Principal Software Engineer, C++
Join us as we pursue our exciting new vision to make enterprises secure and reliable with our unified Security and Observability Platform! We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our products and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, we’re committed to our work and customers, having fun and recognizing each other’s success.
Splunk's Data Edge team is looking for a highly technical, experienced Software Engineer to help lead the development of the Splunk Forwarder, a best-in-class technology that collects and streams data on a wide variety of platforms. This highly technical role will be a key contributor in further developing our technology to perform and scale, improve supportability and define the vision for the years to come.
Our technology runs on millions of machines, both physical and in the cloud, throughout the world's leading enterprises. Our customers depend on us to monitor their security and performance posture 24x7 for their mission-critical use cases.
Role Details
- Investigate and resolve customer issues around data ingestion at large scale and in complex network environments
- Propose and implement solutions and enhancements to make the product more resilient
- Review and guide development of new features and work with engineers to optimize designs
- Teach and mentor junior developers and raise the competency bar of the team
- Lead design reviews and provide meaningful suggestions on architecture
- Together with other leaders in the company define the long-term technological vision for our products
- Work with Product Management on developing the roadmap and provide timeline estimations
- Suggest improvements to CICD and test coverage optimization
- Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience in C++ development of highly performant data systems
- Experience developing distributed systems
- Good understanding of Windows and Linux Operating Systems, experience with Windows system logging is a plus
- Developed systems that meet product security requirements and can articulate security pros and cons of different designs
- Ability to thoughtfully update customers on the progress of issues they face, both at the technical and managerial levels
- Efficient communication both within the team and with counterparts across the organization
- High integrity and reliability: ability to work independently and be responsible for upholding schedules
What We Offer You:
- A constant stream of new challenges and learning opportunities.
- A set of exceptionally talented and dedicated peers, all the way from Engineering and QA to Product Management and Customer Success.
- Growth and mentorship. We believe in growing engineers through ownership and leadership opportunities. We also believe mentors help both sides of the equation.
- A stable, collaborative, and supportive work environment.
- Good work/life balance. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and dedication and believe that balance helps cultivate a phenomenal environment.
- We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Note: 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 below, 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, an ESPP and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.
Base Pay Range
SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area
Base Pay Range: $192,000.00 - 264,000.00 per year
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts
Base Pay Range: $172,000.00 - 236,500.00 per year
All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.
Base Pay Range: $156,000.00 - 214,500.00 per year
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About Splunk
Splunk was founded to pursue a disruptive new vision: make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. Machine data is one of the fastest growing and most complex areas of big data—generated by every component of IT infrastructures, applications, mobile phone location data, website clickstreams, social data, sensors, RFID and much more.
Splunk is focused specifically on the challenges and opportunity of taking massive amounts of machine data, and providing powerful insights from that data. IT insights. Security insights. Business insights. It’s what we call Operational Intelligence.
Since shipping its software in 2006, Splunk now has over 13,000 customers in more than 110 countries around the world. These organizations are using Splunk to harness the power of their machine data to deepen business and customer understanding, mitigate cybersecurity risk, prevent fraud, improve service performance and reduce costs. Innovation is in our DNA – from technology to the way we do business. Splunk is the platform for Operational Intelligence!
Splunk has more than 2,700 global employees, with headquarters in San Francisco, an office in San Jose, CA and regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong.
We’ve built a phenomenal foundation for success with a proven leadership team, highly passionate employees and unique patented software. We invite you to help us continue our drive to define a new industry and become part of an innovative, and disruptive software company.
Benefits & Perks: Wow! This is really cool!
SF Only
Medical, full company paid Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts, Commuter Accounts, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), 401(k), 3 weeks of PTO, sick leave, stocked micro kitchens in Splunk offices, catered lunches on Mondays, catered breakfast on Fridays, basketball hoops, ping pong, arcade games, BBQ’s, soccer, “Fun Fridays”.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Non SF
Medical, full company paid Dental, Vision and Life Insurance, Flexible Spending and Dependent Care Accounts, Commuter Accounts, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), 401(k), 3 weeks of PTO and sick leave. Our work environments vary by location however we believe in hosting amenities and fun activities to fuel our energy. You may find fully stocked micro kitchens, catered lunches on Mondays and breakfast on Fridays, basketball hoops, ping pong, arcade games, BBQ’s, soccer and “Fun Fridays”.
This isn’t a job – it’s a life changer – are you ready?
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