As a Sr Staff Engineer at Cribl, you will help set the technical direction for Stream Integrations. You would partner with a team of skilled engineers committed to shipping the highest quality software and ensuring our customers’ satisfaction. Additionally, you will provide thought leadership to the team in order to continually improve our technologies, tools, and processes. This role is equal parts research and development. If you enjoy the challenges of building scalable, robust, and high performing distributed systems which process large data sets in real time, this position may be right for you.
This is a fully remote role and Cribl is a remote first company. Our culture embraces the diversity of team members spread all across the globe.
As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will ...
Develop features that integrate Cribl’s data stream processing engine with data systems such as Splunk, Elastic Search, Kafka, AWS S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage.
Rapidly develop subject matter expertise in a diverse set of third party technologies by provisioning, building, and configuring all necessary systems and/or accounts necessary in facilitating the R&D process.
Provide technical and thought leadership to the products and tools that we deliver
Mentor and coach junior engineers on the team
Contribute to the technical roadmap by partnering with PM and Eng leaders
Introduce performance and efficiency improvements across our products and processes
Champion teamwork, engineering best practices, and a customer focused mindset
Take lead on feature development while balancing the responsibilities of high quality software development with those of evangelism and coaching of others on the team
Design, develop, test, and maintain clear, concise, and robust code that achieves the desired outcomes for our customers
Develop expert level knowledge of software development using Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Docker, and Git
Ensure our features work as expected by creating robust test plans paired with comprehensive automated tests
Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, UX designers, and business teams to translate feature specifications into implementable code
Work closely with peers on your team by providing feedback on feature design and code reviews
Engage our users by contributing to internal and external blogs related to the products that you help develop
Help maintain and support our SaaS products including periodic participation in our 24x7 on-call rotations
This position will require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties
If You Got It - We Want It
BS in CS/EE with 12+ years of experience or MS with 8+ years.
Expert knowledge of building products that leverage large scale data sets
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; able to explain complex technical topics to both internal and external stakeholders with ease and in remote/distributed environments
Self driven and motivated with demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and develop prototypes quickly.
Expert knowledge of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems
Strong experience with performance optimization of complex systems
Expert knowledge of designing, implementing, and interfacing with REST APIs
Experience with Agile processes and rapid iterative development
Excellent ability to maintain focus on outcomes without getting bogged down
Experience using services from cloud based platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP
Strong sense of ownership with focus on high quality and high performing deliverables
Expert knowledge of Linux systems
Working knowledge of Docker and k8s
Experience with authorization and authentication standards such as Oauth2, OpenID Connect, LDAP and SAML is a plus
Experience with Microsoft Office 365 APIs is a plus
The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location and will be based on the individual candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
In addition to base salary, for sales and some sales-adjacent roles, employees are eligible to earn incentive compensation (commission). For all other roles, employees are eligible to participate in the Cribl Corporate Bonus Program.
In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), and equity.
Base Salary Range
$230,000—$280,000 USD
Bring Your Whole Self
Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us.
