Search - Developer Tools - Golang/Rust - Senior Software Engineer

Elasticsearch B.V.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Software Engineer for their Developer Tools Team. The role involves developing and maintaining libraries and tools related to the Elastic Stack, with a focus on Rust and Go. Ideal candidates have extensive backend experience and a passion for open-source software. The company values diversity and offers flexible work arrangements, competitive pay, and a range of benefits to support employee well-being.

Benefits

Health coverage for you and your family

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Donation matching up to $2000

40 hours for volunteer projects

Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Significant working experience of Rust, Go, and ideally other languages.
• Knowledge of developing software within an open-source environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and support libraries, tools, and integrations related to the Elastic Stack.
• Participate in the design and development of team-wide projects.
• Support users through GitHub issues, forums, and official support channels.

Skills

Rust

Go

Communication

Collaboration

Usability

Job description

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.

What is The Role:

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join the Developer Tools Team. In this role, you will bring your expertise in programming languages and ecosystems to our distributed team of engineers from various technical disciplines. You will help build, maintain, and support client libraries and framework integrations. An interest in working across a range of projects and programming languages, with a particular focus on Rust and Go, is essential. You will also have experience developing software in an open source environment as a lead maintainer.

The Developer Tools Team is primarily responsible for creating libraries, tools, and integrations that simplify and enhance the development of software backed by Elastic products. Your role will involve building and maintaining such projects, engaging with developer communities, and contributing to both team-wide projects and cross-team collaborations.

You will be working on fully open sourced code that is embedded within user applications, so will need to understand the implications of writing software in the open, versioning and managing product releases, and interacting with users directly in a public setting.

Prior experience with the Elastic product suite is not essential, but is beneficial.

What You Will Be Doing:

• You'll be developing, maintaining, and supporting libraries, tools, and integrations related to the Elastic Stack, working in a mixture of languages including Rust and Go.
• You'll participate in the design and development of team-wide projects.
• You'll support users through GitHub issues, forums, and official support channels.
• You'll collaborate with maintainers of external projects to facilitate integration with the Elastic Stack.
• You'll represent Elastic within relevant communities and ecosystems.

What You Bring:

• 8+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Significant recent working experience of Rust, Go, and (ideally) other languages.
• Knowledge of client-server networking, HTTP, and RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of developing software within an open-source environment.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in software engineering.
• A strong focus on usability and developer experience.
• A genuine interest in technology and an active interest in exploring multiple programming languages.
• An understanding of core AI principles and LLMs.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• A willingness to work as part of a remote, globally distributed team.
• Clear thinking, self-motivation, and the ability to learn and work independently.
• A connection to technical communities through open source projects, blogs or talks (nice to have)
• Prior experience of Elastic products (nice to have)

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 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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