# Principal Software Engineer (Application Networking) - Platform Infrastructure

**Company**: Elastic
**Location**: Norway
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: 872.500 kr-1.062.500 kr NOK
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join Platform Infrastructure - Application Networking and set the direction for Elastic Cloud application networking.

You will drive the technical vision, architecture, and design of these systems, focusing on Ingress, security controls, private connectivity, and DNS management.

Responsibilities:

- Set the technical direction for major application networking initiatives

- Lead the development of Ingress, private connectivity, DNS, and security controls on a large scale for Elastic Cloud

- Lead multi-quarter, cross-organizational projects

- Raise the operational quality of our services

- Mentor and support engineers across the team

- Partner with and advise product management and senior engineering stakeholders on technical trade-offs

Requirements:

- Experience with building software, including setting technical direction for complex distributed systems

- Deep expertise in application networking and cloud-native architecture

- Experience building large-scale distributed systems

- Ability to own projects from beginning to end

- Experience operating high-availability SaaS platforms

- Proven track record of using AI to accelerate development

Bonus Points:

- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes networking and major cloud providers

- Contribution to CNCF or other open-source networking projects

Benefits:

- Competitive pay

- Health coverage for you and your family

- Flexible locations and schedules

- Generous number of vacation days

- Increase your impact

- We match up to $2000 for financial donations and service

- Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects

## Skills

### Required
- application networking
- cloud-native architecture
- distributed systems
- Ingress
- private connectivity
- DNS
- security controls

### Nice to have
- Kubernetes networking
- major cloud providers
- CNCF
- open-source networking projects

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