Agentic QA Lead - Observability

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 This is a role which will help to lead and shape quality assurance efforts across the Observability line of business, both by defining quality strategy for the organization and by performing a variety of hands-on-keyboard exploratory testing activities. What You Will Be Doing Performing exploratory testing against recent builds of the application and providing feedback to product teams on undesirable behavior. This work may include the configuration and deployment of a wide variety of software platforms and instrumenting them to send data to the Elastic Stack. Analyzing testing strategies employed by various teams and recommending specific improvements. Coordinating between release management and product teams to determine the fitness of the product prior to release. Participating in coordination efforts with other quality assurance teams across the organization to standardize on quality strategy for the company. What You Bring Agent Framework Expertise: Hands-on experience building and deploying AI agents using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGPT, CrewAI, or similar agentic platforms LLM Integration: Proven ability to work with large language models (OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, open-source models) including prompt engineering, function calling, and context management Software Testing Knowledge: Deep understanding of exploratory testing methodologies, test case design, and quality assurance principles Automation Orchestration: Experience building systems that coordinate multiple agents or automated workflows at scale Programming Proficiency: Strong coding skills in Python or similar languages used for agent development and test automation 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 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 indiv ... (truncated, view full listing at source)