Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

• 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

• 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

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance: Our comprehensive benefit plans have you and your family covered when it comes to the important stuff. Beyond the basics, we also have supplemental plans like accident insurance, One Medical, and FSA/HSA accounts.

• Disability and income protection: When you need it most, Cribl’s disability and income protection benefits have your back, with up to 4 weeks of paid medical leave. We also cover basic life insurance with options to increase your coverage.

• Mental health Care: Mental health is physical health! We offer free coaching, therapy sessions and more through Modern Health to support you in navigating all aspects of life.

• Retirement plan: Saving for the future doesn’t happen all at once. We offer retirement accounts to help you make progress towards your financial goals.

• Family planning: Regardless of what your family unit looks like at home, Cribl supports your journey by offering family-forming benefits from adoption, to fertility, and through postpartum. We also offer a paid gender-neutral parental leave benefit to support you and your family.

• Time off: We offer generous, flexible time off for all employees and empower you to balance your work and life in the ways that suit you best. Twice a year we all log off together for a “Recharge Day”, and in December we enjoy a company-wide winter break.

• Remote office perks: All new employees receive a one-time $1,000 stipend towards their home-office set up. We also offer a monthly reimbursement for phone, internet, coworking pass, or a weekly meal.- 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!

• Comfortable with a high level of autonomy and working cross functionally with a highly distributed team of engineers

• 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 that can be used to manage and abstract infrastructure details at the lowest level

• Experience with sustainable incident response in a blameless 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

• Opinions about dashboards, metrics, and SLOs

• A love for high quality and a knack for testing

• Strong knowledge of cloud design patterns for scale, data management, resiliency, etc

• Knowledge of Cloud and application security