or apply directly on Elastic's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 33 days Elastic's roles stay open a median of 32 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Elastic's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Elastic
- low 0 stale, 5 reposted of 372 open
- Hiring momentum
- 495 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Elastic's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Elastic.
About this role
The Senior Software Engineer role focuses on building and maintaining integrations for the Elastic platform within the AI ecosystem. This includes developing the Elastic MCP server, enhancing developer tools, and ensuring the usability of integrations with third-party AI tools. The position requires collaboration with product teams and external partners to create effective solutions for developers.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 3/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Elastic as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of software engineering experience working on backend systems, services or libraries
- Proficiency with AI/ML frameworks and a working understanding of LLMs, agents, agent skills and protocols such as MCP
- Significant recent working experience of Go and (ideally) other languages
- Knowledge of client-server networking, HTTP, and RESTful APIs
- Comfort reading and contributing to codebases in languages you don't own
- Knowledge of industry best practices in software engineering
Nice to have
- Experience building or operating infrastructure, and an interest in telemetry and observability
- A connection to technical communities through open source projects, blogs or talks
- Experience working with third-party or partner engineering teams
- Prior experience of Elastic products
What you get
- Competitive pay based on the work you do
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Flexible locations and schedules for many roles
- Generous number of vacation days each year
- Financial donations and service matching up to $2000
- Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Go and Rust
- Role involves working in a fast-moving and ambiguous environment
- Prior experience with Elastic products is beneficial but not essential
Summarised from Elastic's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Elastic on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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