Sr Staff Software Engineer, Stream Integrations

$225,000 - $275,000/Yr

Cribl - Annapolis, MD

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Annapolis, MD

About the position

As a Sr Staff Engineer at Cribl, you will play a crucial role in building and enhancing our core data platform, which processes large volumes of IT and Security data in real-time. This position involves both research and development, focusing on integrating Cribl's data stream processing engine with various third-party systems. You will work collaboratively with a team of skilled engineers, providing technical leadership and mentoring while ensuring high-quality software delivery and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• 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 necessary systems and accounts.
• Provide technical and thought leadership to the products and tools delivered by the team.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers on the team.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap by partnering with PM and Engineering leaders.
• Introduce performance and efficiency improvements across products and processes.
• Champion teamwork, engineering best practices, and a customer-focused mindset.
• Take lead on feature development while balancing high-quality software development with evangelism and coaching of others.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain clear, concise, and robust code that achieves desired outcomes for customers.
• Develop expert-level knowledge of software development using Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, Docker, and Git.
• Ensure features work as expected by creating robust test plans paired with comprehensive automated tests.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, UX designers, and business teams to translate feature specifications into implementable code.
• Provide feedback on feature design and code reviews.
• Engage users by contributing to internal and external blogs related to the products developed.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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 Kubernetes.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with authorization and authentication standards such as Oauth2, OpenID Connect, LDAP, and SAML.
• Experience with Microsoft Office 365 APIs.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Fertility treatment benefit
• 401(k)
• Equity
• Eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus