Principal Software Engineer I - Engineering Productivity - Platform · Elastic

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 15:53:01 GMT
Engineering

Elastic · United Kingdom · remote

We're seeking a Principal Software Engineer to drive impactful projects in Engineering Productivity. The Engineering Productivity team provides the foundation for Elastic teams to develop, build, test, and release their software at scale.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will solve technical problems of the largest scope, complexity, and ambiguity. You will drive large, impactful projects that involve multiple stakeholders and impact many teams. You will represent Engineering Productivity to the rest of the company, gathering feedback and advocating for our projects and vision at different levels.

You will up-level the quality of the engineering in the org by setting standards exemplified in code review, incident response, and tech debt elimination for your team and peer teams. You will participate in the On-Call rotation.

To be successful in this role, you will need a high level of autonomy, strong communication skills, a supportive mindset to help grow and mentor other team members, and effective stakeholder management and influencing without authority.

You will need knowledge of Platform Engineering and CI/CD systems and practices, familiarity and experience with Kubernetes, broad software development background and solid knowledge in either Go or Python, and familiarity with Linux and shell scripting.

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