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. 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.About the roleThe Elastic Cloud Platform powers Elastic's products in the cloud. Our teams take the undifferentiated heavy lifting off Elastic's engineering organization — building and operating the services that let other engineers develop, ship, and run software at scale.What does a Software Engineer II do here?Ship code that engineering teams across Elastic rely onLearn from experienced engineers while owning real workBuild expertise in Go, Kubernetes, and the cloud-native ecosystemFind your specialty and grow with the teamThe role is fully distributed — collaboration happens every day over GitHub, Slack, and Zoom!What you will be doingBuild features and components for production servicesTake ownership of well-scoped pieces of larger projects, from requirements through productionPropose technical solutions and bring them through to working codePair with senior engineers on harder problems and ask clarifying questions earlyParticipate in code reviews and design discussionsHelps operate the services we own and take part in the on-call rotationInvestigate incidents beyond the runbook and leave them better for the next personAutomate repetitive work through codeCommunicate status and blockers early and oftenWhat you will bring alongHands-on experience writing services in Go, or strong proficiency in another systems language with motivation to ramp up on GoWorking understanding of Kubernetes fundamentals (Pods, Deployments, Services, Operators)Familiarity with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)Curiosity about distributed systems and how services communicate at scaleComfort working through ambiguity with support from more experienced engineersA collaborative approach: welcoming feedback, sharing context, learning from teammatesClear written and verbal communication in a distributed, async-first settingCare about the quality of work shipped — testing, observability, and operabilityBonus PointsExperience with Crossplane, Kubernetes operators, or similar infrastructure-as-code toolingProven ability to seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or scrum teams based on dynamic business prioritiesYou work autonomously and can drive decisions and results in a distributed team by leveraging asynchronous, direct, and transparent communicationDemonstrated experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to accelerate feature development, debug complex systems, and optimize existing codebasesBackground working in a cloud-based SaaS environment or on a developer platformFamiliarity with the Elastic Stack or other observability toolsOpen source contributions of any kindExperience supporting production services through an on-call rotationCompensation for this role is in the form of base salary.





It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salaryHealth coverage for you and your family in many locationsAbility to craft your calendar with adaptable locations and schedules for many rolesGenerous number of vacation days each yearIncrease your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and serviceUp to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you loveEmbracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leaveDifferent people approach problems differently. 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.Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster)Elasticsearch develops and distributes technology and information that is subject to U.Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Russia, including the Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia (The Crimea region of Ukraine, The Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), The Luhansk People's Republic (LNR), Kherson or Zaporizhzhia).

📌 Software Engineer II - Platform Infrastructure (Orchestration) (Madrid)
🏢 Elastic
📍 Madrid