Control Plane - Serverless Core - Software Engineer II (Go, K8s)

Elastic Urban Trust Bank; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health coverage for you and your family

Flexible locations and schedules

Volunteer time off

Parental leave

Parental leave

Job summary

A leading financial institution in New York is seeking a Software Engineer II for its Platform Control Plane team. You'll develop and operate cloud services using technologies such as Go and Kubernetes. The ideal candidate has software engineering experience with a strong understanding of cloud platforms. This role offers competitive pay, health coverage, and flexible work arrangements. Be part of a diverse team that values creativity and innovation.

Qualifications

• Software engineering experience with high-quality code delivery.
• Hands-on experience with a major Cloud Service Provider (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Passion for automation and quality.
• Experience with on-call support is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve codebases powering Elastic Cloud offerings.
• Operate systems via on-call rotation.
• Proactively improve service security and stability.
• Design, build, and maintain software supporting cloud offerings and on-premise service networking.
• Debug production issues involving virtualization, containers, and microservices.
• Collaborate with distributed teams to solve problems and deliver projects.
• Diagnose customer problems with Support engineers.

Skills

Go programming

Cloud Service Provider experience

Analytical skills

Debugging skills

Passion for automation

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Job description

Control Plane - Serverless Core - Software Engineer II (Go, K8s)

Elastic Urban Trust Bank 29 March 2025

Software Engineer Go Kubernetes Cloud Elasticsearch

Join Elastic, the Search AI Company, as a Software Engineer on the Platform Control Plane team! You'll help evolve and operate our control plane services (Self-Managed, Hosted, and Serverless) and accelerate our adoption of Kubernetes. Our distributed services orchestrate the Elastic Cloud, enabling users to build and expand Elastic Clusters. We use Docker, Kubernetes, Go, and custom orchestration architectures, running on multiple cloud platforms.

As part of our team, you'll code, design, debug, and prioritize security, bug fixes, and features. You'll analyze and improve our systems, participate in on-call rotations, and address operational events. We're a diverse, globally distributed team that values creativity and resourcefulness.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and evolve codebases powering our Elastic Cloud offerings.
• Operate systems via on-call rotation and address customer support requests.
• Proactively improve service security, stability, and reliability.
• Design, build, and maintain software supporting cloud offerings and on-premise service networking.
• Debug production issues involving virtualization, containers, and microservices.
• Collaborate with a distributed team and across teams to solve problems, craft features, and deliver projects.
• Diagnose customer problems with Support engineers.

Requirements:

• Software engineering experience with high-quality code delivery.
• Go (golang) programming experience.
• Hands‑on experience with a major Cloud Service Provider (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Passion for automation and quality.
• Strong analytical, debugging and problem‑solving skills.

Nice to Have:

• Technical depth in SaaS technologies.
• Practical knowledge of Elasticsearch.
• Competitive pay.
• Health coverage for you and your family.
• Flexible locations and schedules (for many roles).
• Matching for financial donations and service.
• Volunteer time off.
• Parental leave.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

How to Apply

Interested in this position? Please submit your resume and cover letter through the application portal.