Search - Developer Productivity - Senior Software Developer

Elastic is a free and open search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real-time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co.

The Search Developer Productivity team is responsible for the quality, efficiency, and security across Search. We work closely with other teams inside Search and across the whole Elastic to ensure the high-level productivity of engineers. The Search Developer Productivity team develops automations and benchmarking tools, and responsible for CI, monitoring and security as well as it’s responsible for keeping the lights on the Swiftype product. We make sure that the Search team productively develops and delivers new features.

What You Will Be Doing:

You will be building benchmarking tools, and automations, setting up monitoring and alerting systems for developers from the Search team ensuring their productivity.Sometimes you will participate in the ongoing maintenance and support of Swiftype projects, ensuring Swiftype’s continued functionality, reliability, and performanceYou will collaborate with and mentor teammates in a mostly text-based, asynchronous, remote-first team environment with occasional video calls and yearly conferences. You’ll be hands-on with the team and codebase, reviewing work and providing constructive feedback.You will collaborate with the team on projects, breaking them down into technical deliverables. You’ll act as an important and communicative part of an engaged and spirited team.

Our Team Style:

We appreciate articulate and “low ego” people who want to grow as part of a team.We welcome diversity in all forms. We embrace new ideas and appreciate characters of all sorts.We hold each other accountable and work to a high standard. We take pride in the frequent, safe, and graceful delivery of innovative and valuable features.We embrace open communication and challenge. We appreciate positivity and vigilance and strive for autonomy, trust, and personal and professional growth.

What You Will Bring:

Experience building software using modern programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Kotlin, etc.Willingness to learn new languages and technologiesExperience with performance profiling and benchmarking/building tools for benchmarking.Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.Excellent practical judgment. You know how to prioritize, when to collaborate and ask for help, and when to be independent.Measured and articulate written and spoken communication skills. You work well with others and can craft concise and expressive thoughts into artifacts: issues, investigations, documentation, and onboarding material.An interest in learning new tools, languages, workflows, and philosophies that can help you grow. You can function well in an environment that drives towards change.

If this sounds interesting, we would love to hear from you! Please include whatever info you believe is relevant: resume, GitHub profile, code samples, blog posts and writing samples, links to personal projects, etc.

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 salaryHealth coverage for you and your family in many locationsAbility to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many rolesGenerous number of vacation days each yearDouble your charitable giving - We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you loveEmbracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 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.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Poster; Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster)

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Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 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.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below:

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Poster; and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster.

Please see here for our Privacy Statement.

Key Skills

• Backend
• OOP
• .NET Framework