Elasticsearch - Principal Software Engineer I (Performance Team) at Elastic

Elastic

United States·3h ago

LeadFull-timePythonAWSKubernetesElasticsearchCI/CDAIAPI

Salary Range

$153,000 - $207,000 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our Elasticsearch Performance Engineering team at Elastic. This role focuses on enhancing processes and automated tooling for benchmarking Elasticsearch ingest and search workloads at scale in the cloud, and identifying performance regressions.

Key Responsibilities

→Design and build tooling and automated processes for provisioning and execution of Elasticsearch performance benchmarking jobs at scale.
→Maintain our open source Python-based benchmarking tool, Rally, and act as a source of best practice regarding our Python-based tooling.
→Define methodologies and guidelines for performance benchmarking serving development teams and solution architects.
→Participate or lead in cross-functional team efforts and engagements.
→Develop reporting for and interpret benchmarking results.
→Investigate and assist in resolving performance escalations and capacity planning issues.
→Address and devise solutions for benchmarking disparate use cases and workloads.

Requirements

✓Software development experience with Python and Linux shell required (Expert Level).
✓Familiarity with Linux system-level performance measurement and associated tooling.
✓Prior experience in troubleshooting and root cause analysis of performance issues in complex distributed architectures.
✓Cloud orchestration with Kubernetes.
✓Prior experience with CI/CD pipelines and automating process workflows.
✓Experience in cloud architectures, service models, and operating across multiple cloud service providers.
✓Ability to multitask, effectively manage your time, and collaborate with team members globally across time zones.
✓Familiarity with measuring performance and sizing in Linux VM and container environments.

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
★Company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings
★Up to $2000 for financial donations and service
★Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects
★Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave