Elastic AI Engineer

Elastic

About The Position

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. At Elastic, we have a simple goal: to solve the world's data problems with products that delight and inspire. As the company behind the popular open-source projects — Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats — we help people around the world do great things with their data. From stock quotes to Twitter streams, Apache logs to WordPress blogs, our products are extending what's possible with data, delivering on the promise that good things come from connecting the dots. The Elastic family unites employees across 40+ countries into one coherent team, while the broader community spans across over 100 countries. What is The Role The Elastic IT team is moving beyond simple chat to the next frontier: Agentic Workflows. We are looking for an innovative Elastic AI Engineer to join our team to build autonomous, enterprise-grounded agents that don't just answer questions—they complete complex business tasks to accelerate productivity across the entire organization. The ideal candidate is an Elastic product expert (including but not limited to Agent Builder and Workflows), using the full power of the Elastic Stack to provide the "brain" and "memory" for our agentic ecosystem. Are you ready to build the agents that supercharge enterprise efficiency? Join us to enable agentic workflows that turn collective knowledge into instant action, empowering everyone at Elastic to achieve more.

Requirements

3-5 years of work experience in a relevant field.
Minimum 1 year experience building with the Elastic Stack.
Knowledge of Elasticsearch Relevance Engine (ESRE), Jina AI, and advanced RAG patterns is critical.
Proven success in delivering independent GenAI projects, specifically those involving autonomous task completion or complex workflow automation.
Agentic Frameworks: Familiarity with LangGraph, LangChain, and LangSmith for building and debugging multi-agent systems.
Expertise in Enterprise Agentic & Workflow Platforms: Deep familiarity with leading agentic AI and workflow automation platforms (such as Microsoft Copilot Studio, Salesforce Agentforce, ServiceNow AI Agents.)
Market Trend Integration: Proven ability to apply emerging market trends—such as Multi-Agent Orchestration and Model Context Protocol (MCP)—to build high-impact, cost-optimized solutions that scale across the enterprise.
Programming: Experience with Python or TypeScript for backend logic and agent orchestration.
Cloud & Orchestration: Familiarity with Kubernetes (Operators/Controllers), Docker, and Terraform for automated deployment.
Model Expertise: Hands-on experience with LLM providers.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field.
Strong communication skills with the ability to translate business requirements into technical agent architectures.
A commitment to Ethical AI and responsible development practices.
Experience with containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Knowledge of DevOps practices for model deployment and automation.

Responsibilities

Agentic Strategy & Design: Invent and implement sophisticated agentic workflows that use reasoning and tools to complete end-to-end business processes.
Enterprise Grounding: Apply Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and the Elasticsearch Relevance Engine (ESRE) to ensure agents are deeply grounded in enterprise knowledge for high-accuracy task completion.
AI Model & Tool Integration: Develop and fine-tune LLMs and integrate them with internal APIs and third-party SaaS tools to enable autonomous action.
Scalable Infrastructure: Firm understanding of cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) in order to support the high-concurrency demands of enterprise agents.
Lifecycle Management: Oversee the training, deployment, and performance optimization of agents, ensuring they remain secure, reliable, and compliant.
Technical Leadership: Act as a domain expert on the Elastic Stack, making technical recommendations that push the boundaries of AI-driven productivity.
Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of AI workflows, cloud infrastructure, and deployment processes.
Security: Implement standards for security and data privacy to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.

Benefits

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.
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