- 8+ years in backend or platform engineering, with solid skills in Python and PostgreSQL (schema design, performance, high availability).
- Proven experience improving reliability, observability, and incident response in production systems.
- Solid background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including networking, IAM, monitoring, and deployment.
- Ability to lead multi-quarter projects across teams — building consensus and delivering results.
- Track record of mentoring engineers, setting technical direction, and raising engineering standards.
- Experience with SaaS billing, metering, or financial systems is a real plus.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills. Able to influence across teams and speak to both technical and non-technical partners.
- Comfortable working on your own in a global, distributed, and async environment.
- Able to work across projects, work across functions and teams, and adapt to changing team structures.
- Track record of using AI to speed up development, debug complex systems, and improve code quality — while owning the outcomes.
- Eligible to work in Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 4 or above cloud service environments.
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
The typical starting salary range for this role is:
$159,800—$252,800 USD
The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:
$191,900—$303,500 USD
