Build Elasticsearch infrastructure with Java, APIs, and CI/CD expertise at Elastic, supporting shared platform functionality for cloud and on-premise delivery. This senior individual contributor role focuses on foundational infrastructure enabling engineers to develop, extend, and support Elasticsearch. You will design scalable features, improve developer productivity, and work across teams on technical projects. The team owns services, settings, scripting, observability, serverless orchestration, and delivery workflows. Key Responsibilities:
Evolve core infrastructure underpinning Elasticsearch Automate development workflows and integrate agentic applications Design horizontally scalable features and APIs Resolve performance and concurrency issues Own operational investigations through resolution Requirements:
Hands-on CI/CD experience with Buildkite, Argo CD, or GitOps Robust core Java, algorithms, and data structures knowledge Experience crafting APIs and evaluating tradeoffs Knowledge of Gradle or other Java build tools Experience leading projects across engineering teams Apply Java, API design, automation, and operational problem-solving skills to improve Elasticsearch platform productivity at Elastic.