Elasticsearch - Senior Software Engineer - Delivery - CI/CD, Gradle

Elastic is an open source search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co

We are on the lookout for a Senior Java Engineer to join our Elasticsearch Delivery team. The mission of the team is to enable Elasticsearch developers to be productive and efficient, ensure the stability of build and continuous integration environments, and develop the testing infrastructure, tooling and automation in support of Elasticsearch development, quality assurance and developer workflows.

Do you want to work on distributed search and analytics software which impacts the lives of millions of people? We’re not interested in your previous job title. Instead, we are looking for forward-thinking people with a deep knowledge of Java, algorithms, and concurrency, who have experience contributing to and managing large Java codebases, with knowledge of CI/CD systems and practices and Java build tools, and who love to solve new challenges.

What you will be doing:

• Working on large impactful projects that evolve the developer workflows for Elasticsearch engineers enabling them to be as productive and efficient as possible.
• Shaping our build and continuous integration environments.
• Design and build tooling and automation for Elasticsearch development.
• Driving strategy for how Elasticsearch deploys in the cloud.
• Solving difficult issues, including performance or concurrency issues, and proposing solutions.
• Collaborating in the open with the Elasticsearch team, Elastic users, and other supporting open source projects.

What you bring along:

• Experience contributing to and managing large Java codebases.
• Knowledge of CI/CD systems and practices (Buildkite, Argo CD, GitOps etc).
• Knowledge of Java build tools (Gradle, Maven, Bazel etc), with a strong preference for Gradle experience.
• Familiarity with Unix/Linux and shell scripting.
• Experience of container runtimes (e.g. Docker) and orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes).
• A high level of autonomy. The distributed nature of the company offers freedom to work when and how you see fit, but also requires team members to work independently, and reach out for help when stuck.

Bonus points:

• Experience running Elasticsearch at scale.
• Experience maintaining open source libraries.
• Experience with continuous delivery of a SaaS product.

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
• Double your charitable giving - We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)
• 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 committed to diversity as well as inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to the principles of affirmative action. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. If you require any reasonable accessibility support, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co.

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