Tech Lead, Agent Framework - Observability

Elastic, the Search AI Company, seeks a Tech Lead for the Agent Framework team within its Streams program. The role involves owning the architecture, setting technical direction, and making primary decisions for Elastic's agent layer evolution. Responsibilities include designing scalable architecture, evaluating technologies, providing technical guidance, engaging with stakeholders, facilitating cross-team collaboration, and mitigating risks. The ideal candidate has proven experience as a tech/​

Proven experience as a technical lead or principal engineer on an agent, daemon, or systems-level software project at scale. Deep knowledge of observability data collection: metrics, logs, traces, and protocols (OTLP, Prometheus Remote Write, syslog, etc.). Solid background in Go. Experience designing management and control planes for distributed software, particularly protocol-driven approaches like OpAMP. Track record of leading large, multi-team technical initiatives from ambiguous design to