Software Engineer II - Security - Admin Experience - AppEx
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 are looking for a security-focused Engineer to strengthen Kibana's security posture and build robust platform security features. In this role, you'll be responsible for hardening Kibana against evolving threats, managing security vulnerabilities, and ensuring our application meets the highest security standards for enterprise and government customers. You'll also leverage AI to build innovative security tools that enhance our vulnerability detection, automate security workflows, and accelerate threat response. If you're passionate about web application security and want to make a direct impact on protecting critical infrastructure while pushing the boundaries of AI-powered security, this is the role for you.
What You Will Be Doing
- Lead security hardening efforts across Kibana's codebase and infrastructure, including content security policy implementation and enforcement
- Build AI-powered tools and workflows to enhance security operations, including automated vulnerability detection, intelligent security alert triage, and predictive threat analysis
- Manage third-party dependency security through regular audits, vulnerability assessments, and coordinated upgrades
- Collaborate with security researchers and respond to vulnerability reports with urgency and thoroughness
- Design and implement security controls for authentication, authorization, and auditing features
- Work closely with Operations and Engineering teams to ensure security best practices across our hosted and on-premise offerings
- Contribute to threat modeling and security architecture decisions for new features
- Write secure, maintainable code for both client and server-side components
What You Bring
- At least 3 years of web development experience, with a focus on secure development practices
- Strong knowledge of web application security principles including OWASP Top 10, secure authentication patterns, and defense-in-depth strategies
- Experience with security vulnerability management, including triage, remediation, and coordinated disclosure
- Proficiency with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js
- Familiarity with security scanning tools and vulnerability management platforms (e.g., Snyk, CodeQL, HackerOne)
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with a worldwide team in a distributed work environment
- Hands-on experience implementing and maintaining content security policies, CORS policies, and other browser security controls
- Understanding of single-sign-on technologies, role-based access control, and identity management protocols
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 employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. 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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