Elastic - Senior Competitive Benchmarking Developer

• 5+ years of software development experience with Python and Java, plus Linux shell scripting. • Strong understanding of distributed systems performance analysis, including CPU, memory, disk I/O, network, latency, and throughput. • Experience performing root cause analysis for performance issues in complex systems. • Familiarity with benchmarking in Linux VM and containerized environments. • Experience writing about benchmarking results for external audiences. • Ability to manage numerous projects and collaborate effectively across geographically distributed teams. • Experience building benchmarking frameworks, performance tooling, or automated test infrastructure. • Experience working in public cloud environments, especially AWS and GCP. • Experience with Kubernetes and/or Terraform. • Prior experience with Elasticsearch. • Experience applying AI to expand benchmarking practices, improve benchmark design, or enhance benchmarking tooling. • 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 a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave • Security & Privacy Responsibilities: Take ownership of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data and systems by following applicable privacy and security policies, standards, and procedures. Ensure that all individual contributions follow Elastic’s Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF). Proactively participate in mandatory role-based training to ensure personal technical execution consistently aligns with the highest standards of data protection, data privacy, and system resilience.