Principal Product Marketing Engineer

Join our dynamic Product Marketing cluster as we expand, bringing on a new member to focus on the technical go-to-market strategy for Elasticsearch and generative AI! As a Product Marketing Engineer (PME), play a pivotal role in crafting how we connect with developers, developing a deep technical understanding of their challenges, and showcasing how Elasticsearch uniquely addresses them.

In this role, become an expert in Elastic’s technical capabilities – including supporting RAG workloads for generative AI applications. Set up the infrastructure for product demos and tutorials, build hands-on workshops, create compelling videos, write informative blogs, and share your expertise through webinars, ElasticON presentations, and industry conferences. Your work will directly influence how we engage with our community and prospects.

Work closely with product, engineering, and sales teams, integrating customer feedback to refine our offerings and equip the field with the training and content needed to optimally demonstrate search use cases. Master both the technical nuances of our products and the art of delivering engaging, authentic demos that resonate with our audience. Are you passionate about technology and storytelling? Do you thrive in a fast-paced and innovative environment? If so, we want to hear from you!

What You Will Be Doing:

• Maintain and improve demo environments to effectively showcase compelling use cases as new product features are released.
• Develop impactful use cases and workflows that empower the field to deliver differentiated demos and successful proof of concepts.
• Streamline automation and processes to ensure demo maintenance is efficient, reliable, and scalable.
• Provide timely training and update content to enable the field team with the latest product capabilities.
• Author technical blogs that highlight Elastic’s technology and platform, driving thought leadership and engagement.
• Deliver technical enablement sessions, including demo recordings and webinars, to educate and inspire.
• Influence the product roadmap by providing market and customer insights that shape priorities.
• Measure and track demo usage and adoption to continuously improve effectiveness and impact.
• Represent Elastic at industry events, showcasing our products and engaging with the community.

Some travel is required

What You Will Bring:

• Extensive experience in search, developer tools, or cloud-related domains, with a strong ability to engage developers, engineering, and data science teams.
• Proven track record of creating compelling content across various formats, including blog posts, presentations, and videos, that resonates with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Broad software development expertise, particularly in Python, Curl, Javascript, React, and shell scripting, with a focus on automating demo environments and workflows.
• Strong familiarity with deploying and operating workloads in cloud environments, specifically within AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to non-experts through blogs, videos, customer discussions, and webinars.
• Comfortable working in a multi-functional role, collaborating effectively with a highly distributed and diverse team.
• Self-directed and self-motivated working style with strong work ethic.

Bonus Points:

• Developer experience using Elasticsearch (or in the search domain).
• Hands-on experience with technologies like Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform, enabling you to design and deliver robust demos and proof of concepts.
• Vector search/vector database knowledge. Search related ML experience including NLP, NER, and LLMs.
• Familiarity with RAG implementation pattern and generative AI landscape.
• Previous experience as a Technical Marketing Engineer or Pre-Sales Engineer, particularly with cloud technologies.
• Hands-on experience implementing one or more of Elastic’s solutions in real-world customer environments.

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