Principal Software Engineer - Builder Experience - Platform Engineering Productivity

Elastic
Spain
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeEUR 80,400 - 127,200Function: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Systems thinking","Ownership","Technical communication","Mentoring","Comfort with ambiguity"]

Build and improve frameworks and reusable components that help teams manage the full software development lifecycle—from build and release quality gates to deployment tooling. Improve CI infrastructure reliability, enable ephemeral developer environments, and automate production-ready artifact generation. Uphold engineering standards through code review, align with engineering and product on testing and delivery goals, communicate technical decisions clearly, and mentor engineers to strengthen code quality and best practices.

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Principal Software Engineer - Builder Experience - Platform Engineering Productivity

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Job Summary

Build and improve frameworks and reusable components that help teams manage the full software development lifecycle—from build and release quality gates to deployment tooling. Improve CI infrastructure reliability, enable ephemeral developer environments, and automate production-ready artifact generation. Uphold engineering standards through code review, align with engineering and product on testing and delivery goals, communicate technical decisions clearly, and mentor engineers to strengthen code quality and best practices.
Location: Spain
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and improve frameworks, reusable components, and operational guidelines for teams to own the full software development lifecycle.
  • •Improve CI infrastructure reliability and efficiency, and build systems that produce releasable artifacts.
  • •Enable ephemeral developer environments and define/enforce release quality gates.
  • •Develop tooling and infrastructure for product deployment and release, and review code to improve performance and catch defects early.
  • •Collaborate with engineering and product on requirements, testing strategy, and delivery goals; drive technical communication, documentation, and mentorship.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: EUR 80,400 - 127,200
Perks:Health InsurancePaid LeaveParental LeaveVolunteer Time

Key Requirements

  • •Strong understanding of the full software development lifecycle, including build, package, test, release, and quality strategy.
  • •Deep experience in one or more programming languages such as Python, Go, Bash, Java, or Scala.
  • •Experience with CI/CD systems and Git, plus modern development and release practices.
  • •Experience with cloud infrastructure and developer platforms, including Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, configuration management tools, and major cloud providers.
  • •Hands-on AI fluency, including integrating LLM APIs into production workflows and applying prompt engineering to domain-specific problems.
Experience:AICloud infrastructureDeveloper platformsDistributed teams
Skills:Systems thinkingOwnershipTechnical communicationMentoringComfort with ambiguity
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonGoBashJavaScalaCI/CDGitTerraformKubernetesDockerLLM APIsPrompt engineeringConfiguration management

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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