Platform Billing - Senior Manager, Software Engineering

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.

PLEASE NOTE: due to the need to align with the distributed locations of the team, this role will be hired only in the Eastern or Central timezones (EST / CST).

Elastic's Platform Billing organization builds the foundational systems that power our SaaS business. Our mission is to deliver asimple, transparent, and scalable billing experience that supports Elastic's growth across self-service, enterprise, and marketplace channels.

Within Platform Engineering, the Billing & Metering team operates critical data pipelines and billing engines that process usage and cost signals across AWS, GCP, and Azure and convert them into accurate, auditable invoices and revenue records. This work enables the monetization of hundreds of millions in recurring revenue and is critical for financial reporting, compliance, and customer trust.

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineering (L7) to lead a globally distributed engineering group. You will lead senior engineers, drive execution across highly complex initiatives, and partner closely with Product, Finance, IT, Cloud, and other Platform teams. This role demands a leader who excels in operational excellence, reliability engineering, incident management, and continuous improvement, in addition to technical and team leadership.

People & Technical Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and grow engineers in a distributed environment.
• Guide career development, performance management, and the growth of senior/staff engineers and tech leads.
• Foster a culture of ownership, high standards, and operational accountability.

Execution, Delivery & Operational Excellence

• Drive roadmap execution and ensure reliable delivery on different initiatives involving usage ingestion, cost accuracy, billing logic, and revenue systems.
• Maintain a high operational bar, including: Robust on-call processes, Clear runbooks and escalation paths, Strong observability and monitoring practices, Frequent incident reviews and systemic improvements
• Balance feature delivery with technical debt, reliability work, and KTLO responsibilities.
• Establish clear KPIs around system reliability, data accuracy, and operational health.

Strategic & Architectural Leadership

• Shape long-term architecture for own domain
• Anticipate scaling challenges and influence investments in reliability, data quality, and automation.
• Provide technical critique and guidance during design reviews and architectural discussions.

Cross-Org Collaboration & Influence

• Partner with different stakeholders to deliver cohesive end-to-end billing and metering capabilities.
• Work closely with Finance and Compliance stakeholders to ensure the integrity of revenue-impacting systems.
• Communicate priorities, trade-offs, timelines, and outcomes clearly across multiple layers of leadership.
• Represent own area in planning cycles, operational reviews, and audits.

• Proven experience leading engineering teams with a strong operational focus (on-call ownership, incident management, SLIs/SLOs, reliability targets).
• Solid technical foundation in distributed systems, large-scale data processing, or SaaS platform engineering.
• Demonstrated ability to scale systems, processes, and operational practices in fast-moving environments.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to guide architectural decisions.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills across engineering and business stakeholders.

• Experience with SOX compliance, revenue-related audit processes, or similar regulatory/compliance frameworks.
• Background in cloud metering, usage-based billing, or subscription billing platforms.
• Familiarity with AWS/GCP/Azure.
• Hands-on engineering background in backend, data, or distributed systems.
• Understanding of SaaS business metrics (ARR, churn, revenue recognition, usage growth).

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.This role does not have a variable compensation component.

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:

$179,800-$232,800 USD

The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:

$215,000-$278,500 USD

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 our people is the right thing to do.

• 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
• Increase your impact - We match 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
• Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

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