Principal Software Engineer I - CI/CD - Platform Engineering Productivity
Elastic
Salary undisclosed
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Description
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. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. 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.
What Is The Role :
What You Will Be Doing :
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Define the roadmap and technical vision for CI/CD, from problem identification through org-wide adoption.
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Identify where CI/CD is a bottleneck, a source of friction, or a security risk before it becomes an incident, and drive the remediation rather than waiting to be assigned it.
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Design and enforce release gates covering supply chain integrity, artifact provenance, and release readiness, built to scale across teams without becoming a tax on engineering velocity.
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Direct engineers on your team through complex, multi-quarter projects: break down the architecture, assign the work, and own the outcome even when the execution is distributed.
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Drive clear technical communication and alignment across teams, and produce high-quality documentation for systems, processes, and architectural decisions.
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Serve as Incident Commander on high-severity supply chain or release incidents, and use each incident as a forcing function for structural improvements.
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Raise the engineering bar across the org through code review, mentorship, design review, and by setting standards others adopt voluntarily.
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Remain hands-on at the right depth: you'll review code, prototype approaches, and debug production issues, but your primary leverage at this level is through the work of others, not your own output.
What You Bring :
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Deep expertise in CI/CD and what it takes to harden a release pipeline against supply chain attacks.
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Strong debugging instincts across the full pipeline stack: you trace failures from test runner to artifact store to cluster deployment without needing a specialist for each layer.
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Hands-on with CI infrastructure (Buildkite, GitHub Actions, or equivalent), GitOps/ArgoCD, and Kubernetes.
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You use AI to accelerate your own work and your team's and you understand AI's impact on supply chain security and scale.
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A track record of multi-quarter, cross-org ownership: you've identified the right problem, designed the solution, and gotten organizations that didn't report to you to change how they work.
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The judgment to push back on a prescribed plan when it's the wrong call, and the credibility to get alignment on a better approach.
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Experience directing the work of other engineers toward outcomes not just collaborating, but breaking down complex problems into executable work and holding the outcome.
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
At Elastic, our compensation philosophy aims to provide fair, competitive and transparent remuneration. Salary ranges are established based on a combination of external market benchmarks, internal pay equity considerations, and the responsibilities and complexity associated with each role. This approach helps ensure consistency across comparable roles while remaining competitive within the relevant labour markets.
The final compensation offered within the applicable range will be determined based on several objective factors, including relevant professional experience, level of skills and expertise, alignment with the role requirements, and the overall scope and complexity of the position.
Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People
As 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
- 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
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. 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.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
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Benefits
- stock options
- parental leave
About this role
Elastic's Platform Engineering Productivity team owns the CI/CD and release infrastructure that enables the company's developers to deploy safely and at scale. As Principal Software Engineer I, you'd define the technical vision for this critical system while staying hands-on enough to debug production issues and review code. The role demands someone who spots bottlenecks and security risks before they become incidents—then drives the fix across teams that don't report to you. You'd direct multi-quarter projects, serve as Incident Commander on high-severity supply chain events, and raise engineering standards through mentorship and design review.
This is a systems leadership position that requires deep expertise in hardening CI/CD pipelines against supply chain attacks, hands-on fluency with Buildkite, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes, and a proven track record of cross-organizational ownership. You need strong debugging instincts across the full pipeline stack and the judgment to push back on prescribed plans when a better approach exists. The role also expects you to understand AI's impact on both security and scale, and to use it to accelerate your team's work.
The position is based in Dublin, in-office, on a full-time basis with a base salary of €104,800–€165,700 EUR. Elastic offers competitive benefits including health coverage, flexible work arrangements for many roles, generous vacation, parental leave, and a donation matching program.
How this employer is doing
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