Tech Lead, Agent Framework - Observability
Core
Tech Lead for the Agent Framework team, owning architecture and technical direction for Elastic's agent layer to support the Streams data ingestion model.
Role type
Senior IC Tech Lead (Agent Framework & Observability)
Builds
Scalable agent layer architecture, distributed data collection systems, and management/control planes for Elastic Agent and Beats.
Domain
Observability, Distributed Systems, Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Architecture design for distributed systems, Go programming, Observability data collection (metrics, logs, traces, OTLP, Prometheus, syslog), Management/control plane design (OpAMP), Technical leadership, Stakeholder engagement, Risk mitigation
Preferred skills
Elastic Agent/Fleet/Beats/OpenTelemetry internals, Cross-platform testing (Linux, Windows, MacOS, containers, Kubernetes), Infrastructure-as-code (CloudFormation, Terraform), Open source contributions
Technologies
Go, OTLP, Prometheus Remote Write, syslog, OpAMP, Elastic Agent, Beats, OpenTelemetry collector, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation
Responsibilities
Design scalable architecture for the agent layer, Evaluate and implement new technologies, Conduct architectural reviews and lead discussions, Provide technical guidance and code reviews, Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements, Facilitate cross-team collaboration
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
