Principal Security Engineer, Scale & Identity

Sunseeker Property Service; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch Security team. You will lead the architecture and design of Elasticsearch's main features, focusing on authentication, authorization, and tenant isolation.

You will work with engineering and product leaders to provide high-performance security at scale. The role involves owning security initiatives from architecture to production, designing core security components, and mentoring engineers in a

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable authorization systems (RBAC/ABAC) and token pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of Java, JVM, and performance in distributed systems.
• Experience using AI to accelerate development and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Own security initiatives from architecture to production.
• Design and implement major security components in Elasticsearch core.
• Develop foundational security models for complex features.
• Optimize security performance at scale in distributed systems.
• Apply cryptographic solutions for real customer use cases.
• Ensure data isolation within shared infrastructure.
• Stay current with security trends and best practices.
• Collaborate across teams to embed security in new features.
• Drive vulnerability management with InfoSec team.
• Use AI tools to triage vulnerabilities and automate workflows.
• Mentor engineers to foster security‑first development.

Skills

Java internals

JVM memory management

Concurrency

High-performance

Thread-safety

RBAC/ABAC

Token validation

OAuth 2.0

SAML

Distributed security

AI in development

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch Security team. You will lead the architecture and design of Elasticsearch's main features, focusing on authentication, authorization, and tenant isolation.

You will work with engineering and product leaders to provide high-performance security at scale. The role involves owning security initiatives from architecture to production, designing core security components, and mentoring engineers in a