About the job

At Elastic, we see endless possibility in a world of endless data. And we use the power of search to help people and organizations turn that possibility into results. Elastic is the leading platform for search-powered solutions. With solutions in Enterprise Search, Observability, and Security, we help improve customer and employee search experiences, keep critical applications running smoothly, and protect against cyber threats. Elastic enables organizations worldwide to use the power of Elastic, including Netflix, Uber, BBC, Microsoft, and thousands of others.Elastic was built on a foundation of being free and open, which trickles down to how we work. We’re a distributed organization and have been from the beginning. Being distributed isn’t just a way of doing business—it’s a mentality that is at the core of our culture.About The RoleThe Security External Integrations (SEI) group develops the hundreds of security integrations powering the Elastic Security platform. Our users depend on our integrations to collect and correlate large amounts of data and detect threats in their environments quickly.Two teams make up SEI:

• The Capabilities team builds and maintains the critically important input and processor components underlying our integrations.
• The Scalability team's mission is to scale the number of integrations per engineer that we can support.

We are looking for Software Engineers across both teams. We will collaborate with the broader Security and Platform teams to find creative solutions to deliver outstanding user experiences.What you will be doing:

• Build new third party integrations with different security solutions, including defining Elasticsearch processing pipelines, mapping data sources into a common schema and Kibana dashboards.
• Contribute to the free and open ingest infrastructure powering our integrations, including Elastic Agent and Beats.
• Mentor team members of all levels.
• Collaborate with our support team and answer community questions.

What you bring along:

• Experience writing robust, production code, with a track record of delivering high-quality software products.
• Experience building integrations with third party APIs or lower level system interfaces.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and debugging skills.
• Familiarity with automated testing, benchmarking and scalability standards.
• Excitement to work and integrate with new technologies.
• Ability to thrive in a distributed and collaborative environment.

Nice to have:

• Experience in cybersecurity.
• Production experience with Elasticsearch, Elastic Agent, or Beats.
• Experience with parsing logs and events (ideally in the context of security or observability).

Additional Information - We Take Care Of Our PeopleAs a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• 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
• Double your charitable giving - We match donations 1:1 up to $1500 USD (or local currency equivalent)
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love.
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave