Site Reliability Engineer (Mid / Senior) - Platform Infrastructure · Elastic

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 12:08:29 GMT
Engineering

Elastic · United States · $130,900-$192,600 USD · remote

Elastic is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (Mid/Senior) to join our Platform Infrastructure team. As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing tooling that facilitates building, testing, and shipping the Elastic Stack. You will also build and operate production services that power core aspects of the Elastic business, including downloads, Docker registry, maps service, and more.

In this role, you will support internal adoption of the Elastic Stack for software development and analytics use cases. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the smooth operation of our platform and services.

We are looking for a highly skilled engineer with a broad development background and experience in Site-Reliability Engineering. You should have multiple years of hands-on experience administering Linux systems, ideally at scale and in distributed environments. Experience helping operate a SaaS platform is a plus.

You should be comfortable automating production systems collaboratively, treating configuration as code, managing it through version control, and working with tools such as Docker, Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, Packer, Kubernetes, or your own well-crafted shell scripts.

A drive to automate and monitor everything is essential. If it can be automated, you'll find a way. Experience building reusable software components; open source contributions are a bonus. Comfort with a versioned, Git-based workflow driven by issues and pull requests is required.

Strong Linux fundamentals are a must. You know your way around syscall tracing, TCP internals, init systems (sysvinit/runit/systemd), and aren't afraid to go deep when a problem demands it. A passion for open source, whether through code, mailing lists, documentation, or community participation, is a plus.

Experience thriving in a distributed, asynchronous work environment with strong written communication habits is essential. A genuine appreciation for diverse, globally distributed teams and a collaborative, inclusive approach to getting work done is required.

This role is 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 $130,900-$192,600 USD. 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.

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