Principal Software Engineer I

USARemoteFull-time$160k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-09

Based in United States

Core

Design and maintain Elastic's global billing systems, including public APIs, internal APIs, and Cloud console experiences for usage-based metering and consumption billing.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer (Billing & Cloud Infrastructure)

Builds

Public and internal APIs, billing/account pages in Elastic Cloud consoles, and global billing services.

Domain

SaaS Billing, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), Distributed Systems

Required skills

API design and development, Cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), Full-stack engineering, System architecture, Mentoring, DevOps practices

Preferred skills

Frontend technologies (React), SaaS billing/metering experience, AI usage for development

Technologies

AWS, GCP, Azure, React

Responsibilities

Lead API design and evolution, Build full-stack features for billing consoles, Improve observability and reliability of billing services, Mentor engineers and set technical standards, Work with Product/Design/Finance on roadmap priorities, Participate in on-call rotations

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship

About Elastic

Elastic is looking for a Paid Social Analyst to join the Digital Marketing Team, focused on supporting the execution of paid social campaigns and operational initiatives. We are seeking a data-driven, detail-oriented Paid Social Analyst based in Costa Rica to join our growing digital marketing team. In this role, you will be tasked with the end-to-end execution, optimization, and reporting of our paid social campaigns.