Sr Software Engineer, Edge
Senior Software Engineer building and maintaining backend features for Cribl Edge, a multi-platform data collection agent running on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Requires strong OS fundamentals, TypeScript/Node.js experience, Docker/K8s, and cloud platform knowledge.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and optimize software for data collection agents that run across Windows, Linux, and Mac environments
- Collaborate closely with UX designers, Product Managers, and fellow engineers to translate feature requirements into intuitive, high-performance user experiences
- Own the development lifecycle, from design and implementation to testing and maintenance, delivering clean, efficient, and reliable code that meets customer needs
- Develop automated tests and comprehensive test plans to ensure high quality code and product features that work as expected
- Help maintain and support our SaaS products including periodic participation in our 24x7 on-call rotations
Requirements
- Bachelor's / Master’s degree in Computer Science or similar field
- Strong understanding of operating system fundamentals, including memory management, CPU architecture/scheduling, filesystems, process lifecycles, and networking
- Exceptional troubleshooting and debugging skills for swiftly resolving technical challenges
- Proven ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code
- Experience leveraging the latest AI tools to accelerate delivery of features without sacrificing quality
- Excellent verbal and written communication, ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex technical topics to stakeholders
- A steadfast commitment to ownership, ensuring that deliverables consistently meet high standards of quality and performance
- Professional experience developing software using TypeScript, and Node.js
- Experience using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP
- Experience using assertion frameworks and tools to automate regression tests (e.g. Mocha)
- Prior experience working on data intensive applications and/or data streams processing
- Experience working remotely across timezones
Nice-to-Haves
- No fear! Speak your mind
- Good jokes, or maybe better, bad jokes
- A love for goats
Skills
TypeScript, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Mocha, Operating Systems, Data Streams Processing
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