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
Platform engineering builds the underlying software infrastructure powering Cribl’s diverse suite of products. We are looking for a dedicated Senior Staff Software Engineer for our Platform team who is passionate about identity management, authentication and authorization, and leading technical vision for secure and robust identity protocols. This role involves significant backend development with a focus on full-stack TypeScript, leveraging AWS and other cloud technologies to build resilient, scalable solutions across different deployment mechanisms (on-premise, cloud, hybrid). Your technical leadership will drive large-scale architectural changes, automate testing, and enhance continuous deployment systems across the platform area.
As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will ...
- Help define and refine the software development practices that make our team effective
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code with an eye towards observability and resilience
- Coach and empower the less senior engineers on your team to help them level up and own larger epics
- Work with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to decide on the vision and scope of your product area
- Work with Management, Product Engineering, and Operations to plan and forecast quarterly goals that include a mix of tech debt, bug fixes, and new features
- Champion the entire software development lifecycle from requirements and design to testing, deployment, and production support/monitoring
- Take on new adventures across the full-stack as we continue to push Cribl Cloud forward
- Share on-call and take part in team that embraces a model of service ownership
If You Got It - We Want It
- Must be able to write clean, maintainable, and testable full stack code (Node.js/TypeScript)
- Experience in complex development environments, especially in large-scale highly available distributed systems and SaaS platforms
- Experience in developing resilient and scalable backend services on any major cloud provider, preferably AWS
- Experience developing RESTful API's and interfaces that are secure and intuitive
- Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, linux, and distributed systems
- Knowledge of secure web development practices with troubleshooting complex application workflows and performance tuning
- Experience using assertion frameworks and tools like Mocha, Cypress, Jest to automate regression checks
- You are self starter, minimal supervision and track record of learning quickly
- Cares about details and is dedicated to elegant and high quality software
- In-depth experience with CI/CD pipelines such as BitBucket, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc
- Broad range of experience implementing various cloud design patterns
- Experience with serverless / lambda based implementations
- Experience implementing Authentication & Authorization for internal and external customers
- No fear! Speak your mind
Salary Range ($175,000 - $210,000)
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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