Who you are

• Software development experience with Python and Linux shell required (Expert Level)
• Familiarity with Linux system-level performance measurement and associated tooling (for example: how to measure and compare CPU, memory, and disk I/O performance between cloud provider instance types)
• Prior experience in the troubleshooting and root cause analysis of performance issues in complex distributed architectures
• Cloud orchestration with Kubernetes
• Prior experience with CI/CD pipelines and automating process workflows
• Experience in cloud architectures, service models, and operating across multiple cloud service providers, assessing tradeoffs from both performance and deployment perspectives
• Ability to multitask, effectively manage your time, and collaborate with team members globally across time zones
• Familiarity with measuring performance and sizing in Linux VM and container environments
• Prior experience with large, distributed search engines and in developing and tuning queries
• Familiarity with the Elasticsearch Query API and building Kibana dashboards is a strong plus

What the job involves

• We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer I to join our Elasticsearch Performance Engineering area
• This role will focus on enhancing our processes and automated tooling for benchmarking Elasticsearch ingest and search workloads at scale in the cloud, and identifying performance regressions
• Design and building of tooling and automated processes for provisioning and execution of Elasticsearch performance benchmarking jobs at scale
• Maintain our open source Python based benchmarking tool, Rally and act as a source of best practice within the team regarding our Python-based tooling
• Defining methodologies and guidelines for performance benchmarking servicing development teams and solution architects
• Participate or lead in cross-functional team efforts and engagements
• Developing reporting for and interpreting benchmarking results
• Investigate and assist in resolving performance escalations and capacity planning issues
• Address and devise solutions for benchmarking disparate use cases and workloads

Benefits

• Toast to your health: Fully paid health coverage for you and your family, in many locations.
• Craft your calendar: Flexible location and schedule for most roles.
• Create space for you: Distributed by design workforce, plus generous number of vacation days each year.
• Embrace parenthood: Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave, plus generous family formation benefits.
• Give back your time: 40 hours each year to use toward volunteering with organizations and causes you’re passionate about.
• Amplify your impact: Double your charitable giving — we match donations up to $1500 USD (or local currency equivalent).