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ElasticPrincipal Software Engineer I - Platform Billing Core
This full-time Principal Software Engineer I role is on the Platform Billing Core team in the United States and is listed as on-site. Billing supports Elastic's…
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This full-time Principal Software Engineer I role is on the Platform Billing Core team in the United States and is listed as on-site. Billing supports Elastic's cloud business across AWS, Google Cloud and Azure in more than 50 regions. The work covers metering based on usage, consumption billing and marketplace connections at large scale. The Billing Core group is responsible for the data layer that keeps billing accurate, auditable and…
Job Description
This full-time Principal Software Engineer I role is on the Platform Billing Core team in the United States and is listed as on-site. Billing supports Elastic's cloud business across AWS, Google Cloud and Azure in more than 50 regions. The work covers metering based on usage, consumption billing and marketplace connections at large scale.
The Billing Core group is responsible for the data layer that keeps billing accurate, auditable and automated. It works in two areas: usage, which collects and processes usage and cost data that underpins billing and financial reporting, and the billing engine, which turns hourly usage into customer bills and revenue entries. The engineer drives technical direction for this domain and remains hands-on in designing systems.
Duties include building large-scale data pipelines for ingestion, transformation and reconciliation, improving observability and incident response, and owning PostgreSQL data architecture, with a focus on query latency, schema soundness and uptime resilience. The engineer also acts as the main design reviewer across the billing core technology stack, mentors tech leads across the Billing organisation and works with Product, Design, Finance, SRE and Cloud Infrastructure teams on priorities and delivery.
The posting asks for more than eight years in backend or platform roles, with strong Python and PostgreSQL and a record of improving reliability in production. Cloud infrastructure experience across networking, IAM, monitoring and deployment is needed. Subscription billing, metering or finance systems would count in your favour. Pay is base salary only, with a typical starting range of $159,800 to $252,800 USD, or $191,900 to $303,500 USD in select locations. Stock program eligibility and a company-matched 401k are also described.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of intricate billing and account systems spanning several services and clouds
- Create high-volume data flows for billing ingestion, transformation and reconciliation
- Improve observability, incident handling and dependability of central billing systems
- Take charge of PostgreSQL data design and performance, including query latency, schema soundness and uptime resilience
- Shape system architecture, service design, API layout and data schemas for scale and modularity
- Act as the main design reviewer across the billing core technology stack
- Coach engineers and team leads throughout the Billing group
- Coordinate with Product, Design and Finance teams to agree roadmap priorities
- Take part in on-call rotations and build automated resilience testing and alerting
Requirements
- Eight or more years of backend or platform work
- Strong working knowledge of Python and PostgreSQL, including schema design, performance and high availability
- Proven record raising dependability, monitoring and incident handling in production
- Solid background in cloud platform work on AWS, GCP or Azure: networking, IAM, monitoring and releases
- Capacity to run multi-quarter projects across teams
- Track record of mentoring engineers and raising engineering standards
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Ability to work autonomously in a global, distributed and asynchronous environment
- Eligibility for work in cloud environments at DoD Impact Level 4 or higher
Qualifications
- Exposure to subscription billing, metering or finance systems
Core Skills
Benefits
- Eligibility for Elastic's stock program
- Company 401k match, dollar for dollar on eligible earnings up to 6 percent
- Competitive pay set by the work performed, not by previous salary
- Health coverage for employees and their families in many locations
- Scheduling and location flexibility for many roles
- Generous annual vacation allowance
- Company match of up to $2,000 (or local equivalent) for donations and service
- Up to 40 hours a year available for volunteer work
- At least 16 weeks of parental leave
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Where is this role based?
The listing gives the United States as the location and marks the role as on-site.
What is the salary range?
The posting gives a typical starting base salary range of $159,800 to $252,800 USD, or $191,900 to $303,500 USD in select locations. Base salary is the only form of pay, with no variable component.
What technical skills are needed?
Solid Python and PostgreSQL skills and experience with cloud infrastructure are needed, along with more than eight years of backend or platform work.
Is there a security clearance or eligibility requirement?
The posting requires eligibility for work on DoD Impact Level 4 or higher cloud environments.
Is a retirement plan offered?
The posting describes a 401k plan the company matches dollar for dollar on eligible earnings up to 6 percent.
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