Why You'll Love This RoleCribl Stream unlocks the value of all machine data by giving users a new level of observability, intelligence, and control over real-time data. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build scalable, reliable, and intuitive capabilities that enable customers to operate Cribl Stream with confidence and agility.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Stream Control Plane team, you will work with a cross-functional group of engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver resilient, high-performing software at scale. This role blends technical depth with hands-on execution and is ideal for someone who enjoys solving distributed systems challenges, building customer-facing platform capabilities, and improving reliability in production environments.
This is a fully remote role, and Cribl is a remote-first company. Our culture embraces the diversity of team members across the globe.
As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will...- Build software that powers the reliable and scalable operation of Cribl Stream, including deployment, configuration, and orchestration of distributed nodes at scale
- Partner with engineers, product managers, and designers to turn product requirements into practical technical designs and high-quality implementations
- Develop, test, and maintain robust code that delivers meaningful customer value
- Use AI-assisted tools and agentic workflows effectively in day-to-day engineering work, including development, debugging, testing, and operational efficiency
- Create automated tests and thoughtful test plans to ensure product quality, reliability, and maintainability
- Contribute to engineering best practices, operational excellence, and a strong customer-focused mindset
- Identify and implement improvements in performance, scalability, and developer efficiency across our products and processes
- Help maintain and support our SaaS offerings, including participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation
- Support occasional stand-by, on-call, or off-hours responsibilities as needed
If You've Got It - We Want It- Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. government security requirements for access to FedRAMP-authorized systems, which may include U.S. citizenship and US residence
- BS in Computer Science or a related technical field with 5+ years of industry experience, or an MS in Computer Science with relevant professional experience
- Strong hands-on software development experience delivering production systems and customer-facing features
- Experience building enterprise software in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Experience designing, building, and consuming production APIs such as REST or RPC services
- Experience participating in production on-call rotations and incident response
- Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript test frameworks such as Playwright, Codecept, Mocha, Cypress, or Jest
- Knowledge of or experience with data streaming and transformation, high-volume telemetry, logs, metrics, or observability systems
- Strong coding experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript
- Experience working in startup or fast-paced environments using agile development practices in remote or hybrid teams
- Comfortable working in an AI-native, agentic engineering environment and using AI-assisted tools to improve productivity, code quality, and customer outcomes
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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
$160,000-$210,000 USD
