Platform - Engineering Productivity, Engineering Manager

ElasticRun; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health coverage

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Donation matching up to $2000

Up to 40 volunteer hours per year

16 weeks parental leave

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for an engineering manager to lead a distributed engineering productivity team. This role involves building a roadmap, managing a team of 11 engineers, and enhancing team productivity. Candidates should have strong experience in leading engineering projects and a solid foundation in software engineering. The company offers competitive salaries, health coverage, and generous vacation days.

Qualifications

• Experience leading projects that cross engineering teams.
• Strength in computer science fundamentals.
• Genuine curiosity about team growth.

Responsibilities

• Build a roadmap and drive priorities for the team.
• Manage and mentor a team of 11 engineers.
• Identify and implement processes that improve team productivity.

Skills

Leading engineering projects

Hands-on software engineering

Strong communication skills

Compassionate communication

Job description

Overview

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale - unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data - securing and protecting private information more effectively - Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

The Role

We are looking for an engineering manager to lead a distributed engineering team in our Engineering productivity team. The Platform Engineering Productivity team owns key developer productivity and CI/CD/Release functions for Elastic engineering. These functions are presented by our emerging internal developer platform and functions include bootstrapping services, developer environments, CI/CD pipelines, product release pipelines, backstage. The team uses a diverse technology stack, including the Argo tool suite (ArgoCD, Argo Events, Argo Workflows), the CueLang language, and various internal Golang projects.

What You Will Be Doing

• Build a roadmap, disambiguate the work, and drive priorities for your team, based on a mid to long-term vision you’ll help develop for the team
• Manage, mentor, and lead a globally distributed team of 11 engineers, providing frequent feedback and building cohesion in a widely distributed team
• Advocate, unblock, and represent the team within the organization
• Actively participate in the wider Engineering Productivity and Infrastructure management cohorts
• Participate in our Major Incidents on-call rotation as Incident Commander
• Identify and implement processes that improve team productivity and software quality

What You Bring

• Experience leading engineering projects that cross engineering teams
• Experience as a hands‑on software engineer and strength in computer science fundamentals to understand the engineering work that is going on in your team
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills
• A compassionate approach to communication, a good sense of humor, and a genuine curiosity about the success and growth of the people you work with

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.

Benefits

• 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

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. 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.
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How to Apply

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