Principal Software Engineer (Application Networking) - Platform Infrastructure

Elastic
Ireland
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeEUR 98,400 - 126,900Function: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Mentorship","Communication","Collaboration","Autonomy"]

Drive the technical direction for Elastic Cloud application networking, owning designs from proposal through general availability. Lead development of ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls at large scale, improving performance, reliability, operability, and service quality. Guide multi-quarter cross-organization initiatives, lead complex incident investigations and on-call participation, and mentor engineers as a subject matter expert and trusted technical advisor.

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Principal Software Engineer (Application Networking) - Platform Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Drive the technical direction for Elastic Cloud application networking, owning designs from proposal through general availability. Lead development of ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls at large scale, improving performance, reliability, operability, and service quality. Guide multi-quarter cross-organization initiatives, lead complex incident investigations and on-call participation, and mentor engineers as a subject matter expert and trusted technical advisor.
Location: Ireland
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set the technical direction for major application networking initiatives and own designs from proposal through general availability.
  • •Lead development of ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls, addressing performance, reliability, and operability issues.
  • •Drive multi-quarter cross-organizational projects that other engineering teams rely on through to delivery.
  • •Raise operational quality by leading end-to-end investigations, complex incident reviews, and participating in on-call rotation.
  • •Mentor and support engineers as a subject matter expert, advising product and senior engineering stakeholders on technical trade-offs and roadmap direction.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: EUR 98,400 - 126,900
Perks:Health InsuranceParental LeavePaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Experience building complex distributed systems running in production at staff/principal scope.
  • •Deep expertise in application networking and cloud-native architecture, including designing and operating ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls.
  • •Ability to own projects end-to-end, including technical design and coordinating with others to deliver needed components across multiple engineers.
  • •Experience operating high-availability SaaS platforms, responding to incidents, and improving reliability over time.
  • •Ability to collaborate across teams with clear communication and influence direction without formal authority.
Experience:SaaSCloud-nativeDistributed systems
Skills:MentorshipCommunicationCollaborationAutonomy
Languages:English
Tech Stack:KubernetesCiliumExternal-dnsEnvoy GatewayCrossplaneAWSAzureGCP

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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