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 RoleCribl's Stream unlocks the value of all machine data in ways that were
previously not possible by providing users a new level of observability,
intelligence and control over their real-time data. We are looking for a Sr
Staff Engineer to help build our core data platform which ingests,
enriches, transforms, shapes, and routes data from and to numerous types
of third party systems. Some may say Cribl's greatest accomplishment thus
far is having our software deployed in some of the largest organizations in
the world processing up to petabytes of IT & Security data. Others may
attribute that to our massive amount of goat gifs that we've harvested from
the Internet. It's difficult to know for sure.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 rightThis 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 n our 24x7 on-call rotations.
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