Security Solution - Senior JavaScript Engineer

Elastic is a free and open search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real-time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co.

Elastic is seeking a talented JavaScript engineer to join our Security Solutions team. You will have the opportunity to work with exceptional engineers on cutting edge technology. The team is diverse and distributed across the world, and collaborates on daily basis over Github, Zoom, and Slack.

Engineering philosophy

We believe that engineering complex, pluggable software for the web that is built to last the test of time is both tricky and exciting. Doing so requires a team of diverse individuals, with sharp minds and the ability to empathize with our users, working together with mutual respect and a common mission.

We care deeply about giving you full ownership of what you're working on. Our company fundamentally believes great minds achieve greatness when they are set free and are surrounded and challenged by their peers, which is clearly visible throughout our organization. At Elastic, hierarchy does not determine how decisions get made. We feel that anyone needs to be in the position to comment on anything, regardless of their role within the company.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Innovate, lead and contribute to UIs for turnkey solutions built on top of Kibana platform
• Write and maintain Typescript and Javascript code.
• Answer community questions.
• Collaborate with other development teams, quality engineering team and documentation team to execute on product deliverables.

What You Bring Along:

• 5+ years of front end development work.
• Must have strong JavaScript programming skills.
• Experience with Typescript is a big plus.
• Experience with Node is a big plus.
• Must have experience using React in a production environment.
• Must have excellent understanding of UX/UI design principles.
• Experience with monitoring systems is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, a team player with strong analytical, problem solving, debugging, and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to work in a distributed team throughout the world.
• Knowledge and experience with Elasticsearch or Kibana is a plus.

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

At Elastic, we strive to have parity of benefits across regions. While regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of people is the right thing to do.

• Health coverage for you and your family.
• Flexible location and schedule for many roles.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.
• Double your charitable giving — we match up to 1% of your salary.
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love.

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People

As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.

We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous number of vacation days each year
• Double your charitable giving - We match up to $1500 (or local currency equivalent)
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is committed to diversity as well as inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to the principles of affirmative action. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. If you require any reasonable accessibility support, please complete our Candidate Accessibility Request Form. 

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