Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Elastic's Search Relevance team and contribute to enhancing search components for Elasticsearch and Kibana. Collaborate with a remote-first team, providing code reviews and constructive feedback. Build product enhancements, break down features into technical deliverables, and actively participate in team discussions. This role requires experience with modern programming languages (Java, Kotlin, etc.), JavaScript-based front-end frameworks, and excellent communication skills. Compensation includes a base salary, stock program, 401k matching, and a range of other benefits focused on employee well-being.

Requirements

• Experience building software using modern programming languages such as Java, Kotlin, etc
• Openness to learn new languages and technologies
• Experienced with JavaScript-based front-end web application frameworks
• Excellent practical judgment. You know how to prioritize, when to collaborate and ask for help, and when to be independent
• Measured and articulate written and spoken communication skills. You work well with others and can craft concise and expressive thoughts into correspondence: issues, investigations, documentation and onboarding material
• An interest in learning new tools, languages, workflows and philosophies that can help you grow. You can function well in an environment that drives towards change

Responsibilities

• Build product enhancements for search components with contributions to Elasticsearch and Kibana
• Collaborate with and mentor teammates in a mostly text-based, asynchronous, remote-first team environment with occasional video calls and yearly conferences
• Be hands-on with the team and codebase, reviewing work and providing constructive feedback
• Collaborate with the team on features, breaking them down into technical deliverables
• Act as an important and communicative part of an engaged and spirited team

Benefits

• 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
• Elastic's stock program
• Company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings