Senior Software Engineer, Stream Control Plane

Responsibilities

• Build software powering the reliable, scalable operation of Cribl Stream, including deployment, configuration, and orchestration of distributed nodes.
• Partner with engineers, product managers, and designers to translate requirements into technical designs and high-quality implementations.
• Develop, test, and maintain robust production code and customer-facing features.
• Use AI-assisted tools and agentic workflows for development, debugging, testing, and operational efficiency.
• Create automated tests and test plans focused on product quality, reliability, and maintainability.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, operational excellence, and customer-focused delivery.
• Improve performance, scalability, and developer efficiency.
• Maintain and support SaaS offerings, including participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation and occasional off-hours responsibilities.

Requirements

• Ability to comply with U.S. government security requirements for access to FedRAMP-authorized systems, which may include U.S. citizenship and U.S. residence.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with 5+ years of industry experience, or a master’s degree in Computer Science with relevant professional experience.
• Strong hands-on software development experience delivering production systems and customer-facing features.
• Experience building enterprise software in cloud environments such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Experience designing, building, and consuming production APIs such as REST or RPC services.
• Experience with production on-call rotations and incident response.
• Knowledge of data streaming and transformation, high-volume telemetry, logs, metrics, or observability systems.
• Strong coding experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript.
• Experience in startup or fast-paced environments using agile development practices in remote or hybrid teams.
• Comfort working in an AI-native, agentic engineering environment and using AI-assisted tools to improve productivity, code quality, and customer outcomes.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript testing frameworks such as Playwright, Codecept, Mocha, Cypress, or Jest.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary range: $160,000–$210,000 USD, dependent on geographic location and the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
• Eligibility for the Cribl Corporate Bonus Program.
• Benefits include health, dental, vision, short-term disability, life insurance, paid holidays, paid time off, fertility treatment benefits, 401(k), and equity.