Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch team focusing on core infrastructure. You will design scalable features, improve observability, and lead cross-team projects.
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- Salary
- €64,900 - €102,700 a year
About €3,710 - €5,450 a month after tax, or €3,790 - €6,190 under the Beckham regime.
- Work mode
- Remote from Spain
- English
- Required
- Experience
- Senior level
- Benefits
- Private health insurance
Visa options
The ad doesn’t mention sponsorship
Not a refusal, but not a yes. Worth asking in your first message.
Pay clears the EU Blue Card threshold
The advertised pay is over the €41,356 bar, so the route exists if Elastic uses it.
Skills
Requirements
What we're looking for
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A proven track record of creating highly technical and engaging videos - share your best work with us! This is mandatory in the application.
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Strong technical background and experience in an engineering role.
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Empathy for the community to help them solve their issues, provide internal feedback to make Elastic's products better, and fix problems where possible.
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Comfortable working with a highly distributed team.
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Experience working self-driven and self-organizing.
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Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
At Elastic, our compensation philosophy aims to provide fair, competitive and transparent remuneration. Salary ranges are established based on a combination of external market benchmarks, internal pay equity considerations, and the responsibilities and complexity associated with each role. This approach helps ensure consistency across comparable roles while remaining competitive within the relevant labour markets.
The final compensation offered within the applicable range will be determined based on several objective factors, including relevant professional experience, level of skills and expertise, alignment with the role requirements, and the overall scope and complexity of the position.
The typical starting salary range for this role is:
€64.900-€102.700 EUR
- Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Generous number of vacation days each year
- Increase your impact - 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
- Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
The role
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale - unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data - securing and protecting private information more effectively - Elastic's complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.
Developers and community matter. Our users and contributors have helped ensure that the Elastic Stack (including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash) is more than just code - they are open source projects that people love to use.
Are you the kind of person who is keen on sharing technology with the world and supporting our global user-base? Your activities as a Senior Developer Advocate with a focus on content creation include:
The DevRel team's mission is to educate and help our users succeed by being an expert in Elasticsearch and the Search + AI or observability ecosystem.
If you read this far and think: "that's me!" - You probably won't need to read any further, and we should have a conversation. But if you doubt the experience we expect you to have, the following should help clarify.
What you'll do
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Publish deep-dive videos that connect search, vector databases, and agentic workflows. Or covers observability with logs, metrics, and traces including the OpenTelemetry perspective.
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Stay up to date with the latest trends in search and AI or observability to cover what's new and exciting for our users.
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Build open-source demos and example applications on GitHub that combine Elasticsearch with developer and AI tools.
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Contribute to Elasticsearch Labs and our YouTube channel.
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Create high-quality technical videos focused on search, AI/ML, observability and Elasticsearch as a platform. This covers foundational concepts, sophisticated use-cases, and research trends.
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Explore and explain how Elasticsearch integrates with other tools and protocols in the ecosystems (e.g., LLMs, frameworks, OpenTelemetry and Cloud providers).
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Prototype and publish sample applications showing end-to-end Search + AI or observability use cases.
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Bring a creative twist to Elastic's content creation to keep existing users engaged and capture new audiences.
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Provide feedback to product and engineering teams based on your hands-on experience and community interactions.
How you'll work
As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you're looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn't matter if you're just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.
We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
Hiring process
Application
Recruiter screen
With a recruiter · 30 min
A short phone or Zoom introduction with the recruitment team to answer questions before formal interviews.
Department interviews
With peers, hiring manager and leadership · 45–90 min
Several rounds within your department: peer, hiring manager and leadership interviews assessing fit for the role.
Panel presentation
With a panel · 45–90 min · Not every role
Role-play scenarios or product demonstrations that simulate the job.
Technical assessment
60–90 min · Not every role
Online skills assessment or portfolio review: technical deep dive or coding exercise with a proctor.
Decision · With a recruiter
- The decision may take longer when several candidates interview for the same role.
- Most interviews are virtual; some roles include on-site interviews.
About Elastic
Elastic is a search and observability company known for Elasticsearch, the open-source search and analytics engine, and the Elastic Stack (ELK Stack). The company provides solutions for enterprise search, observability, and security, serving a wide range of industries globally. With a distributed workforce and a strong emphasis on open-source technology, Elastic has established itself as a key player in the data and analytics space.
In Spain, Elastic has a significant presence, particularly in Barcelona, where it operates a major engineering and sales hub. The company is known for its remote-friendly culture and flexible work environment, making it attractive to international professionals. Elastic's Spanish offices are part of its global operations, offering roles in engineering, product management, sales, and customer success, with a focus on innovation and collaboration.
- Industry
- Search and Observability
- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- 1,000–5,000
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, USA
- In Spain
- Barcelona
- Website
- elastic.co
Good to know if you are moving
- Elastic has a strong engineering presence in Barcelona, with many roles in software development and product management.
- The company is known for its remote-first culture, allowing flexibility in work location.
- Elastic offers a comprehensive relocation package for international hires, including visa sponsorship and support.
- The company values open-source contributions, and employees are encouraged to participate in the community.
- Barcelona is a major tech hub in Europe, offering a vibrant lifestyle and a growing international community.
In their own words
Additional information
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
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