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Software Engineer - Backend, Observability

  • - 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, customers, having fun, and most importantly to each other’s success.
As applications and systems become more complex 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 Software Engineer to join our Splunk Observability team who will work on systems that empower our customers to quickly detect and resolve their infrastructure and application issues.
You will work within a multi-functional team of designers, product managers, and quality engineers in a fast-paced environment to implement & design large-scale distributed systems, streaming data pipelines, API design, and advanced algorithms that power the Splunk products. Our engineering teams are small and highly impactful. You will learn from the best and help us architect and build applications of the future. You will also get many opportunities to share and talk about your work through channels like conferences, meetups, and blogs.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with product owners and designers to iterate on the design and implementation of our products.
  • Break down product requirements and/or complex technical tasks into sprint size deliverables and estimate the deliverables.
  • Participate in end-to-end architecture reviews and discussions with the broader team, playing an influential role in overall product design
  • Design testable software, compose test plans and automate test cases while making necessary improvements to test frameworks.
  • Hands on development of product features keeping subsystem reusability, modularity, and high scale as part of design
  • Participate in on-call rotations, post-incident reviews, and other operational duties as needed to ensure stable service delivery

Requirements:

  • Proficiency in Java 8 (or above), Spring framework, and Springboot along with familiarity with any Java development environment. Familiarity with Go is a plus.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, RPC frameworks such as thrift, gRPC, cloud native development on AWS/GCP
  • Ability to learn new technologies, frameworks and languages quickly and deliver high-quality code.
  • Experience with DevOps practices and comfortability operating your own systems.
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Experience preferred but not required with NoSQL, document-oriented databases, and/or a search engine like Elastic.
  • BS CS or EE degree, or equivalent training or work experience
  • 5+ years related experience (or Masters and 4+ years related experience, or PhD without experience)
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.

 

 

 

 

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Base Pay Range

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Base Pay: INR 2,400,000.00 - 3,300,000.00 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 comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, wellbeing expense reimbursement, and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.



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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.

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