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At a glance
Elastic is hiring a Software Engineer II - Control Plane (Hosted Foundations / Applications) in United States. It is a full-time role in Software & IT, asking for at least 5 years of experience, first listed on November 1. The advertised pay is $133,200–$159,800 a year. The description mentions Scala and Java. Elastic has 99 other openings in the US. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 4,670 Software & IT openings in the US today; the typical one asks for 5 years and advertises about $185,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Elastic advertises $133,200 to $159,800 a year, a midpoint of $146,500 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is lower than about 75% of the 2,998 software & IT jobs across the US that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $185,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and state tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
Skills in this advert
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About hiring at Elastic
Elastic has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 10 states. Most are in software & IT (53), sales & BD (21) and data & AI (10). The biggest locations are San Francisco, CA (5), New York, NY (4) and Arlington, VA (3). None of them is fully remote, 2% are open to entry-level candidates and 94% show pay. We collect Elastic's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Greenhouse), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
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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.
What is The Role
As a Software Engineer on our Control Plane - Hosted team, you will be responsible for technical design and work in key functional areas of Elastic’s Cloud offerings. You will participate in coding, crafting solutions, debugging sophisticated failure scenarios, and prioritizing bug fixes and features. You’ll analyze the current system, its strength and limitations.
What You Will Be Doing
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Guide cross-team technical designs and help create a team-wide high level architecture
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Lead best practices for development, ensuring a reliable, scalable foundation and an engaging user experience for our customers
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Contribute and lead technical plans and direction within our team and across other product teams in Elastic
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Be part of a distributed team of engineers from all across the globe
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Collaborate with other teams within Elastic. Examples include helping Support engineers in diagnosing problems or advising the Elasticsearch engineers with designing new features
What You Bring
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5+ years of experience as a software engineer, with a track record of delivering high-quality code
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Previous experience providing pragmatic technical leadership for a group of engineers
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Knowledge of back-end languages such as Scala, Java or Go
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Technical depth in one or more technologies relevant for SaaS (orchestration, networking, containers, etc.)
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Passion for automation and quality
- Are eligible to work in DoD Impact Level 5
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified 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.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k 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.
The typical starting salary range for this role is:
$133,200—$159,800 USD
The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:
$133,200—$159,800 USD
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
- 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 minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. 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 candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster; Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision Poster; Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster)
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