Sr. Principal Software Engineer
Description
Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". 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.
Team
Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) is a sophisticated SIEM built atop Splunk’s data platform with lots of moving parts. We help thousands of customers as they identify and protect their assets from cyber threats, all over the world. On any given day, our software needs to handle thousands of users, petabytes of data, and unique usage patterns across different deployment topologies.
Splunk ES is at the forefront of data processing. As we take the product to address the next anvil of data challenges that include real-time streaming data processing, integration of disparate and distributed data sources, we need strong engineers to help lead us from the front. That’s where you come in.
We are a passionate team who care deeply about our customers and our teammates. In this role, you will work directly with Product Management, Architects, our Design and other engineering teams to help derive the best experience for the customer. We have a lean process that focuses on empowering and serving our engineers as opposed to just directing them.
What we offer you
- Connection to the customer. We’re all about making our customers ecstatic about our products, and you’ll frequently work with customers directly to resolve complex needs. As part of this, you’ll be an integral part of our on-call escalation team.
- A constant stream of new things to learn. You'll learn how our whole stack works, from code compilation to log/metric observation in the wild. We're also exploring new technologies, and seeking new ways to make our ecosystem more developer-friendly.
- Impact. We give our engineers an environment in which they can contribute from day one while also providing opportunities for learning and growth.
- Skilled and dedicated peers, all the way from engineering to product management and customer support. We are an engineering and product-focused company. Our engineers take a leading role in designing, architecting, building and testing our product.
- Growth and mentorship. We believe in growing engineers through ownership and leadership opportunities. We also believe mentors help both sides of the equation.
- A stable, collaborative and supportive work environment. We are totally remote friendly. You can choose to work from a Splunk location or you can be in any US time zone and work with the rest of the team around the globe.
- Work-life balance. We don't expect people to work 12-hour days. We want you to have a successful time outside of work too. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and commitment, and believe that balance helps cultivate an outstanding environment.
In this role, you will
- Build a global-scale, security detection platform, optimizing for performance, reliability and quality using Splunk platform innovations, open-source, and cloud tools and technologies.
- Initiate, design and drive high impact ideas using the right design principles.
- Have broad cross-functional or cross-product impact in the organization and help set strategic direction for products and technology
- Influence and achieve results through recognized technical expertise and thought leadership in the industry
- Collaborate with team members on the design and implementation of frameworks and backend components and mentor junior engineers, to help develop their technical skills, communication and careers
- Participate in high-profile and critical customer engagements and meet with customers as needed
- Be actively involved in hiring of technical leads, architects, and senior engineering leaders
Requirements
- Minimum of 15+ years experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 12+ years with a Master’s degree in a related field.
- Extensive experience architecting scalable distributed web applications. Experience transitioning from monolithic architecture to scalable distributed systems is a plus.
- Track record of leadership roles with demonstrated ability to strategically plan and execute both incremental improvements and revolutionary changes.
- Strong expertise with the developer life cycles of multiple programming languages and domains (how to develop, debug, package, test, etc.) as we have code in several languages, ranging from Python, Go and JavaScript.
- Solid understanding of relational databases (e.g. Postgres).
- Strong desire to make code reviews amazing with helpful and productive feedback.
- Experience in an Agile DevOps engineering environment that effectively uses CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Github).
- Experience working with multiple cloud providers (like AWS, GCP, and Azure) and delivering software as a service, working with cloud infrastructure services such as AWS EC2, S3, Kubernetes, etc.
- Familiarity with hybrid delivery models, delivering software to both customer-managed and cloud-hosted environments.
- Excellent communication skills and a history of leading and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with information security is a huge plus
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: $242,400.00 - 333,300.00 per year
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts
Base Pay Range: $218,160.00 - 299,970.00 per year
All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.
Base Pay Range: $193,920.00 - 266,640.00 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.
Thank you for your interest in Splunk!