Principal Cloud Networking Engineer - Ingress & DNS

Elastic

United States

Remote

USD 99,000 - 134,000

Full time

11 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Donation matching

Volunteer hours

Parental leave

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape Platform Infrastructure - Application Networking for Elastic Cloud, defining the path for Ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls.

You will lead cross-organizational efforts, mentor engineers, and partner with product management to align technical direction with business goals. This role emphasizes reliability, security, and scalable networking on a global SaaS platform.

Qualifications

Experience designing distributed systems at scale.
Deep expertise in application networking and cloud-native architecture.
Ability to own projects from design to delivery.

Responsibilities

Set the technical direction for major application networking initiatives.
Lead development of Ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls at scale.
Guide multi-quarter cross-organizational projects to delivery.
Improve operability and incident handling across services.
Mentor engineers and set coding and architectural standards.
Collaborate with product management on roadmaps and trade-offs.
Champion security, stability, and cost efficiency improvements.