Cribl does differently.
What does that mean? It means we are a serious company that doesn’t take itself too seriously; and we’re looking for people who love to get stuff done, and laugh a bit along the way. We’re growing rapidly - looking for collaborative, curious, and motivated team members who are passionate about putting customers first. As a remote-first company we believe in empowering our employees to do their best work, wherever they are.
As the data engine for IT and Security many of the biggest names in the most demanding industries trust Cribl to solve their most pressing data needs. Ready to do the best work of your career? Join the herd and unlock your opportunity.
Why You'll Love This Role
As a Senior Software Engineer at Cribl, you will work closely with Product, Operations, and other business functions while collaborating with your team to deliver end-to-end features and functionality for Cribl Lake. You will leverage your experience and expertise to contribute significantly to the team's success and help build towards the best outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to tackle product-related challenges and requirements, playing a key role in the design, implementation, and rollout of new features.
As an Active Member of our Team, You Will…
- Contribute to the technical direction and architecture of Cribl Lake, focusing on scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement product roadmaps and objectives
- Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers
- Identify and address technical debt, ensuring the long-term health of the codebase
- Contribute to the development of best practices and engineering standards within the team
- Optimize and extend the capabilities of Cribl Lake, leveraging your expertise in distributed systems and cloud technologies
If You’ve Got It, We Want It
- Strong track record of writing clean, maintainable, and testable code (Node.js/TypeScript)
- Significant experience in complex development environments, especially in large-scale highly available distributed systems and SaaS platforms
- Solid expertise in developing resilient and scalable backend services on cloud providers, preferably AWS
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, Linux, and distributed systems
- Experience using assertion frameworks and tools like Mocha, Cypress, Jest to automate regression checks
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with a track record of learning quickly
- Dedication to elegant and high-quality software
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience mentoring junior engineers
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines such as BitBucket, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.
- Experience implementing various cloud design patterns
- Knowledge of serverless / lambda-based implementations
- Willingness to share ideas and contribute to team discussions
- Appreciation for humor and a love for goats
- Comfort working remotely
Salary Range ($145,000 - $200,000)
The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location. The salary offered within the range described will be based on the individual candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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), equity, and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus.
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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.
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What We Do
Cribl, the Data Engine for IT and Security, empowers organizations to transform their data strategy. Customers use Cribl’s vendor-agnostic solutions to analyze, collect, process, and route all IT and security data from any source or in any destination, delivering the choice, control, and flexibility required to adapt to their ever-changing needs. Cribl’s product suite, which is used by Fortune 1000 companies globally, is purpose-built for IT and Security, including Cribl Stream, the industry’s leading observability pipeline, Cribl Edge, an intelligent vendor-neutral agent, and Cribl Search, the industry’s first search-in-place solution. Founded in 2018, Cribl is a remote-first workforce with an office in San Francisco, CA.
Why Work With Us
We are building the company that will become the industry leader in IT and Security data. But, doing that doesn’t mean we’re always serious. We approach our work fearlessly, learn quickly, improve constantly, and celebrate our wins at every turn. And more importantly, we laugh a lot.
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