After Elastic
- 22%Joined a startup4
- 78%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave Elastic most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 22% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 11m
Not Elastic's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 26 people on a map of 67,181, No. 974 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 26Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 831% of the people here
- Moved on
- 1869% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 11mmiddle half 1y 3m to 4y 7m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for Elastic yet.
How long people stay
19%<1y
23%1-2y
27%2-4y
31%4-7y
0%7y+
26 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2016 to 2026: 26 joined, 18 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (12).
Titles held here
- Senior Software Engineer7
- Principal Software Engineer4
- Software Engineer4
3 most common titles, by people who held them.
Where they studied
Not enough education on the record here.25 of the 26 people here have a school on file, but no school is listed by as many as 3 people, the fewest this map will count.
Public work
Not enough of the record here has been checked.This share needs 30 people whose profile was checked for public accounts, and there are fewer here.
Where they are now
35% of the people who have worked at Elastic and list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% of everyone on the map.
Elastic
Everyone on the map
- 35%Washington DC9 · map 13%
- 27%SF Bay Area7 · map 41%
- 23%New York6 · map 18%
- 15%Somewhere else4
All 26 people who worked at Elastic list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at Elastic: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside Elastic, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 26 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at Elastic: 8 are there now, 18 have moved on.
- Median tenure at Elastic: 2y 11m, middle half 1y 3m to 4y 7m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after Elastic, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 22% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and fewer than 3 joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Senior Software Engineer, then Principal Software Engineer.
- 35% of the 26 people here who list a location live in Washington DC today, against 13% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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