Senior Developer Advocate

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 : Developers and community matter. Our users and contributors have helped ensure that the Elastic Stack (including Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash) is more than just code — they are free and open projects that people love to use and love to talk about. Are you keen on sharing technology with the world and supporting our global user-base? Your activities as a Developer Advocate at Elastic would include: - Speaking publicly at in-person and virtual conferences or meetups. - Answering questions from developers on Discuss (our forum), Slack and other forums. - Building and sharing content, including social media posts, in-depth blog posts, example code, demos, tutorials and videos on elastic.co or our YouTube channel. - Contributing code on GitHub both to Elastic and external repositories. The DevRel team's mission is to educate and help our users succeed by being (or the willingness to become) an expert in Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack within the search and AI ecosystem. If you read this far and think: "that's me!" — You probably won't need to read any further, and we should have a conversation. But if you doubt the type of experience we expect you to have, read on. What You Will Be Doing : - Foster the Elastic Community in Europe (EMEA), with a local focus on Amsterdam. - Create technical content around the Elastic Stack such as code examples, talks, blog posts, videos, and demos. - Speak at virtual and in-person events like conferences, meetups, and lunch & learn sessions in the Amsterdam area and throughout EMEA. - Answer technical questions on Discuss, Slack, developer forums, social media, and at events. - Reviewing colleagues content for technical accuracy. - 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. What You Bring : - Strong technical background and experience in an engineering role. - Demonstrated ability to create compelling content about technology — including speaking, writing, and demoing. - 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. - A dedicated individual with experience working in self-organizing teams. - Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English. Bonus Points : - Familiarity with and passion for the Elastic Stack. - Proficiency in additional language(s) — speaking or programming (like Golang, Python, Java, or Rust). - 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. Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component. At Elastic, our compensation philosophy aims to provide fair, competitive and transparent remuneration. Salary ranges are established based on a combination of external market benchmarks, internal pay equity considerations, and the responsibilities and complexity associated with each role. This approach helps ensure consistency across comparable roles while remaining competitive within the relevant labour markets. The final compensation offered within the applicable range will be determined based on several objective factors, including relevant professional experience, level of skills and expertise, alignment with the role requirements, and the overall scope and complexity of the position. The typical starting salary range for this role is: €60.600—€95.900 EUR 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

Strong technical background and experience in an engineering role. Demonstrated ability to create compelling content about technology — including speaking, writing, and demoing. 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. A dedicated individual with experience working in self-organizing teams. Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English. Bonus points: Familiarity with and passion for the Elastic Stack. Proficiency in additional language(s) — speaking or programming (like Golang, Python, Java, or Rust). 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.

Foster the Elastic Community in Europe (EMEA), with a local focus on Amsterdam. Create technical content around the Elastic Stack such as code examples, talks, blog posts, videos, and demos. Speak at virtual and in-person events like conferences, meetups, and lunch & learn sessions in the Amsterdam area and throughout EMEA. Answer technical questions on Discuss, Slack, developer forums, social media, and at events. Reviewing colleagues content for technical accuracy. 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.