Software Engineer II - Node - Security - Admin Experience - AppEx

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

We are looking for a security-focused Engineer to strengthen Kibana's security posture and build robust platform security features. In this role, you'll be responsible for hardening Kibana against evolving threats, managing security vulnerabilities, and ensuring our application meets the highest security standards for enterprise and government customers. You'll also leverage AI to build innovative security tools that enhance our vulnerability detection, automate security workflows, and accelerate threat response. If you're passionate about web application security and want to make a direct impact on protecting critical infrastructure while pushing the boundaries of AI-powered security, this is the role for you.

What You Will Be Doing

Lead security hardening efforts across Kibana's codebase and infrastructure, including content security policy implementation and enforcement

Build AI-powered tools and workflows to enhance security operations, including automated vulnerability detection, intelligent security alert triage, and predictive threat analysis

Manage third-party dependency security through regular audits, vulnerability assessments, and coordinated upgrades

Collaborate with security researchers and respond to vulnerability reports with urgency and thoroughness

Design and implement security controls for authentication