Principal Software Engineer (Platform Infrastructure - Application Networking)

Join Elastic as a Principal Software Engineer in the Platform Infrastructure - Application Networking team. In this role, you will drive the technical vision, architecture, and design of application networking systems, including Ingress, security controls, private connectivity, and DNS management. You will lead multi-quarter, cross-organizational projects, mentor and support engineers, and partner with product management and senior engineering stakeholders. This is a remote position with flexible scheduling and generous benefits.

• Conduire la vision technique, l'architecture et la conception des systèmes de mise en réseau d'application, en définissant la direction technique pour les initiatives majeures.
• Diriger le développement de l'Ingress, de la connectivité privée, du DNS et des contrôles de sécurité à grande échelle pour Elastic Cloud, en identifiant et en résolvant en continu les problèmes liés à la performance.
• Mentorer et soutenir les ingénieurs de l'équipe, servir d'expert en la matière et de conseiller technique de confiance pour l'organisation d'ingénierie plus large.
• You have operated high-availability SaaS platforms, responded to incidents, and improved reliability over time. You care about the quality of work shipped — testing, observability, and operability
• Experience with building software, including setting technical direction for complex distributed systems running production at scale (Staff or Principal level, or equivalent scope)
• You can work autonomously, drive decisions and results in a distributed team by leveraging asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication. You communicate clearly and can influence direction across teams and levels without formal authority
• Deep expertise in application networking and cloud-native architecture. You should understand how services communicate at scale. Knowledge of how to design, operate, and evolve Ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls is required
• You are able to own projects from beginning to end. This covers both technical design and working with others to develop needed components. You have experience guiding work involving multiple engineers
• You have experience building large-scale distributed systems, rather than making use of off-the-shelf services
• You have a proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while still owning the final outcomes
• You possess the ability to collaborate across functions and teams and seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or teams based on business priorities
• You have contributed to CNCF or other open-source networking projects
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes networking (Cilium, external-dns, Envoy Gateway, and Crossplane) and with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and its networking ecosystem