Platform - Platform Services - Software development Manager

Overview
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.

What Is The Role
Elastic is looking for a Software Development Manager to lead our Elastic Cloud Platform Services team. The team is responsible for providing Elastic software development teams with the capabilities and services required for deploying and orchestrating Elastic’s applications in our SaaS platform and making them accessible to our customers.

You will be responsible for building mission critical services for our SaaS platform, including building Kubernetes controllers, integrating with major cloud providers, and applying GitOps practices using Argo CD while working in a highly scalable SaaS environment. You’ll also get to work with engineers from other teams to build new features and capabilities.

What You Will Be Doing

Lead a team of talented engineers across different timezones, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to ensure their and the team’s success

Manage and build the team’s roadmap in collaboration with the product management team and tech leads; ensure requirements and the why are clear

Ensure the quality and maintainability of the deliverables of the team and actively participate in code reviews

Collaborate with leaders and stakeholders from other engineering teams to effectively execute cross-team efforts

Improve engineering standards, processes, and ensure the engineering culture in the team is good

Work closely with engineering teams across Elastic, understand their needs, and provide them with world-class capabilities and support

Foster a culture of inclusiveness, mutual respect, and collaborative decision-making

Identify staffing requirements and help drive the hiring strategy and recruitment for the team and attract and hire top talent

Provide mentorship and support the development and training of team members through regular performance evaluations

What You Bring

2+ years of experience leading a team of software engineers

Experience leading engineering projects, ideally in a SaaS environment

Experience with performance management (promotions, PIPs, development plans, terminations)

Experience as a hands-on software engineer and strength in computer science and distributed systems fundamentals to understand the engineering work that is going on in your team

A compassionate approach to communication and a genuine interest in the success and growth of the people you work with

Ability to communicate well with individuals and groups to accomplish a common set of goals

Bonus Points

Experience working in a remote environment

Experience developing distributed systems, Kubernetes Operators/Controllers, and usage of Cloud service providers

You have the willingness and capability of diving into how technically things work with the ability to question architecture decisions and provide guidance where needed

Compensation
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$128,300—$203,000 CAD

Additional Information - We Take Care Of Our People

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.

Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary

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

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

Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by law.

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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Seniority level
Not Applicable

Employment type
Full-time

Industries
Technology, Information and Internet

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