Senior Software Engineer

Who you are

• Communication: You will have the ability to get your point across exceptionally well in both written and spoken communication and to include others in your decision-making process
• Emotional intelligence: You'll have a good understanding of how to work on a distributed team of engineers around the world and you'll be able to put yourself in their shoes and see the world from their point of view
• Security-minded: You'll be able to think creatively and thoroughly about the kind of work we should do to keep our information and data secure
• You should be very meticulous and conscious of the fact that small mistakes can have big consequences
• Experienced: You have demonstrated ability in Golang with a special focus on build and test processes for complex projects
• You have experience with Buildkite, especially on projects with complex cross-platform test and deployment pipelines
• Data-driven: When faced with a decision, among your first thoughts should be the kind of data you need to make an informed choice and you should be relentless in your search for high-quality data to refine and evaluate the decisions you make

What the job involves

• This role focuses on the software build, test, and release processes for Elastic Agent
• This role extends from the CI/CD systems which run automated test and release processes to the build tooling which underpins a complex Golang project
• Ensuring that the test framework for Elastic Agent consistently delivers accurate test results to developers quickly and cost-effectively
• Produce automated CI analytics to quantify business impact, surface bottlenecks, and prioritize improvements
• Implement a curated testing strategy, manage flaky tests, and maintain an up to date support matrix
• Promote the use of container-based builds and standardized tooling in the Elastic Agent CI
• Ensure proper access controls, secret management, dependency security checks, and software supply chain security best practices, while aligning with compliance requirements

Benefits

• Toast to your health: Fully paid health coverage for you and your family, in many locations.
• Craft your calendar: Flexible location and schedule for most roles.
• Create space for you: Distributed by design workforce, plus generous number of vacation days each year.
• Embrace parenthood: Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave, plus generous family formation benefits.
• Give back your time: 40 hours each year to use toward volunteering with organizations and causes you’re passionate about.
• Amplify your impact: Double your charitable giving — we match donations up to $1500 USD (or local currency equivalent).