Engineering
Principal Software Engineer-Observability Data Platform (US Remote)
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.
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.
About the Role
Splunk is looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Principal Software Engineer to join our Observability Data Platform organization.
The Data Platform is a large-scale, highly performant, available and reliable system that processes billions of data points per minute. You will learn how our entire stack works, from data ingestion and storage to querying, working within a diverse, multi-functional team in a fast-paced environment to design & implement large-scale distributed systems, and advanced algorithms that power the Splunk products. The work you’ll do will directly have a positive impact on the experience of our customers. Our engineering teams are small and highly impactful. You will learn from the best, help us architect and build applications of the future.
Responsibilities
- Lead, architect, design and develop features, understand customer requirements and meet business milestones to deliver customer facing features.
- Build highly reliable, performant & scalable software to meet the needs of the largest customers.
- 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.
- Lead & contribute to technical design & proposals.
- Ensure consistent code quality by coordinating activities of other engineers assigned to the same features or subsystems.
- Mentor junior engineers throughout the development process.
- Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers.
- 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.
Basic Qualifications
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent training or work experience.
- 8+ years of professional experience building large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written along with ability to work well within and across teams.
- Experience in mentoring/leading junior engineers.
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+ years relevant work experience in data processing technologies such as Kafka or Flink.
- Proficiency in Java 8+ and/or Go, familiar with the development environments.
- Experience driving technical designs for complex backend systems.
- Experience with DevOps practices and comfortability operating your own systems.
- Proficiency in Kubernetes, RPC frameworks such as thrift, gRPC, cloud native development on AWS & GCP.
- Experience with 1 or more relational databases & NoSQL 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.
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Base Pay Range
SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area
Base Pay Range: $203,200.00 - 279,400.00 per year
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts
Base Pay Range: $182,880.00 - 251,460.00 per year
All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.
Base Pay Range: $162,560.00 - 223,520.00 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 comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.
Splunk's Hiring Practices
Splunk turns machine data into answers. Organizations use market-leading Splunk solutions with machine learning to solve their toughest IT, Internet of Things and security challenges.
We value diversity, equity, and inclusion at Splunk and are an equal employment opportunity employer. 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. Click here to review the US Department of Labor’s EEO is The Law notice. Please click here to review Splunk’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. If you need assistance or an accommodation to apply or during the hiring process, please let us know by completing our Accommodation Request form.
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Splunk does not discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Please click here to review Splunk’s Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.
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Splunk doesn't accept unsolicited agency resumes and won't pay fees to any third-party agency or firm that doesn't have a signed agreement with Splunk.
Splunk does not discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Please click here to review Splunk’s Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.
Splunk is committed to the health and safety of our employees and customers. We comply with local, state/territory, and federal regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the countries in which we operate. Splunk provides reasonable medical, religious, or other legally required accommodations for eligible employees.
Splunk is also committed to providing access to all individuals who are seeking information from our website. Any individual using assistive technology (such as a screen reader, Braille reader, etc.) who experiences difficulty accessing information on any part of Splunk’s website should send comments to accessiblecareers@splunk.com. Please include the nature of the accessibility problem and your e-mail or contact address. If the accessibility problem involves a particular page, the message should include the URL of that page.
Splunk doesn't accept unsolicited agency resumes and won't pay fees to any third-party agency or firm that doesn't have a signed agreement with Splunk.
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