Senior Backend Engineer — AI-Driven Systems

Elastic; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock program

401(k) matching

Health coverage

Generous vacation

Job summary

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a senior backend engineer to own end-to-end delivery of internal applications. You will design data models, API contracts, and system architecture, building production-ready software that scales and remains maintainable over years.

The role emphasizes solving complex data, security and performance challenges, with AI-assisted coding and strict quality gates guiding progress. A distributed, flexible setup is offered.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience designing, shipping and maintaining production backend systems.
• Strong API and data design with clear contracts and data models.
• Experience integrating with APIs, databases and event streams.

Responsibilities

• Take business problems, decide what to build and turn it into a clear spec, data model and API contracts.
• Build internal applications that replace paid tools.
• Ensure data security, permissions and scalable data storage.

Skills

TypeScript

Python

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a senior backend engineer to own end-to-end delivery of internal applications. You will design data models, API contracts, and system architecture, building production-ready software that scales and remains maintainable over years.

The role emphasizes solving complex data, security and performance challenges, with AI-assisted coding and strict quality gates guiding progress. A distributed, flexible setup is offered.