Search - Developer Tooling - Senior Engineering Manager in London

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:

The Developer Tools Team builds the client libraries and ecosystem integrations that enable developers to easily and effectively build on Elastic products. The team maintains Elasticsearch language clients across eight programming languages and develops integrations with third-party frameworks and platforms, particularly within the AI ecosystem. Our focus is on delivering tools and APIs that “just work,” with a strong emphasis on quality, consistency, and developer experience. We are a collaborative, open-source–driven team that values clear communication, solid technical judgment, and thoughtful execution.

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead this globally distributed team of 12 engineers. In this role, you will contribute to roadmap definition and project planning and own the successful delivery of those plans. You will partner closely with the Technical Leads and Product Manager to guide execution, coordinate priorities, and ensure timely, high-quality outcomes.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Own delivery for the Developer Tools team, ensuring timely, high-quality releases aligned with Elasticsearch schedules and key milestones
• Partner closely with Product Management and Technical Leadership to define roadmaps, priorities, and execution plans
• Drive efficient, time-boxed delivery in a fast-moving, multi-stakeholder environment
• Lead and mentor a globally distributed team of language-specialist engineers
• Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term maintainability and developer experience
• Coordinate work across client libraries, integrations, and third-party ecosystems
• Ensure consistency and quality across languages, frameworks, and platforms
• Collaborate with Documentation, Support, and internal platform teams to deliver a complete developer experience
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture with strong ownership and accountability
• Use data, feedback, and industry trends to continuously improve delivery and prioritization

What You Bring:

• Proven experience (5+ years) leading and scaling engineering teams, including remote management, performance management, and servant leadership
• Strong engineering background with significant experience across static and dynamic programming languages
• A results-oriented mindset with a strong bias to action, enabling teams to move quickly while delivering meaningful impact
• Deep understanding of open-source development, developer communities, and building high-quality developer-facing tools
• Solid knowledge of API design and code generation principles, and a keen interest in the AI ecosystem
• Ability to coordinate and align multiple roadmaps across different language ecosystems and functional areas
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging for engineers, product managers, leadership, partners, and users

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 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 a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave

Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.

We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.