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InfoSec - Principal Product Security Engineer
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 always searching for outstanding people who have a real passion for what they do and are masters at their craft! We are looking for a Principal Product Security Engineer to help secure Elastic products that are loved by developers and recognized for innovation and impact across industries.
The InfoSec Product Security team is accountable for the security of all Elastic software and cloud services. We foster customer trust and empower Elastic to weave security into the fabric of our product development and Elastic Cloud platforms. In a globally distributed company, we think differently about achieving critical security and compliance objectives.
Are you passionate about architecting security at scale and empowering hundreds of engineers to ship innovative products safely and quickly? Can you build deep, collaborative partnerships with engineering leaders and high-caliber peers to lead impactful, company-wide security initiatives? Then we should have a conversation!"
What You Will Be Doing
- Act as a principal advisor and trusted partner to Engineering, providing strategic guidance on secure development practices for Elastic products and services
- Develop and integrate guidance, frameworks, and tooling that enables engineers to safely embrace the full potential of AI/ML capabilities in secure software development
- Drive and own cross-functional security initiatives to harden the software supply chain and CI/CD infrastructure to enable developer velocity at scale
- Lead security reviews and assessments to identify weaknesses and provide effective and pragmatic mitigation and remediation strategies
- Mentor and guide engineers, security champions, and others to elevate the organizational security posture and foster a proactive culture of security ownership across Elastic
- Provide leadership and domain expertise in product-related security Incident Response processes
What You Bring
- Proven expertise in secure product development practices spanning the entire Software Development Lifecycle.
- A strong track record to lead large, cross-cutting projects and manage end-to-end delivery of security initiatives, demonstrating strategic thought, pragmatic execution, and developer empathy.
- Deep technical expertises, including proficiency in programming and scripting languages, enabling you to engage with application code to assess vulnerabilities
- A demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively across diverse teams and collaborators, including providing guidance to leadership and collaborating with engineers on complex security challenges.
Bonus Points
- Experience with any Elastic products (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic Agent, Beats, Elastic Cloud, Logstash, Elastic Security).
- Experience contributing to large open-source projects and engaging with the developer community
- Experience using, applying, and securing artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in a software engineering context.
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
The typical starting salary range for this role is:
$199,700 - $315,900 USD
The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:
$239,800 - $379,300 USD
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.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
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