Elastic
Principal Software Engineer I - Platform Billing Experience
$160K–$304K
United States · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in backend or full-stack engineering.
About the job
Leads technical direction and hands-on development of Elastic Cloud’s customer-facing billing and account systems, including APIs and console experiences.
What you'll do
- Own and evolve billing APIs, account systems, and Cloud console features, setting standards for architecture, data modeling, and API design.
- Improve service reliability, observability, incident response, and deployment practices; participate in on-call rotations.
- Guide technical quality and mentor engineers while coordinating roadmaps and cross-team projects.
What they ask for
- 8+ years in backend or full-stack engineering, with API design and development skills.
- Experience building and maintaining developer-facing or customer-facing APIs at scale.
- Cloud infrastructure experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, including networking, IAM, monitoring, and deployment.
- Track record of leading cross-team projects, mentoring engineers, and setting technical direction; eligible to work in DoD Impact Level 4 or above cloud service environments.
Nice to have
- Frontend experience with React or similar; SaaS billing, metering, or financial systems experience.
- Track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and improve code quality while owning outcomes.
Pay
$159,800 — $252,800 USD (base salary); $191,900 — $303,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, GCP, Azure, React, CI/CD
AI focus
Use AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and improve code quality while owning the outcomes.
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