Senior Software Engineer, Stream Control Plane

Job description

**Why You’ll Love This Role** Cribl Stream unlocks the value of all machine data by giving users a new level of observability, intelligence, and control over real-time data. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help build scalable, reliable, and intuitive capabilities that enable customers to operate Cribl Stream with confidence and agility. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Stream Control Plane team, you will work with a cross-functional group of engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver resilient, high-performing software at scale. This role blends technical depth with hands-on execution and is ideal for someone who enjoys solving distributed systems challenges, building customer-facing platform capabilities, and improving reliability in production environments. This is a fully remote role, and Cribl is a remote-first company. Our culture embraces the diversity of team members across the globe. **As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will…** - Build software that powers the reliable and scalable operation of Cribl Stream, including deployment, configuration, and orchestration of distributed nodes at scale - Partner with engineers, product managers, and designers to turn product requirements into practical technical designs and high-quality implementations - Develop, test, and maintain robust code that delivers meaningful customer value - Use AI-assisted tools and agentic workflows effectively in day-to-day engineering work, including development, debugging, testing, and operational efficiency - Create automated tests and thoughtful test plans to ensure product quality, reliability, and maintainability - Contribute to engineering best practices, operational excellence, and a strong customer-focused mindset - Identify and implement improvements in performance, scalability, and developer efficiency across our products and processes - Help maintain and support our SaaS offerings, including participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation - Support occasional stand-by, on-call, or off-hours responsibilities as needed **If You’ve Got It - We Want It** - Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. government security requirements for access to FedRAMP-authorized systems, which may include U.S. citizenship and US residence - BS in Computer Science or a related technical field with 5+ years of industry experience, or an MS in Computer Science with relevant professional experience - Strong hands-on software development experience delivering production systems and customer-facing features - Experience building enterprise software in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure - Experience designing, building, and consuming production APIs such as REST or RPC services - Experience participating in production on-call rotations and incident response - Experience with JavaScript or TypeScript test frameworks such as Playwright, Codecept, Mocha, Cypress, or Jest - Knowledge of or experience with data streaming and transformation, high-volume telemetry, logs, metrics, or observability systems - Strong coding experience with Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript - Experience working in startup or fast-paced environments using agile development practices in remote or hybrid teams - Comfortable working in an AI-native, agentic engineering environment and using AI-assisted tools to improve productivity, code quality, and customer outcomes #LI-EL1 #LI-Remote