Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Elastic's Elasticsearch - WorkChat team as a Software Engineer to build a new way to interact with data in Elasticsearch using a chat interface. You will develop frontend features in Kibana using TypeScript and React and contribute to the backend server code. Collaborate with international teammates in a remote-first environment, providing code reviews and constructive feedback. Work with designers to create a phenomenal user experience and break down features into technical deliverables. The team focuses on data ingestion from various sources, including a web crawler, and expanding into GenAI use cases. We are looking for versatile software engineers with excellent communication skills.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience building frontend web applications using TypeScript and React
• You are someone who gets excited about LLMs and AI agents
• Excellent practical judgment. You know how to prioritize, when to collaborate and ask for help, and when to be independent
• Measured and articulated 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

• Develop frontend features in Kibana using Typescript and React
• Contribute to the backend server code that supports the features
• Collaborate with and mentor international 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, working with designers to build a phenomenal user experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience with open source is a plus
• Bonus if you have prior experience with building generative AI applications or played around with libraries like LangGraph and n8n

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