Platform - Control Plane - Senior Software Engineer (IAM)

Referral Board; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Backend Engineer to enhance and operate control plane services. The role involves developing IAM codebases, collaborating on customer issues, and participating in an on-call rotation. Requirements include 3+ years in backend engineering, expertise in JVM-based languages, and strong automation and analytical skills. This is a remote position with competitive benefits and a focus on work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive pay based on work

Health coverage for you and your family

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Financial matching for donations

Volunteer project hours

16 weeks of parental leave

Qualifications

• 3+ years working as a backend engineer in the IAM space or 5+ years as a backend engineer.
• Delivering high-quality code to production.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and evolution of IAM codebases.
• Participate in on-call rotation for system operations.
• Collaborate with Support engineers to solve customer problems.
• Proactively improve services for security and reliability.
• Design, build, and maintain software for cloud offerings.

Skills

Software engineering excellence

JVM-based programming languages

Automation passion

Analytical skills

Debugging skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

What is The Role

The Elastic Platform Control Plane team is looking to add to our growing team! We are looking for creative and passionate people who can help us evolve and operate our control plane services (Self-Managed, Hosted, and Serverless), and accelerate our adoption of Kubernetes. Our distributed services constitute the orchestration layer of the Elastic Cloud and allow users to build new Elastic Clusters or expand existing ones. Our services run on multiple cloud service provider platforms and are built on Docker, Kubernetes, Go/Scala/Java, and custom orchestration architectures.

We are a versatile group of engineers based all around the world, covering a multitude of countries and time zones. We tackle hard problems with creativity and resourcefulness. We also have lots of fun along the way! This is your chance to join a team with outstanding chemistry and help us make meaningful contributions to Elastic’s future.

Day to day you will participate in coding, technical design, crafting solutions, debugging complicated failure scenarios, and prioritizing security, bug fixes, and features. You will analyze the current systems strengths and limitations, and think of ways in which to refactor our services to improve our operations and quality of our service. You will also participate in an on-call rotation to address operational events in a timely manner.

What You Will Be Doing

• Contribute to the development and evolution of the IAM codebases that power our Elastic Cloud offerings.
• Operate our systems by participating in our on-call rotation, solving incidents in Production.
• Collaborate with Support engineers in solving customer problems.
• Proactively improve our existing services for security, stability, and reliability.
• Design, build, and maintain software supporting our cloud offerings and on-prem services.
• Debug production technical issues involving distributed systems, virtualization, containers, and microservices.
• Work cross-team and multi-functionally on solving problems, crafting new features, and delivering projects within Elastic.
• Work with a fully-remote distributed team of engineers located in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

What You Bring

• A record of software engineer excellence, delivering high-quality code to Production.
• Solid experience with JVM-based programming languages.
• 3+ years working as a backend engineer in the IAM space OR 5+ years working as a backend engineer.
• Deep passion for automation and for raising the quality bar.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Bonus Points

• Scala and Golang experience
• Technical depth in one or more technologies relevant for SaaS.
• Hands-on experience developing software on the cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Practical knowledge of Elasticsearch.

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

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
• Increase your impact - 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. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 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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