Elasticsearch - Manager, Software Engineering - Java, Security, IAM

Elastic; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale - unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data - securing and protecting private information more effectively - Elastic's complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What is The Role:

We're looking for a Team Lead to join the Elasticsearch Security team as a front line engineering manager. This manager will coach and lead a globally-distributed team of Java engineers responsible for a range of security features including Identity and Access Management, Auditing, TLS and Certificate Management, and Cryptography.

Our company is distributed by intention. We hire the best engineers we can find wherever they are, whoever they are. As a result, our team is diverse and distributed across continents. We collaborate every day over email, GitHub, Zoom, and Slack. The ability to lead a distributed team is critical.

At our best, we write fast, scalable, and intuitive software. We believe that the best way to do that is to code review for every change, decide big things by consensus, and strive for incremental improvements. We believe the team should be aware of how our customers (both technical and non-technical) use our products and be empowered to make bold decisions.

You won't always be the person with the answer or the person making the decisions, but you are expected to guide most of them. We need a person who has made critical decisions in the evolution of a big product and platform over multiple years and releases, and who can lead a team with a coherent vision while making appropriate compromises along the way.
What You Will Be Doing:

• Manage, mentor and lead a globally distributed team of approximately 8 experienced engineers
• Lead the efficient delivery for time-boxed software releases, ensuring high quality and innovative feature development
• Build roadmaps and lead prioritization; balance the right amount of structure and planning for a fast-paced engineering team
• Work with our Product Management team to ensure requirements and the "why" are clear
• Foster a culture of mutual respect and collaborative decision-making
• Stay true to the principles of software development as adopted by our team
• Identify staffing requirements and help drive recruitment of high quality colleagues
• Support the development and training of direct reports through regular performance evaluations
• Be an amazing person to work with, somebody who sincerely empathizes with others
• Mentor the software engineers in the team as well as other Tech Leads and Team Leads

What You Will Bring:

• Experience leading diverse teams of software engineers as a line manager (people manager)
• Experience leading complex engineering projects that cross engineering teams
• Experience as a hands-on software engineer and strength in computer science fundamentals to understand the engineering work that is going on in your team
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills
• A compassionate approach to communication, a good sense of humor, and a genuine curiosity about the success and growth of the people you work with
• Experience and expertise in vulnerability management processes, and security compliance frameworks (e.g. FedRAMP)

Bonus Points:

• Experience in any of the following:
• Authentication protocols such as SAML, OpenID Connect or LDAP
• TLS and X.509 certificate management
• Cryptography, including hashing and encryption.
• You've worked in open source before and are familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration.
• You've built things with Elasticsearch before, and understand how distributed systems operate and the limitations and advantages.

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
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
• 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 an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

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