Security Protections - Principal Software Engineer, Security Data Engineering

Elastic is a free and open 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.

The Elastic Security Data Engineering team designs, builds, and runs data processing pipelines and web services that synthesize security data from a broad set of sources and deliver innovative detection capabilities for our users. We build and operate cloud-based security protection products that dynamically adapt to changing threats. The team collaborates closely with the broader Elastic Security team: A diverse set of security researchers, data scientists, and engineers who lend domain expertise to work with us to solve creative security problems and deliver fantastic user experiences.

As a Principal Software Engineer on our team, you will use your skills as a technical leader to design and deliver new product architectures that reinvent the ways that Elastic understands our security users. As our user base grows quickly, you will be responsible for building a scalable and robust tech stack that gathers user behavior and global security events, delivering product features powered by this data - for example, recommendations engines, ML models, and UX studies.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Work as part of the Security Protections team at Elastic with other software engineers, data scientists, and security researchers
• Craft strategic technical plans, make design trade-offs, and gain buy-in on a shared technical plan with multiple engineering teams and product management.
• Lead by example, writing and shipping code in a collaborative environment with peers in multiple countries and timezones
• Improve and expand our security data pipeline across all aspects of software telemetry, data ingest, storage, real-time and batch analytics, and data-intensive web services
• Build new web applications that integrate dynamic security cloud services with the Elastic stack user experience - heavy use of JS / Typescript, some Python and Go
• Advocate for data-powered services and experiences across the Elastic product portfolio, using written and verbal communication to influence other teams at Elastic toward more data-driven product engineering

What You Bring Along:

• Proven experience providing technical leadership to groups of software engineers on complex projects that span organizational boundaries.
• Mastery writing robust, production code. We use several programming languages and tech stacks, so we’re looking for people with the ability and interest to learn new languages and technologies
• Experience and willingness to mentor other engineers and build a culture of software engineering excellence
• Collaborative, curious attitude with a strong disposition to learn new skills, challenge assumptions and humbly learn from others
• Self-motivated and able to thrive in a distributed, fast-paced, and autonomous environment
• Passionate about protecting the world’s data from attack

Desired Experience or Interests:

• Data streaming / database tech, e.g. Elasticsearch, RDBMS, S3/Lambda
• Cloud-based, distributed systems, e.g. AWS, GCP, Docker, Terraform
• Frontend dev, e.g. React
• Partnering with data scientists and researchers to improve statistical and ML products
• Network and/or endpoint information security

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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