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 is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Web Platform team, working on our flagship website, Elastic.co. This full-stack role focuses on building and maintaining scalable web applications, services, and infrastructure that power exceptional user experiences. You'll work collaboratively with a distributed team of engineers, designers, and product managers, contributing to both frontend and backend systems while mentoring junior team members and helping drive technical excellence across the platform.
What You Will Be Doing
- Develop and maintain full-stack features for Elastic.co using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and backend technologies in the Node ecosystem
- Build data integration workflows, content management features, and web services with moderate complexity
- Contribute to frontend development creating responsive, accessible user interfaces
- Collaborate with design teams to implement user experiences that balance design vision with technical feasibility
- Own small to medium-sized components and features, working with some guidance from senior engineers on complex problems
- Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers and learning from senior team members
- Contribute to API design and data architecture decisions within your areas of ownership
- Help identify and address technical debt in systems you work on
- Work closely with SRE teams on deployment processes, monitoring, and infrastructure optimization
- Participate in on-call rotation, learning to investigate beyond runbooks and drive incident resolution
- Collaborate and build relationships across teams
- Contribute to team planning processes and help break down project work
What You Bring
- 3+ years of full-stack development experience with modern web technologies
- Experience with frontend technologies like React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS
- Familiarity with backend development using Node.js, APIs, and database systems
- Understanding of web fundamentals including HTTP, REST APIs, and responsive design
- Experience with version control (Git), testing practices, and CI/CD workflows
- Familiarity with content management systems or headless CMS architectures
- Ability to work independently on well-defined tasks while seeking guidance on ambiguous problems
- Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn new technologies
- Good communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed team environment
- Interest in mentoring others and contributing to a positive team culture
- Commitment to writing clean, maintainable code
Bonus Points
- Experience with Next.js, Express, or other Node.js frameworks
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), containerized applications, and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Understanding of performance optimization techniques
- Experience with design systems and component libraries
- Knowledge of testing frameworks and methodologies
- Experience with Elasticsearch or other search technologies
- Understanding of web accessibility standards
- Contribution to open-source projects
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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 minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
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.
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