Software Engineer II

Summary

Join Elastic's Platform Billing team as a full-stack Software Engineer and contribute to a simple, transparent, and flexible SaaS billing experience. You will implement features, work on a codebase encompassing UX, APIs, and services, and collaborate with other engineering teams. Responsibilities include building a scalable ingestion pipeline using Elastic products, using Elasticsearch and Kibana for data aggregation, and participating in service operation and on-call rotation. This role requires experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Python, distributed systems, and Elasticsearch or Postgres. You will design, build, and scale a product, influencing architecture and user experience. The ideal candidate possesses strong communication and problem-solving skills and thrives in a globally distributed team.

Requirements

• Experience building full-stack software using TypeScript and JavaScript, ideally in React
• Proven experience (3+ years) with a track record of delivering high-quality code, preferably in Python
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and communication between services
• You care deeply about the design and quality of the features you ship
• Experience using Elasticsearch and/or Postgres in your application as a data store and analytics engine
• Experience or interest in working on SaaS billing or metering systems
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work autonomously in a globally distributed team
• You love working with a diverse, worldwide team in a distributed work environment

Responsibilities

• Implement features and execute on the roadmap for the Billing area of the Cloud. This includes working on the parts of the codebase that bring in monthly subscription revenue from thousands of Elasticsearch Service users
• Work on a codebase that consists of UX, APIs, and services both on the client and server side
• Collaborate with other Elastic engineering teams to develop scalable, automated solutions that drive our SaaS business
• Be hands-on with the codebase. Review work done by your peers, and provide constructive feedback
• Work on crafting a stable, scalable, and reliable ingestion pipeline built using Elastic products to harvest usage data from multiple products
• Use Elasticsearch and Kibana to aggregate data for billing and usage reporting purposes
• Participate in the operation of an always-on service, maintaining a high level of observability
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation

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