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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.
JOB TITLE: Principal Technical Writer - Customer Onboarding
The Principal Technical Writer - Customer Onboarding joins the Self-Service team to lead the strategy and execution of customer onboarding and getting started content. This role focuses on transforming onboarding materials into a cohesive, narrative-driven experience that guides users from initial setup to advanced feature adoption. You will define the narrative architecture of the user journey, acting as a central bridge between the Field, Product, and Documentation teams to ensure content effectively drives trial-to-paid conversion. Key responsibilities include designing user-focused flows, identifying friction points in real-world deployments, and using user research, support feedback, and telemetry to iterate on content. The role requires deep narrative skills, cross-functional leadership, and experience with self-service cloud products to solve the problem of complex technical onboarding.