We are currently seeking an Education Engineer to join our Education team here at Elastic. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering technical training both virtual and on-site to our customers as well as helping to QA and work with our curriculum team on our library of training courses, which cover Elasticsearch, Kibana, Observability.
A successful candidate is very self-motivated as this is a very technical position that requires a person to keep up to speed with curriculum and does not require micro-management. The entire team works remotely, and we are happy to consider you wherever you live. Come join us at Elastic!
What You Will Be Doing:
- Becoming a specialist in Elastic products, keeping up to date on changes/releases, and relaying that knowledge in the form of content development, training instruction, educational material, meetups, and conferences
- Learning, creating and presenting compelling courses in extremely technical concepts clearly and concisely to large audiences in a way that fully engages our customers
- Able to travel globally 50% or more
- Collaborate with curriculum development team to create and update existing course materials and documentation
- Having ability to work on your own initiative with fanatical attention to detail
- Knowledge of curriculum design methodologies
- Ability to deliver amazing material for not only private but public class delivery
What You Bring Along:
- A demonstrated ability working as an engineer, developer, or integrator in search or related technologies
- Experience as a technical instructor or public speaker to large audiences on enterprise infrastructure software technology to engineers, developers and other technical positions
- BS in Computer Science or related engineering field
- Solid understanding of Java and Linux/Unix environment, software development, and/or experience with distributed systems
Bonus Points:
- Deep understanding of Elasticsearch and/or Lucene, including Elastic Certified Engineer certification
- MS or PhD or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related engineering discipline
- Experience contributing to an open-source project or documentation
- Experience in curriculum development for enterprise search or databases
