Join Elastic as a Senior Software Engineer to lead technical designs and enhance cloud offerings in a distributed team.
Posted by employer 1 day ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 hour ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
What you'll build
- Guide cross-team technical designs
- Lead best practices for development
- Contribute and lead technical plans
- Collaborate with other teams
Must have
- 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
- Knowledge of back-end languages such as Scala, Java or Go
Nice to have
- Previous experience providing pragmatic technical leadership
- Technical depth in one or more technologies relevant for SaaS
Practical constraints
- Are eligible to work in DoD Impact Level 5
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will focus on the technical design and development of Elastic's Cloud offerings, engaging in coding, debugging, and prioritizing enhancements. Proficiency in back-end languages like Scala, Java, or Go, along with experience in SaaS technologies, is essential for success. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in technical leadership and a passion for quality and automation. The team operates in a distributed model, fostering collaboration across global engineers.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 23, 2026. Last confirmed on Elastic's careers page October 23, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 4 other locations at Elastic: Portugal, Spain, Greece, Poland.
- Starts at or below all 24 comparable senior backend roles in Canada that list Go we track (median $112,209 across 12 companies). See Go salary trends
- Go appears in 35.1% of 74 comparable senior backend roles in Canada; Scala appears in 1.4% of 74 comparable senior backend roles in Canada.
Quick facts
- Is the Senior Software Engineer - Control Plane (Hosted Foundations / Applications) role remote?
- It's hybrid — Elastic expects some on-site time in Canada.
- What's the salary range?
- Elastic lists CAD 128,300–CAD 203,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer - Control Plane (Hosted Foundations / Applications) role.
- Where is the role based?
- Elastic is hiring for this position in Canada.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Go, Java, Scala.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Elastic targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer - Control Plane (Hosted Foundations / Applications) role at Elastic.
From the original posting
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
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Guide cross-team technical designs and help create a team-wide high level architecture
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Lead best practices for development, ensuring a reliable, scalable foundation and an engaging user experience for our customers
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Contribute and lead technical plans and direction within our team and across other product teams in Elastic
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Be part of a distributed team of engineers from all across the globe
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Collaborate with other teams within Elastic. Examples include helping Support engineers in diagnosing problems or advising the Elasticsearch engineers with designing new features
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5+ years of experience as a software engineer, with a track record of delivering high-quality code
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Previous experience providing pragmatic technical leadership for a group of engineers
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Knowledge of back-end languages such as Scala, Java or Go
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Technical depth in one or more technologies relevant for SaaS (orchestration, networking, containers, etc.)
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Passion for automation and quality
- Are eligible to work in DoD Impact Level 5
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
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