Senior Software Engineer - SSC

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:

Elastic, the Search AI Company, empowers everyone to find answers in real-time, leveraging all their data at scale, and fueling the potential of businesses and individuals. The Elastic Search AI Platform, trusted by over 50% of the Fortune 500, unifies the precision of search with the intelligence of AI to accelerate impactful results.

The Software Engineer will join the self-service cloud growth team, empowering self-service customers and trial users to be successful. This role specifically focuses on human user onboarding and agents onboarding, directly influencing the successful growth of Elastic Cloud.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Working as a full stack engineer, contributing both to the backend and frontend of the product onboarding and trial experience.
• Designing and implementing new scalable features and APIs in our product.
• Working closely with PMs and designers to plan and design the features.
• Implementing agentic interfaces for onboarding and trial experience.
• Collaborate with Elastic solution teams to seamlessly integrate cloud and Kibana onboarding flows.
• Designing and implementing data evolution strategies to manage schema changes without introducing breaking changes.

What You Bring:

• Strong proficiency in React and JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js server frameworks like Hapi and Next.js.
• Front-end tech like HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design is in your wheelhouse.
• You know your way around RESTful APIs and async programming.
• If you've dabbled in state management libraries (like NgRx), that's a big bonus.
• Git and other code collaboration tools don't scare you.
• Experience deploying and operationalizing software in production.
• Ability to plan, design, implement, and lead projects independently.
• Problem-solving is your superpower, and you're all about the details.
• Knowledge in NoSQL databases, such as DynamoDB and Elasticsearch.
• You're an awesome communicator and a great team player.
• Fast-paced environments? No problem for you.
• You're a nerd (in a good way) when it comes to staying on top of industry trends and best practices.

Bonus Points:

• Knowledge in React
• Knowledge in JAVA
• Experience with Elasticsearch, and Kibana.
• Experience in Kubernetes

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 a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Security & Privacy Responsibilities: Take ownership of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data and systems by following applicable privacy and security policies, standards, and procedures. Ensure that all individual contributions follow Elastic’s Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF). Proactively participate in mandatory role-based training to ensure personal technical execution consistently aligns with the highest standards of data protection, data privacy, and system resilience.

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.

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 [email protected]. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws and can view the following posters linked below:

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster

Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster

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Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.

At Elastic, our compensation philosophy aims to provide fair, competitive and transparent remuneration. Salary ranges are established based on a combination of external market benchmarks, internal pay equity considerations, and the responsibilities and complexity associated with each role. This approach helps ensure consistency across comparable roles while remaining competitive within the relevant labour markets.

The final compensation offered within the applicable range will be determined based on several objective factors, including relevant professional experience, level of skills and expertise, alignment with the role requirements, and the overall scope and complexity of the position.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

€87.300—€138.100 EUR