Cribl does differently.
What does that mean? It means we are a serious company that doesn’t take itself too seriously; and we’re looking for people who love to get stuff done, and laugh a bit along the way. We’re growing rapidly - looking for collaborative, curious, and motivated team members who are passionate about putting customers first. As a remote-first company we believe in empowering our employees to do their best work, wherever they are.
As the data engine for IT and Security many of the biggest names in the most demanding industries trust Cribl to solve their most pressing data needs. Ready to do the best work of your career? Join the herd and unlock your opportunity.
About the Opportunity
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Cribl Platform Services team, you'll shape the future of our distributed data processing platform while leading a small, nimble team. You'll collaborate directly with Product and Operations teams to deliver end-to-end features that delight our users. Your wealth of experience and technical wisdom will help guide architectural decisions and mentor team members, all while maintaining an iterative and incremental development approach.
What You'll Accomplish
- Drive technical excellence by defining and refining software development practices that emphasize quality, observability, and resilience
- Work on features, including authentication/authorization, orchestration, system notifications, and other platform features in order to support the multiple products Cribl offers to its customers
- Design and implement scalable solutions for complex distributed systems challenges using Node.js/TypeScript
- Mentor and empower junior engineers, helping them grow into technical leaders who can own major initiatives
- Partner with product teams and stakeholders to shape the technical vision and roadmap of your product area
- Balance technical debt, bug fixes, and new features through collaborative quarterly planning with Management, Product, and Operations teams
- Lead the full software development lifecycle while championing best practices in testing, deployment, and production monitoring
- Contribute across the full stack as we expand the capabilities of the Cribl platform
- Participate in an on-call rotation, embracing our culture of service ownership
Required Qualifications
- Proven track record building maintainable, well-tested Node.js/TypeScript applications
- Deep experience with distributed systems and large-scale SaaS platforms
- Strong background developing cloud-native services on major providers (AWS preferred)
- Excellence in designing secure, intuitive RESTful APIs
- Expert knowledge of data structures, algorithms, Linux, and distributed systems principles
- Experience implementing secure web development practices and performance optimization
- Proficiency with modern testing frameworks (Mocha, Cypress, Jest)
- Strong initiative and demonstrated ability to learn quickly
- Passionate about software craftsmanship and attention to detail
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience mentoring and growing engineering teams
- Expertise with CI/CD pipelines (BitBucket, Jenkins, CircleCI)
- Experience working with authentication/authorization systems
- Background in building out platform services
- Strong background in cloud design patterns
- Experience with serverless/Lambda architectures
- Excellent communication skills and willingness to voice opinions
- Comfort working in a remote environment
- Appreciation for both good and questionably good jokes
- A fondness for goats is a plus!
Bring Your Whole Self
Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. 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.
Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us.
