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of similar roles. Most pay
$149,500–$177,250
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At the midpoint, this role pays about
$172k
versus about
$163k
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 Senior Software Engineer - Platform Billing Core joins the Billing Core team to manage the data layer for usage-based metering, consumption billing, and marketplace integrations. This role involves owning and improving billing data pipelines for usage ingestion, transformation, and reconciliation while designing and building scalable backend services. You will manage PostgreSQL schema design, query performance, and system observability to ensure data integrity for financial reporting and customer invoices. Key responsibilities include leading projects from design to delivery, mentoring junior engineers, and participating in on-call rotations. The position requires expertise in Python, PostgreSQL, and distributed systems, alongside experience with cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure. You will solve complex problems regarding high-scale SaaS billing and financial systems within a global, distributed environment.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.
Linux
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Terraform
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
NetApp
Networking
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File Systems
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Software Development Lifecycle
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Performance Profiling
Data Protection
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