Sr Software Engineer (Back-end), Observability
Splunk
Software Engineering
United States · Remote
Posted on Jan 26, 2025
Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Our customers love our technology, but it's our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.
As applications and systems become more sophisticated and user experience is at high stake, observability - the ability to monitor and understand the systems and how they impact users, becomes one of the biggest challenges for engineering teams. We are building world-class tools to help engineers deliver better, faster, and more reliable applications.
Role Summary
Splunk is looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Senior Software Engineer to join our Splunk Observability team who will work on systems that empower our customers to quickly detect and resolve their infrastructure and application issues.
You will work within a multi-functional team of designers, product managers, and quality engineers in a fast-paced environment to implement & design large-scale distributed systems, streaming data pipelines, API design, and advanced algorithms that power the Splunk products. Our engineering teams are small and highly impactful. You will learn from the best and help us architect and build applications of the future. You will also get many opportunities to share and talk about your work through channels like conferences, meetups, and blogs.
Meet the Products and Technology Team
Want to build security and observability products people love AND work with people as smart (and humble) as you are? Our products and technology team delivers digital resilience at enterprise scale with a self-service Splunk portfolio that offers unified security analytics, full stack observability and real-time visibility of streaming data. Learn more about the team, meet our leaders, and hear from Splunk technologists and engineers at splunk.com/careers/products-and-technology.
What you'll get to do
- Lead and take responsibility for the design, development, testing, potential technical debt & delivery of multiple major, customer-facing features.
- Consider non-functional Requirements (Performance, Scalability, Reliability, High Availability etc) in system design.
- Regularly lead design, code, and test plan reviews
- Collaborate with product owners and designers to iterate on the design and implementation of our systems.
- Work with PM to influence product feature direction including but not limited to prototyping innovative ideas.
- Partner with product owners and engineering leadership to identify priorities for development and product backlog refinement
- Ensure consistent code quality by coordinating activities of other engineers assigned to the same features or subsystems.
- Mentor junior engineers throughout the development process.
- Identify opportunities for engineering productivity improvements or directions, and evangelize these successfully
- Participate in on-call rotations, post-incident reviews, and other operational duties as needed to ensure stable service delivery
- Help the team estimate software deliverables across multiple sprints.
Must-have Qualifications
- BS EE or CS degree, or equivalent training or work experience with 8+ years related experience (or Masters and 6 + years related experience or PhD and 3+ years experience)
- Experience building and designing complex large-scale backend systems.
- Experience with DevOps practices and comfortability operating your own systems.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Leadership and mentoring skills and the ability to work with engineers and non-engineers of various skill levels.
- Proficiency in any modern languages like Go(Preferred), Python, Java or similar
- Experience developing cloud native applications in Kubernetes, or Openshift, Server clusters in distributed environments in AWS, GCP clouds or on-prem clusters.
- Experience working with cloud native technologies/frameworks like gRPC, REST, Websockets
- Familiarity with Observability concepts and ecosystems OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana etc.
- Experience with relational and non relational databases.
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Note:
Base Pay Range
SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area
Base Pay Range: $174,800.00 - 240,350.00 per year
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts
Base Pay Range: $157,320.00 - 216,315.00 per year
All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.
Base Pay Range: $139,840.00 - 192,280.00 per year
Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.
Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at https://splunkbenefits.com.