Control Plane - Senior Software Engineer ID -2708

About the position

The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for evolving and operating Elastic's Cloud offering control plane services, which include Self-Managed, Hosted, and Serverless solutions. This role involves technical design, coding, debugging complex scenarios, and improving service operations. The engineer will work within a distributed team, contributing to the development of the orchestration layer of the Elastic Cloud and collaborating with various teams to enhance product features and quality.

Responsibilities

Requirements

  • Strong track record as a software engineer delivering high-quality code within teams.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems architecture and design patterns.
  • In-depth experience with Scala and Go programming languages.
  • Ability to own projects from beginning to end, from design to delivery.
  • Ability to build and debug features with a broad impact, running on multiple machines.
  • Deep passion for automation and for raising the quality bar.
  • Strong analytical, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
  • Self-motivated and highly organized.

Nice-to-haves

  • Technical depth in one or more technologies relevant for SaaS (orchestration, networking, containers, etc.).
  • Practical knowledge of Elasticsearch.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay based on the work you do.
  • Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
  • Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
  • Generous number of vacation days each year.
  • Financial donations matching up to $2000.
  • Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects.
  • Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.
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