Platform Ingest Engineer - Go / OpenTelemetry

Platform Ingest Engineer - Go / OpenTelemetry

About the Role

Elastic is seeking a talented Platform Ingest Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for building tools to collect and ingest data easily, efficiently, and quickly. You will work with Elastic Agent, Fleet, and the Integrations platform to enhance data ingestion capabilities. Your primary focus will be on embedding the OpenTelemetry collector within the Elastic stack, making it the best edge data collector and processor available.

Key Responsibilities

• Author code on a fully-distributed team of engineers supporting the Platform Ingest team’s mission, specifically around the OpenTelemetry collector.
• Participate in technical architecture discussions and cross-team efforts.
• Represent Elastic in the OpenTelemetry community, influencing the community towards a shared vendor-neutral vision that benefits Elastic and our users.
• Review pull requests, read and write design documents, develop automated testing strategies, and participate in team and product discussions.
• Collaborate with product management, design, and other Ingest teams to ship compelling features for the central management platform.
• Work with teams across Elastic to build a platform that serves the needs of other solution teams such as Observability and Security.
• Foster a culture of mutual respect and collaborative decision-making.

What You Bring

• Production experience with Go at scale.
• Experience with Open Source projects.
• System-level knowledge of Linux.
• Experience writing automated tests.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as needed.
• Ego-free attitude — we are here for the success of the team and the company.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with the Elastic Stack.
• Experience working in a Kubernetes-based SaaS environment.

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 a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.

About Elastic

Elastic is a free and open search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. Thousands of organizations worldwide use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. We are a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe.

Join us and be part of a team that believes in engineering complex, pluggable software for the web that is built to last the test of time. We value diverse individuals with sharp minds and the ability to empathize with our users, working together with mutual respect and a common mission.

Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals.