Tech Lead, Web Development, Full Stack

Elastic

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$135,700–$214,700 / yr
Posted
8 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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This role pays more than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$210,300 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $175k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

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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.

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TL;DR · Tech Lead, Web Development, Full Stack

The Tech Lead, Web Development - Full Stack will join a distributed team to drive front and back end development for the flagship website, Elastic.co. This role involves providing technical guidance to engineers, establishing quality standards, and overseeing the technical vision for frontend architecture and backend services. Key responsibilities include building scalable data integration pipelines, designing APIs for dynamic web experiences, and managing content management systems. The successful candidate will utilize NextJS, TypeScript, and React to deliver high-performance, accessible, and cross-browser compatible interfaces. Technical requirements include experience with headless CMS architectures, cloud infrastructure-as-code, and web performance optimization. The role specifically addresses the technical challenges of maintaining a high-traffic web platform, ensuring security, reliability, and seamless system integration across complex data indexing and retrieval systems.

What you'll do

  • Drive the technical vision for frontend architecture using NextJS and TypeScript.
  • Lead the design and implementation of APIs that power dynamic web experiences.
  • Develop and manage backend services, data integration pipelines, and content management systems.
  • Champion backend performance optimizations, monitoring, and observability practices.
  • Implement frontend performance optimizations to ensure high-quality user interfaces.
  • Establish and maintain quality standards, testing processes, and code review practices.
  • Ensure security, scalability, and accessibility across all web experiences.
  • Partner with SRE and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless system integration.

What we're looking for

  • 8+ years of experience in front and backend web development with a focus on modern JavaScript frameworks and scalable web applications and APIs.
  • 3+ years of experience as a senior technical contributor or technical lead in collaborative environments.
  • Deep expertise in NextJS, React, and TypeScript.
  • Deep experience with content management systems, headless CMS architectures, and content delivery workflows.
  • Strong understanding of frontend testing methodologies, quality assurance processes, and accessibility standards.
  • Practical experience managing cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code practices.
  • Knowledge of search technologies, data indexing, and web performance optimization techniques.
  • Experience with micro-frontend architectures, Elasticsearch, or CDNs (preferred).

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