Senior Backend Engineer - Internal Tools & AI

Candidate; United States; Remote; USD 133,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock program

401k match

Health coverage

Flexible locations

Vacation days

Volunteer time

Parental leave

Job summary

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a senior backend engineer to own end-to-end production backend systems at scale. You will define specs, build data connectors, enforce security, and evolve core building blocks with AI-powered tooling.

Expect to work across TypeScript, Python and Java, design robust APIs, and review code with AI agents. The role offers a competitive salary, stock, and comprehensive benefits across locations.

Qualifications

• Senior-level backend engineering experience with production systems.
• Strong API and data design with clear contracts and evolving data models.
• Security-minded on authorization and handling of sensitive data.
• Comfort with TypeScript, Python, Java and AI coding agents.

Responsibilities

• Take open business problems and turn them into specs, data models and API contracts.
• Build internal applications that replace paid tools.
• Ensure data integrity and secure access across systems.
• Design and evolve shared building blocks: data connectors, storage, migrations, search and reporting.
• Work with AI coding agents to produce production-quality code and maintainability.

Skills

TypeScript

Python

Java

API design

Data modeling

Security first

AI coding

Systems design

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

Elasticsearch

Job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a senior backend engineer to own end-to-end production backend systems at scale. You will define specs, build data connectors, enforce security, and evolve core building blocks with AI-powered tooling.

Expect to work across TypeScript, Python and Java, design robust APIs, and review code with AI agents. The role offers a competitive salary, stock, and comprehensive benefits across locations.