About the Role
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale. 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. Elastic's complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI. The Elastic Stack (including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash) is more than just code — they are open source projects that people love to use.
As a Senior Developer Advocate with a focus on content creation, your activities include:
•Publish deep-dive videos that connect search, vector databases, and agentic workflows. Or cover observability with logs, metrics, and traces including the OpenTelemetry perspective.
•Stay up to date with the latest trends in search and AI or observability to cover what's new and exciting for users.
•Build open-source demos and example applications on GitHub that combine Elasticsearch with developer and AI tools.
•Contribute to Elasticsearch Labs and the YouTube channel.
The DevRel team's mission is to educate and help users succeed by being an expert in Elasticsearch and the Search + AI or observability ecosystem.
Responsibilities
•Create high-quality technical videos focused on search, AI/ML, observability and Elasticsearch as a platform, covering foundational concepts, sophisticated use-cases, and research trends.
•Explore and explain how Elasticsearch integrates with other tools and protocols in the ecosystem (e.g., LLMs, frameworks, OpenTelemetry and Cloud providers).
•Prototype and publish sample applications showing end-to-end Search + AI or observability use cases.
•Bring a creative twist to Elastic's content creation to keep existing users engaged and capture new audiences.
•Provide feedback to product and engineering teams based on hands-on experience and community interactions.
Requirements
•A proven track record of creating highly technical and engaging videos — share your best work with us! This is mandatory in the application.
•Strong technical background and experience in an engineering role.
•Empathy for the community to help them solve their issues, provide internal feedback to make Elastic's products better, and fix problems where possible.
•Comfortable working with a highly distributed team.
•Experience working self-driven and self-organizing.
•Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English.
Benefits
•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
•Matching 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
•Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Note: 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 certain sanctioned countries and regions (Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic, and the Luhansk People's Republic). An export license may be required as a condition of employment in this role for individuals located in or nationals of these countries/regions.
