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:

Are you a software engineer who loves education? Do you want to meet lots of new people and instruct analysts how to use Elasticsearch? Join us at Elastic! In this role, you will support our distributed team of Education Engineers through creating and developing new educational materials for classroom and online training. You will also help maintain existing courseware and create software tools for interactive learning.

This opportunity has a direct influence on helping us grow and expand our education program by creating new courses for on-demand, instructor-led training, and credentialing paths. The education materials you help build will be used by hundreds of thousands of people every year!

Our ideal candidate thrives in an autonomous setting, taking the initiative to independently deliver results, as most of the team works remotely, and we are happy to consider you wherever you live.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Ensure Elastic courseware remains up to date with the fast-evolving features of the Elastic Stack while incorporating feedback from students and collaborating with education engineers and cross-functional collaborators for both in-person and OnDemand content.
• Create scripts, programs, and other similar technical artifacts that will assist the students in their learning environment and labs for courses
• Stay current with the latest developments in the Elastic Stack and similar technologies by actively engaging with GitHub repositories and other communication channels, fostering an approach of continual improvement and exploration.

What You Bring:

• A minimum of 4 years experience working as an engineer, developer, or integrator in information retrieval or related technologies
• A minimum of 2 years experience building and developing curriculum in collaboration with key stakeholders and other teams.
• Extensive experience in observability methodologies and tools used to detect and mitigate cyber threats to ensure robust and up-to-date security measures are integrated into system and curriculum development processes
• BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related engineering subject area
• A capacity to learn new things quickly and express your knowledge in impactful ways
• Proven understanding of a programming language (and related ecosystem and libraries) in Windows or Linux/Unix environment, software development, and/or experience with search, databases and distributed systems
• A desire to learn as much as possible about the internals and use cases of the Elastic Stack
• Strong communication skills while multitasking at a rapid pace
• Excitement to work with a highly distributed team and collaborative environment

Bonus Points:

• MS or Ph.D. or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related engineering subject area
• Experience in any of the following:
• Version Control (Git, SCM)
• Dev Ops (Ansible, Puppet, Salt)
• Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Scripting (Bash, Powershell)
• Programming (Python, Ruby, C#, etc.)

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

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

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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