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This role pays less than
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of similar roles. Most pay
$162,050–$225,500
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$206k
versus about
$194k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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
52 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$133,100–$210,600
across 52 roles with salary data.
The Principal Software Engineer - Security - Elasticsearch joins the Elasticsearch Security team to lead the architecture and design of core features including authentication, authorization, and tenant isolation. This role involves owning security initiatives from architecture to production, developing foundational security models, and optimizing performance within distributed systems. The engineer will implement cryptographic solutions, ensure robust data isolation in shared infrastructure, and manage vulnerability triage using AI-driven tools. Key technical requirements include deep knowledge of Java internals, JVM memory management, and concurrency models to write high-performance, thread-safe code. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in RBAC/ABAC models, token validation pipelines, and edge identity protocols like OAuth 2.0 and SAML. The work focuses on providing high-performance security for a distributed data store at scale.
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