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 an experienced Senior Staff 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 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 productivity team, where you will contribute to our goal of building the best Engineering toolchain in existence.
Our Engineering Productivity team sits within the Infrastructure and SRE org, whose charter is to deliver robust, reliable, and secure services to ensure Cribl Engineering & customer success.
If the end-to-end software development experience is your passion, if you have opinions on how to make things better and if you have the desire to build consensus around ideas, let's talk!
As a technical leader on our team, you will...
- Chart the future of Cribl’s engineering tools, systems and practices.
- Conceptualize and direct the evolution of our Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) metrics, capabilities and processes based on the state of the art and industry best practices.
- Build a deep understanding of our engineering culture, tools and practices. Identify what works and what needs improvement.
- Engage with engineers to understand their needs, concerns and desires. Improve the overall development experience, reduce friction, remove bottlenecks and assure quality, security and reliability across the entire SDLC.
- Strategize on effectively integrating AI into our SDLC, ensuring clear business value, benefit to engineers, and return on investment.
- Uncover risks and seek out inefficiencies, waste and bottlenecks across the SDLC.
- Advocate engineering-wide improvements in governance, security and quality.
- Participate in on-call.
If You Got It, We Want It:
- Extensive experience with enterprise-scale engineering environments.
- 5+ years of experience in a Devtools, DevOps or Engineering productivity role.
- Experience as a tech lead providing technical direction and guidance to a technical domain or team.
- Deep understanding of engineering best practices across the tech industry.
- Comfortable with a high level of autonomy and working with a distributed team
- Passion for software quality and craft.
- Development with JavaScript, Node.js or TypeScript in a Linux or Mac environment.
- Experience with SCM, SCA, CI/ CD pipelines and Build tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with agentic AI in software development
- Knowledge of cloud design patterns for scale, data management, resiliency and performance.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms and container & orchestration technologies
- Knowledge of Cloud infrastructure and application security
Salary Range ($220,000 - 290,000)
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.
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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