Principal Software Engineer I, CI/CD, Platform Engineering Productivity

Elastic

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$159,800–$252,800 / yr
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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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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer I, CI/CD, Platform Engineering Productivity

The Principal Software Engineer I - CI/CD - Platform Engineering Productivity joins the Platform Engineering Productivity team to operate the company's CI, CD, and release infrastructure. This role involves defining the technical vision for CI/CD, identifying bottlenecks, and designing release gates to ensure supply chain integrity and artifact provenance. You will direct engineers through complex projects, manage architectural decisions, and serve as an Incident Commander for high-severity supply chain issues. Key responsibilities include mentoring, code reviews, and prototyping solutions to improve engineering velocity. Required expertise includes CI infrastructure like Buildkite or GitHub Actions, GitOps/ArgoCD, and Kubernetes. The role addresses the technical challenge of securing the software supply chain and scaling deployment pipelines while maintaining high engineering standards across the organization in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.

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What you'll do

  • Define the roadmap and technical vision for CI/CD from problem identification to organization-wide adoption.
  • Identify and remediate CI/CD bottlenecks and security risks before they become active incidents.
  • Design and enforce release gates for supply chain integrity and artifact provenance across all teams.
  • Direct engineers through complex projects by breaking down architecture and owning distributed execution outcomes.
  • Serve as Incident Commander for high-severity supply chain or release incidents to drive structural improvements.
  • Raise engineering standards through code reviews, mentorship, and the establishment of voluntary technical standards.
  • Perform hands-on tasks including code reviews, prototyping new approaches, and debugging production issues.

What we're looking for

  • Deep expertise in CI/CD and hardening release pipelines against supply chain attacks is required.
  • Strong debugging instincts across the full pipeline stack from test runners to cluster deployments are required.
  • Hands-on experience with CI infrastructure (Buildkite, GitHub Actions, or equivalent), GitOps/ArgoCD, and Kubernetes is required.
  • Experience directing the work of other engineers to break down complex problems into executable work and outcomes is required.
  • A track record of multi-quarter, cross-org ownership for identifying problems and designing solutions is required.
  • Ability to use AI to accelerate work and understand its impact on supply chain security and scale is required.
  • Export controls.

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