The opportunity
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…
What you'll do
Product Strategy & Roadmap: Define the product vision, go-to-market strategy, and execution roadmap for the Elastic Agent framework, Fleet Server/Service, and telemetry collectors.
Data-Driven Decisions: Define and track KPIs focused on agent deployment success, pipeline efficiency, and the adoption of our OTel distributions.
Agent Architecture & Distribution: Oversee the packaging, testing, and distribution of the Elastic Agent, which is Elastic Distribution for OpenTelemetry Collector (EDOT) as well as standalone, purpose-specific Elastic Agent-based distributions .
Remote Management & Control: Drive remote management capabilities for Elastic Agent, Fleet Server, and collector infrastructure to ensure smooth deployment, configuration, and control at scale.
Kubernetes Management & Releases: Drive the vision and release strategy for our cloud-native deployments, specifically focusing on Kubernetes operators and Helm Charts to ensure seamless provisioning and lifecycle management of our agent framework.
OpenTelemetry: Advance OTel as a primary data shipper, guiding the ongoing development of receivers and exporters across Elastic Agent (EDOT) and the upstream OpenTelemetry Collector project to meet enterprise requirements.
What they're looking for
- Log Shipping Infrastructure: Manage Filebeat (as an Elastic Agent–managed OTel receiver, or standalone binary) and oversee the maintenance of the Beats repository.
- Logstash Enhancement: Lead product initiatives for Logstash — continuing to provide the best experience for all of our many Logstash users through improved supportability, performance and customer requested enhancements.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Work closely with engineering, UX, and product marketing to deliver compelling central management and collector experiences.
- Public Advocacy: Act as a key spokesperson for Elastic’s agent framework, collector ecosystem, and collection capabilities at internal and external events.