Elastic Developer Advocate 

United States, California, San Francisco 

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Are you the kind of person who is keen on sharing technology with the world and supporting our global user-base? Your activities as a Developer Advocate at Elastic include:

• presenting at in-person and virtual conferences or
• answering questions on (our forum) and
• sharing content on or our
• contributing code on both to Elastic and external repositories

• Foster the Elastic Community in North America with a focus on San Francisco, CA.
• Create technical content around the Elastic Stack for talks, blog posts, videos, and demos.
• Speak at virtual and in-person events like conferences, meetups, and lunch & learn sessions in your location and throughout North America.
• Answer technical questions on Discuss, Slack, social media, and at events.
• Contribute to Elastic repositories or external ones to integrate better with Elastic technologies.
• Help users be successful with Elastic’s stack, solutions, and cloud offerings.

• 2 + years of professional experience and technical background in Python, JavaScript, Data Science or Machine Learning.
• Active in the San Francisco tech community.
• Empathy for the community to help them solve their issues.
• Comfortable working with a highly distributed teams.
• Experience working self-driven and self-organizing.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English.

• Familiarity with and passion for the Elastic Stack.
• Demonstrated ability to create compelling content about technology — including speaking, writing, and demoing.
• Production experience with technologies that complement Elastic’s technologies — from Generative AI to Kubernetes.
• Involvement in past Elastic Community events as speaker or organizer.
• Experience with open source software or commercial open source companies.

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

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws, view posters linked below: Poster; Poster; Poster and (Poster)

Elasticsearch develops and distributes encryption software and technology that is subject to U.S. export controls and licensing requirements for individuals who are located in or are nationals of the following sanctioned countries and regions: Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”), and the Luhansk People’s Republic (“LNR”). If you are located in or are a national of one of the listed countries or regions, an export license may be required as a condition of your employment in this role. Please note that national origin and/or nationality do not affect eligibility for employment with Elastic.

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.

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.