Tech Lead, Agent Framework - Observability

About the Role

Elastic is seeking a Tech Lead for the Agent Framework team. In this role, you will own the architecture, set the technical direction, and serve as the primary decision-maker for how Elastic's agent layer evolves to support the Streams model—the unified platform for data collection from edge to cloud.

What You Will Be Doing

• Architectural Leadership: Design a scalable agent layer, evaluate new technologies, and lead architectural discussions to drive system performance.
• Mentorship: Provide technical guidance, conduct code reviews, and foster a culture of continuous learning and engineering excellence.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with product management to prioritize features and engage with stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Project Management: Facilitate cross-team collaboration, identify risks, and adjust project plans to meet evolving business priorities.

What You Bring

• Proven experience as a technical lead or principal engineer on agent, daemon, or systems-level software at scale.
• Deep expertise in observability data collection (metrics, logs, traces) and protocols (OTLP, Prometheus Remote Write, syslog).
• Solid background in Go.
• Experience designing management and control planes for distributed software (e.g., OpAMP).
• A track record of leading large, multi-team initiatives from design to production.
• Excellent written communication skills, with a history of producing high-quality design docs and ADRs.

Bonus Points

• Experience with Elastic Agent, Fleet, Beats, or OpenTelemetry collector internals.
• Knowledge of pipeline execution models (Streamlang, Logstash, Fluent, etc.).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) in agent deployment contexts.
• Contributions to open-source observability projects.
• Experience working async-first in a globally distributed team.

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on role responsibilities.
• Flexible locations and schedules.
• Health coverage for you and your family.
• Generous annual vacation time.
• Financial donation matching and volunteer time off (up to 40 hours/year).
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.