Join the company that’s building the telemetry infrastructure for the AI era. At Cribl, we partner with IT and Security teams at many of the world’s biggest enterprises, including half of the Fortune 100, to bridge the gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. As the AI Platform for Telemetry, we give customers the choice, control, and flexibility to manage and analyze telemetry for both humans and agents, so they can build what’s next.
We’re one of the fastest‑growing private companies and a leading player in a massive, fast‑moving market. With a global workforce, we’re remote‑first and grounded in a simple idea: software is a people business. Cribl is the place where curious, collaborative people can do their best work, grow fast, and bring their full selves to the herd.
Why You’ll Love This Role
Cribl Inc is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our mission to unlock the value of all observability data. Cribl provides users a new level of observability, intelligence and control over their real-time data. You will join a team of technical engineers who are committed to shipping only high-quality software and enjoying all the goat gifs the internet has to offer. This role is remote and you will be part of the engineering organization where you will contribute in our efforts to envision, create, deploy, test, and ship Cribl products.
Not often do you get to be part of something that is fundamentally changing a technology. But here at Cribl we are building the next generation of software that puts our customers in full control of their observability data. If this is something that interests you, and you want to be truly at the center of the wheel helping make this work better every day. Then this opportunity might be something you have been waiting for to be a part of making a real impact.
We are looking for Engineers and Developers at all levels at Cribl who enjoy being in the thick of it. Fixing things at the operational edge should always be the last resort, so our engineers are involved from conception to design to development and all the way through production and beyond. You will provide your creative input into all things Cloud, Scaling, Reliability, High Availability and much more.
If solving reliability problems is your passion, and you have always had strong opinions on how to make things better and have the desire to build consensus around ideas. Then let's talk!
As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will...
- Contribute along with product and platform teams to build and deliver solutions that improve our cloud service, infrastructure, and tools.
- Solve infrastructure problems with a software-driven, cloud first approach and a keen eye towards quality, testability, and repeatability.
- Engage with teams directly to implement product roadmaps and objectives with a focus on service delivery and reliability.
- Contribute to the development of best practices and engineering standards within the team.
- Help Identify and drive down toil with creative innovation and automation.
- Dedication to elegant and high-quality software.
- This position will require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties
If You've Got It - We Want It
- Development with JavaScript/Node.js/TypeScript in a Linux/Mac environment.
- Significant experience building and deploying infrastructure in a public cloud environment using a software development driven approach (Cribl uses Terraform).
- Significant experience in complex development environments, especially in large-scale highly available distributed systems and SaaS platforms.
- A solid understanding of writing software and API driven solutions that can be used to manage and abstract infrastructure details at the lowest level.
- Experience with scaling and deploying Linux-based systems.
- Experience with sustainable incident response in a blameless environment.
- Comfortable with a high level of autonomy and working cross functionally with a highly distributed team of engineers.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Cloud and application security.
- Strong knowledge of cloud design patterns for scale, data management, resiliency, etc.
- A love for high quality and a knack for testing.
- Opinions about dashboards, metrics, and SLOs.
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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.
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.
Skills Required
- Significant experience building and deploying infrastructure in a public cloud environment
- Development with JavaScript/Node.js/TypeScript in a Linux/Mac environment
- Experience with scaling and deploying Linux-based systems
- A solid understanding of writing software and API driven solutions
- Significant experience in complex development environments
Cribl Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cribl and has not been reviewed or approved by Cribl.
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Affordable Benefits — Medical and dental premiums are fully covered for individuals in the U.S., with low costs for dependents, and the plans are described as low‑cost overall. This positions healthcare expenses favorably for many employees.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO, paid holidays, and periodic company “refresh” or winter‑break days provide ample time away. Flexible schedules further support taking time when needed.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A monthly stipend for home office, phone, and internet, plus strong remote‑work setup support, underpin the remote‑first model. Additional perks like recharge days and equipment support bolster day‑to‑day wellbeing.
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What We Do
Cribl, the AI Platform for Telemetry, empowers enterprises to manage and analyze telemetry for both humans and agents. Trusted by organizations worldwide, including half of the Fortune 100, Cribl bridges the gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. No lock-in. No data loss. No compromises. Cribl’s vendor-agnostic platform ensures data remains portable and interoperable. By cost-effectively handling increasing data volume and variety without delay, Cribl gives enterprises the choice, control, and flexibility to build what’s next.
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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