UX & Front End Engineer, AI

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><h2 class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="637gr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="637gr-0-0"><span data-text="true">What is The Role</span></span></h2> <div class="p" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="5h6ht-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="5h6ht-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5h6ht-0-0"><span data-text="true">The Elastic IT team is shifting beyond standard chat interfaces to craft the next frontier of generative and agentic AI experiences. We are looking for an innovative </span></span><span data-offset-key="5h6ht-0-1"><span data-text="true">UX Engineer</span></span><span data-offset-key="5h6ht-0-2"><span data-text="true"> to join our team to bridge the gap between powerful AI capabilities and intuitive, delightful user interfaces that accelerate productivity across the entire organization.</span></span></div> </div> <div class="p" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="eaacg-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="eaacg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eaacg-0-0"><span data-text="true">Our ideal candidate is a skilled front-end engineer with hands-on experience designing and building AI user experiences (e.g., streaming text, dynamic prompt workflows, agent reasoning visualizations, and multi-modal interaction patterns). In this role, you will leverage the latest AI technologies and the Elastic Stack (including ESRE, Agent Builder, Workflows and eUI) to build high-performance front-end applications for a suite of internal products and platforms. </span></span><span data-offset-key="eaacg-0-1"><span data-text="true">Driven by a user-centered mindset, you will act as a key collaborator </span></span><span data-offset-key="eaacg-0-2"><span data-text="true">between AI back-end engineers, product managers, and user groups </span></span><span data-offset-key="eaacg-0-3"><span data-text="true">to turn complex AI reasoning into seamless human-AI interactions.</span></span><span data-offset-key="eaacg-0-4"><span data-text="true"> By shaping how enterprise users interact with generative AI, you will enable our global workforce while showcasing the boundary-pushing capabilities of Elastic's products.</span></span></div> </div> <div class="p" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="1nqi4-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1nqi4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1nqi4-0-0"><span data-text="true">Are you ready to design and build the interfaces that supercharge enterprise productivity and prove what’s possible with Elastic?</span></span><span data-offset-key="1nqi4-0-1"><span data-text="true"> Join us to create AI user experiences that turn collective knowledge into instant action, empowering everyone at Elastic to achieve more.</span></span></div> </div> <h2 class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="e1apo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e1apo-0-0"><span data-text="true">What You Will Be Doing</span></span></h2> <ul class="public-DraftStyleDefault-ul" data-offset-key="3iofm-0-0"> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="3iofm-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3iofm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3iofm-0-0"><span data-text="true">AI UI/UX Design &amp; Implementation:</span></span><span data-offset-key="3iofm-0-1"><span data-text="true"> Translate complex generative and agentic AI processes into intuitive, responsive, and engaging front-end interfaces.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="b8p1e-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="b8p1e-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b8p1e-0-0"><span data-text="true">Front-End Architecture: </span></span><span data-offset-key="b8p1e-0-1"><span data-text="true">Design, build, and maintain front-end UI component libraries. These libraries should be scalable, accessible, and reusable and will be created for generative AI interactions. You will use modern frameworks like React and TypeScript.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="4eoa8-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4eoa8-0-0"><span id="popover-trigger-:r12:" class="chakra-text css-bcri66"><span data-offset-key="4eoa8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Human-AI Interaction Patterns:</span></span><span data-offset-key="4eoa8-0-1"><span data-text="true"> Prototype and implement novel interaction patterns for conversational AI, agent execution visibility (thought logs, tool calls), prompt systems, and rich dynamic outputs.</span></span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="cjmdm-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cjmdm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cjmdm-0-0"><span data-text="true">Performance &amp; Streaming Optimization:</span></span><span data-offset-key="cjmdm-0-1"><span data-text="true"> Optimize UI performance for real-time AI responses, managing token streaming latency, async state management, and optimistic UI updates.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="co725-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="co725-0-0"><span data-offset-key="co725-0-0"><span data-text="true">Enterprise Grounding &amp; Integration: Connect front-end interfaces to internal services. This includes Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) endpoints. It also includes Elasticsearch Relevance Engine (ESRE) and agent orchestration APIs.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="15qlr-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="15qlr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="15qlr-0-0"><span data-text="true">User-Centered Collaboration:</span></span><span data-offset-key="15qlr-0-1"><span data-text="true"> Partner closely with UX designers, product managers, and AI backend engineers to iteratively test and refine AI workflows based on real user feedback.</span></span></div> </li> <li class="public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR" data-block="true" data-editor="22h3r" data-offset-key="7jca7-0-0"> <div class="public-DraftStyleD