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on AI fluency and strong experience with Python/Go, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Docker, along with a proven ability to improve engineering practices and developer productivity.