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Engineering

Senior Software Engineer

  • - Hybrid Remote
Join us as we pursue our disruptive new vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, we’re committed to our work, our customers, having fun, and most importantly, to each other’s success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey!

Role:

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Software Engineer to join our Application Development team. Our area of expertise focuses on improving the security of the application ecosystem. Your contributions will create a robust, adaptable and advanced app execution environment.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead design, implementation and delivery of long-term impact software in accordance with given requirements and existing system architecture.
  • Maintain existing technology stack and debug and fix issues.
  • Work closely with product management, and architects and the team to build features, reusable components and products.
  • Create, enhance and encourage robust test suites for all code, because you recognize the value of automated testing and continuous integration.
  • Integrate metrics and service level indicators into features you build so that you can monitor, improve, and scale out services horizontally.
  • Lead code reviews of the product, and use your knowledge of customer experiences to dedicatedly prevent future problems.
  • Offer thought leadership on how to make code maintainable and the product diagnosable and serviceable
  • Participate in rotating on-call duties to diagnose and tackle customer issues.
  • Follow SDLC process in Agile methodology.

Requirements:

  • Extensive experience in developing and solving problems in large-scale systems written in C++
  • Strong debugging and fixing skills including the use of associated tools
  • Good knowledge of operating system (preferably Linux) inner-workings.
  • Comfortable with tuning application performance and engineering for scalability.
  • Understanding what it means to craft software that is a part of larger architecture.
  • Strong communication and comprehension skills, both verbal and written.
  • Knowledge nice to have:
  • Kubernetes or other container technologies.
  • eBPF
  • Windows
  • Python and/or GoLang
  • Terraform and Puppet experience
  • Software security knowledge
  • Understanding of computer networks
  • gRPC protocol insight
  • AWS or Azure experience

What We Offer You:

  • A team of exceptionally talented and dedicated peers, all the way from engineering to product management and customer support.
  • A stable, collaborative, and supportive work environment. We work in an open environment, work together to get things done, and adapt to the changing needs for the team. We keep it real by being open and honest. We are a collaborative team that understands the value in open communication—it's how we interact with our customers.
  • A constant stream of new things for you to learn. We're always expanding into new areas, bringing in open source projects and contributing back, and exploring new technologies.
  • Balance. We don't expect people to work 12-hour days. We want you to be successful outside of work too. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and commitment, and believe that balance helps cultivate a positive environment.
  • Fun. We are committed to having every employee want to give it their all, be respectful and a part of the family, and have a smile on their face while doing it.
  • Growth and mentorship. We believe in growing engineers through ownership and leadership opportunities. We also believe mentors help both sides of the equation.
  • An opportunity to see the positive impact of your work on real customers.
We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

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 committed to equal employment opportunity. 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 Affirmative Action 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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