Principal Software Engineer (Application Networking) - Platform Infrastructure

Elastic
Greece
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeEUR 71,200 - 88,400Function: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Mentorship","Cross-team collaboration","Autonomous execution","Clear communication","Technical advisory"]

Drive Elastic Cloud application networking forward, shaping the technical direction for ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls. Own designs from proposal to general availability, lead large-scale distributed systems work, and improve performance, reliability, and operability. Guide complex incident investigations and cross-organizational delivery while mentoring engineers and advising product and senior stakeholders on trade-offs and feasibility.

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Principal Software Engineer (Application Networking) - Platform Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Drive Elastic Cloud application networking forward, shaping the technical direction for ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls. Own designs from proposal to general availability, lead large-scale distributed systems work, and improve performance, reliability, and operability. Guide complex incident investigations and cross-organizational delivery while mentoring engineers and advising product and senior stakeholders on trade-offs and feasibility.
Location: Greece
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set the technical direction for major application networking initiatives, owning designs from proposal through general availability.
  • •Lead development of Ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls at large scale.
  • •Identify and address performance, reliability, and operability issues continuously.
  • •Lead multi-quarter cross-organizational projects through delivery and guide contributors.
  • •Mentor engineers, serve as a subject matter expert, and participate in on-call while leading complex incident investigations and reviews.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: EUR 71,200 - 88,400
Perks:Health InsurancePaid LeaveParental LeaveVolunteer Time

Key Requirements

  • •Build software and set technical direction for complex distributed systems running in production at scale.
  • •Deep expertise in application networking and cloud-native architecture, including designing and operating Ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls.
  • •Experience building large-scale distributed systems, not relying on off-the-shelf services.
  • •Ability to own projects end-to-end, covering technical design and coordinating engineers to deliver components.
  • •Operate high-availability SaaS platforms, respond to incidents, and improve reliability over time with strong testing, observability, and operability.
Experience:Distributed systemsSaaSCloud-nativeApplication networkingProduction at scaleIncident response
Skills:MentorshipCross-team collaborationAutonomous executionClear communicationTechnical advisory
Languages:English
Tech Stack:IngressDNSKubernetes networkingCiliumExternal-dnsEnvoy GatewayCrossplaneAWSAzureGCPElasticsearchKibana

Company Brief

Elastic
Builds the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash) and provides search, observability, and security solutions that enable organizations to search, analyze, and protect data in real time across applications, infrastructure, and enterprises.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded: 2012
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