This role pays more than
69%
of similar roles. Most pay
$208,800–$262,950
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$258k
versus about
$236k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Elastic
Elastic is the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash). It sells search, observability, and security products built on that search engine, primarily through its Elastic Cloud managed service.
Elastic currently has
240 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$133,100–$210,600
across 91 roles with salary data.
Director - IT Software Engineering joins the Information Technology team to lead a high-impact engineering initiative focused on replacing expensive third-party SaaS tools with custom, Elastic-native systems. This role involves leading a small, agile team of software engineers to build and manage internal platforms including developer portals, FinOps and AI cost governance systems, and IT service management tools. The successful candidate will oversee architectural standards, design patterns, and the full development lifecycle for these products. Key technical requirements include extensive experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and React frontends, alongside proficiency in RAG pipelines, LLM integration, and vector search. The role addresses the challenge of replacing high-cost vendor contracts with internal software built on the Elastic Stack to improve operational efficiency across IT, Finance, HR, and Legal departments within a production environment.