About the company
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale. Inside IT Software Engineering, the team is shifting from a traditional "SaaS-only" procurement model to an agile Build and Buy strategy, building custom enterprise-grade applications and AI-powered bots for internal teams.
Responsibilities
- Write clean, maintainable code across React, TypeScript, and Node.js to design and ship full-stack applications that replace legacy SaaS tools
- Architect and deploy intelligent internal bots using LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and vector search
- Connect internal apps directly to Elasticsearch and Kibana
- Utilize modern AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude, Copilot) to write code faster, generate tests, and increase feature velocity
- Write unit and end-to-end tests, run automated CI/CD deployment pipelines, use feature flags, and participate in on-call rotations
Requirements
- 8+ years of hands-on full-stack development experience building, shipping, and operating web applications in production using React, TypeScript, and Node.js
- Hands-on Elasticsearch experience with data modeling, indexing, query optimization, and Kibana dashboard integration
- Practical AI & bot engineering experience with LLM APIs, vector search, RAG pipelines, or conversational bot frameworks
- Daily proficiency with AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude, or GitHub Copilot)
- Experience with automated testing (React Testing Library, Cypress/Playwright), CI/CD pipelines, feature flags, and on-call rotation
Conditions
- Compensation in the form of base salary, no variable compensation component
- Typical starting salary range: $133,100 - $210,600 USD; in select locations (Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, San Francisco Bay Area CA, New York City Metro Area): $159,900 - $252,900 USD
- Eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program
- Company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings