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HQMountain View
Founded2012
Posted (30d)68

[00] STOCK

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[01] HIRING NOW

Live from their career page.

Numbers refresh daily. Every role tracked here was pulled straight from Elastic's ATS, not an aggregator.

Open roles

613

Posted (30d)

68

-26.9% vs prior

Posted (7d)

17

Posted range

$113K – 179K

Base, from posted ranges

Most-hired roles · last 90 days

Enterprise Account Executive
12 roles
Product Manager
8 roles
Account Executive Public Sector
6 roles
Solution Architect
5 roles
Inside Account Executive
5 roles

[02] HIRING PULSE

Elastic's hiring pulse.

We re-scan Elastic's career page every few minutes and keep the full posting history, so these counts come from the board itself, not an aggregator.

Rising17 postings this week vs a baseline of 21.4/week

Posted (7d)

17

Posted (30d)

62

Posted (90d)

275

Scanned every few minutes · newest tracked posting May 22, 2026

[03] COMPENSATION

What Elastic pays.

Solid but rarely exceptional. Senior engineers might see $200K to $350K at successful enterprise companies.

By level · reported by current and former Elastic employees on Levels.fyi

Product Manager

Source: Levels.fyi
LevelTotalBaseEquityBonusN
C8$400K$275K$125K$0K2

Software Engineer

Source: Levels.fyi
LevelTotalBaseEquityBonusN
C5$147K$125K$22K$0K6
C6$225K$180K$44K$2K28
C7$302K$206K$96K$0K12
C8$386K$241K$145K$0K5

Software Engineering Manager

Source: Levels.fyi
LevelTotalBaseEquityBonusN
C6$173K$130K$43K$0K2

Source: Levels.fyi · median across reported samples

Concrete perks mentioned in job postings

  • 401k match up to 6%
  • equity participation
  • remote/hybrid work options
  • unlimited PTO
  • minimum of 16 weeks parental leave
  • health coverage for employees and families
  • flexible locations and schedules
  • generous vacation days
  • up to $2000 match for financial donations
  • 40 hours for volunteer projects

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[04] IN THEIR OWN WORDS

How Elastic pitches itself.

Better retrieval. Better answers.

Forrester Wave Leader, Q2 2025

Power insights and outcomes with The Elasticsearch Platform. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you accelerate time to insight. Try Elastic toda...

Source: elastic.co

[05] VISA SPONSORSHIP

Hiring international candidates.

Elastic has a documented USCIS H-1B petition history.

Sponsors H1B · USCIS-confirmed petitioner

Source: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. Classifications: yes (5+ approvals), conditional (1-4), no (0).

[06] WHERE THEY'RE HIRING

The cities Elastic is hiring in.

Every active role mapped to its posted city. Use this to gauge whether Elasticis actually hiring where you live, or skewed somewhere you'd need to relocate.

Top cities by open roles

Barcelona, Catalonia, ES
22 roles
Arlington, Texas
14 roles
New York City, New York
12 roles
Austin, Texas
10 roles
Los Angeles, California
6 roles
San Francisco, California
6 roles
Seattle, Washington
6 roles
Washington, District of Columbia
6 roles

Remote: 91 positions

+18 more locations

[07] OFFICES

Where Elastic works.

Elastic office locations

© Mapbox © OpenStreetMap

Headquartered at 800 W El Camino Real #350, Mountain View, CA 94040. We've mapped 4 Elastic offices across 4 cities, so you know where you'd report before you apply.

Also in: Vancouver · New York · San Francisco

Office data © OpenStreetMap contributors

[08] LAYOFF HISTORY

What past rounds looked like.

Elastic has had 1 reported layoff round on public record since 2020. We list these because candidates routinely tell us they wish they had known before applying. Context, not a verdict.

Reported rounds

1

Headcount cut

Undisclosed

Most recent

Nov 30, 2022

~13% of staff

Source

Source: Layoffs.fyi, public record

[00] M&A HISTORY

Elastic has acquired 1 notable company on public record. Acquisitions tell you about a company's appetite, scale, and direction.

Source: Wikidata

[10] KEY FACTS

Founded

2012

Listed on

ESTC

New York Stock Exchange

Data: Wikidata (CC0) · Q22074922

[12] ABOUT

What Elastic does, and who fits.

Elastic enables real-time search and AI solutions for businesses.

Elastic provides a comprehensive Search AI Platform that integrates search precision with AI intelligence, allowing users to access and analyze both structured and unstructured data. Their cloud-based solutions focus on search, security, and observability, helping organizations maximize the potential of their data.

Founded

2012

HQ

Mountain View

Founder

Employees

Source: Wikidata · QID Q22074922

[13] TECH STACK

What Elastic actually builds with.

Pulled from the technologies, languages, frameworks, and tools mentioned across Elastic's recent job descriptions. AI shows up most often. A reflection of the actual day-to-day stack, not just whatever's on GitHub.

Cloud
cloud20
Tools
AI20Elastic Stack20observability20search20security20

Counts = distinct job postings mentioning each tech in a 20-job sample.

[14] AT ELASTIC

The honest take.

Elastic promotes a diverse and inclusive work environment that values flexibility and work-life balance.

WORK-LIFE

Work-life balance

Often better than startups or big tech. Enterprise companies tend to have more predictable schedules.

WHO THRIVES

Who thrives here

People who want meaningful work without startup chaos or big tech bureaucracy.

WATCH OUT

Things to watch

Some enterprise companies have slow-moving cultures and legacy codebases.

[15] SECURITY PROGRAM

Elastic accepts vulnerability reports.

A public bug bounty signals that Elastic treats outside security researchers as collaborators, not threats. Coordinated disclosure happens through the channel below.

[16] CAREER GROWTH

Where Elastic takes you next.

Good learning environment for building production systems at scale.

[17] INTERVIEW PREP

Going through their loop?

We collect real questions reported by candidates plus likely questions inferred from Elastic's open roles. Skim the process, prep the questions, save the timing for actually applying.

[18] HOW TO APPLY

Your resume lands in Greenhouse.

Elastic uses Greenhouse as their applicant tracking system. When you apply, your resume drops directly into their Greenhouse pipeline where recruiters review candidates in arrival order.

Scoutify watches Elastic's career page continuously. New openings show up here within minutes of posting. Early applicants get more attention because most recruiters review applications in the order they arrive.

One-tap coverage: Greenhouse is one of the portals Scoutify's auto-apply fills end to end. On an Auto-Apply plan, your saved profile and resume are submitted to Elastic the moment a matching role goes live.

[21] FAQ

Questions people ask about Elastic.

Not covered here? Email support@scoutify.com.

Does Elastic sponsor H1B visas?

Yes, Elastic sponsors H1B visas for international candidates. This allows skilled professionals from around the world to apply for positions and contribute to Elastic's diverse workforce. If you are considering applying from outside the U.S., you can feel confident that Elastic is open to supporting your visa needs.

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