This role pays less than
51%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$225,937
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$206k
versus about
$200k
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.
Principal Software Engineer I - Serverless - Platform Control Plane joins the Control Plane Serverless team to build and operate the orchestration layer behind Elastic Cloud Serverless. This role involves designing, building, and evolving distributed systems that manage the lifecycle of serverless projects across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. The engineer will set technical direction for major initiatives, lead multi-quarter projects involving Elasticsearch and Kibana, perform complex incident investigations, and mentor team members to improve collective technical judgment. The core technology stack includes Kubernetes, Go, and cloud-native architectures. The role focuses on the specific challenge of creating a stateless architecture that separates compute from storage while scaling automatically based on demand. Candidates must possess deep expertise in Kubernetes and experience managing high-availability SaaS platforms to ensure reliability and security across various cloud service providers.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.