Principal Software Engineer I - CI/CD - Platform Engineering Productivity

The role

The Platform Engineering Productivity team operates CI, CD, and Release infrastructure. You will define the technical vision for CI/CD and design release gates to ensure supply chain integrity and engineering velocity.

What you will do

• Define the roadmap and technical vision for CI/CD.
• Identify CI/CD bottlenecks, friction, or security risks and drive remediation.
• Design and enforce release gates covering supply chain integrity, artifact provenance, and release readiness.
• Direct engineers on the team through complex, multi-quarter projects.
• Drive technical communication and alignment across teams.
• Produce high-quality documentation for systems, processes, and architectural decisions.
• Serve as Incident Commander on high-severity supply chain or release incidents.
• Raise the engineering bar through code review, mentorship, and design review.
• Review code, prototype approaches, and debug production issues.

Required qualifications

• Deep expertise in CI/CD and hardening release pipelines against supply chain attacks.
• Strong debugging instincts across the full pipeline stack.
• Hands-on with CI infrastructure (Buildkite, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).
• Hands-on with GitOps/ArgoCD.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes.
• Understanding of AI's impact on supply chain security and scale.
• Track record of multi-quarter, cross-org ownership.
• Experience directing the work of other engineers toward outcomes.

Benefits

• 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
• Match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

About the company

Elastic is the Search AI Company that enables finding answers in real time using all data at scale. The company provides cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability.