Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people.
The Elastic
Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI. We are seeking a Principal Software Developer to join the Elasticsearch Security team.
These features include authentication, authorization, and tenant isolation. You will work with engineering and product leaders at Elastic. Your goal is to provide high-performance security at all levels.
This includes ensuring that our distributed data store has top-quality security at scale. Owning core security initiatives from architecture to production, focusing on the delivery of recent critical features. Leading the technical design, plan, and execution for major security components inside the Elasticsearch core engine.
Developing the foundational security models for intricate features. Optimizing security performance at scale in distributed systems environments. Applying cryptographic solutions to address genuine customer use cases.
Ensuring robust data isolation within shared infrastructure supporting disparate customers. Monitoring and applying the latest advancements and best practices in security. This includes authentication, identity management, cryptography, and data access management.
Collaborating with peers across the company to embed security into new customer features from the outset. Drive vulnerability management efforts by collaborating closely with the InfoSec team to proactively identify, assess, and remediate security risks. Leverage AI-driven tools to automate vulnerability triage, prioritization, and preliminary investigation, streamlining security workflows and reducing manual intervention.
Mentoring and coaching other engineers,
fostering a culture of technical excellence and security-first development. You have deep knowledge of Java internals and JVM memory management. You can write code that is high-performance, thread-safe, and lock-free.
You have proven experience in designing and building systems for authorization that can scale. This includes deep experience designing scalable RBAC/ABAC models and token validation pipelines. You have a solid comprehension of distributed systems security, including node-to-node mutual trust, zero-trust transport, partition tolerance, and cluster state propagation.
You have a proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while still owning the final outcomes. You possess the ability to collaborate across functions and teams and seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or teams based on business priorities.
Bonus Points: Hands-on experience mapping engine-level technical controls to FedRAMP (Moderate/High), FIPS 140, and SOC 2 requirements.
Experience working on the internals of a data store or search engine. As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; 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 a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave Security & Privacy Responsibilities:
Take ownership of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data and systems by following applicable privacy and security policies, standards, and procedures.
Ensure that all individual contributions follow Elastic’s Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF). Proactively participate in mandatory role-based training to ensure personal technical execution consistently aligns with the highest standards of data protection, data privacy, and system resilience. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email
[email protected] have rights under Federal Employment Laws and can view the following posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed 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. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) 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. 154,000—$243,600 CAD
📌 Principal Software Developer - Security - Elasticsearch (Winnipeg)
🏢 Elasticsearch
📍 Winnipeg