Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Platform

Elastic is hiring a Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Platform to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Platform, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a full-time, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — Anywhere in the US). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code What we offer: • Home office and wellness stipends • Flexible working hours across US time zones • Paid parental leave • 100% remote, work-from-anywhere-in-the-US culture • Competitive salary and meaningful equity How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Elastic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 7+ years of experience, including leading teams or projects • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) • On-call and incident response experience • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar Nice to have: • Familiarity with modern collaboration tools (Slack, Notion, Linear) • A track record of taking ownership and shipping independently