Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Elastic is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Billing Core team, which builds and maintains the data layer for usage processing, customer invoicing, and revenue records. The role focuses on reliable billing data pipelines and backend services, with ownership of technical projects and collaboration across Product, SRE, and Cloud Infrastructure teams.
Responsibilities
- Own and improve billing data pipelines for usage ingestion, transformation, and reconciliation
- Design and build reliable, scalable backend services in Python, with a focus on correctness and data integrity
- Take ownership of PostgreSQL schema design and query performance for billing data
- Lead small to medium projects end-to-end — from design to delivery — within the team
- Improve observability and reliability of core billing systems through better monitoring, alerting, and incident response
- Participate in code and design reviews. Be a trusted reviewer for your area of the stack
- Mentor junior engineers through feedback, pairing, and design discussions
- Work with Product and Tech Leads to help shape priorities and technical direction
- Take part in on-call rotations and contribute to production readiness
Skills
- 5+ years in backend engineering, with solid skills in Python and PostgreSQL (schema design, query tuning, reliability)
- Experience building and operating data pipelines or event-driven systems in a production environment
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and how to build for reliability and scale
- Background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) — networking, monitoring, and deployment basics
- Strong judgment in technical trade-offs
- You can work through ambiguous problems and deliver well-thought-out solutions
- Good communication skills
- You write clearly and speak up in discussions to share your perspective
- Track record of using AI to speed up development, debug complex systems, and improve code quality — while owning the outcomes
- Eligible to work in Department of Defense (DoD) Impact Level 4 or above cloud service environments
- Experience with SaaS billing, metering, or financial systems is a plus
Benefits
- This role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.
- A company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings.
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
- Generous number of vacation days each year.
- We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service.
- Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love.
- Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.
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