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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.
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As the Principal software developer/Tech Lead, Agent Framework - Observability, you will join the Agent Framework team to own the architecture and technical direction of the agent layer within the Streams platform. You will be responsible for designing scalable architectures, evaluating new technologies to improve performance, and leading architectural discussions to evolve how the system supports the Streams model. Day-to-day responsibilities include providing technical guidance to team members, conducting code reviews, collaborating with product management to prioritize features, and managing multi-team initiatives from design to deployment. The role requires expertise in Go, experience with distributed systems using protocols like OpAMP, and deep knowledge of observability data collection including metrics, logs, traces, and OTLP. You will solve complex problems regarding edge data collection and infrastructure for the Elastic Agent and Beats products.