Principal Backend Software Engineer, Splunk

• 12+ years of software engineering experience focused on application development
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Have a deep understanding of scalable distributed web application using open source or proprietary technologies
• Proficiency with Python, Java or a similar language
• Familiar with backend application development frameworks such as Django or CherryPy
• Familiarity with orchestration and cloud stack and technologies like k8s, kinesis, Kafka
• Solid understanding of relational databases' (e.g. Postgres)
• Demonstrated ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly
• Experience collaborating with design, engineering and DevOps teams
• Proponent of test-driven development (TDD)
• Experience with an agile software development model
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience working on high performance, high volume analytics software
• Comfortable developing software on Linux, Unix, and Windows systems
• Familiarity with information security is a huge plus
• Requires a minimum of 12 years of related experience with a technical Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent practical experience or 8 years and a technical Master’s degree; or a Ph.D. with 5 years experience; or equivalent practical experience

• Team Splunk Enterprise Security is a sophisticated SIEM built atop Splunk’s data platform with lots of moving parts
• We help thousands of clients as they identify and protect their assets from cyber threats, all over the world
• On any given day, our software needs to handle thousands of users, petabytes of data, and unique usage patterns across different deployment topologies
• Splunk ES is at the forefront of data processing
• As we take the product to address the next anvil of data challenges that include real-time streaming data processing, integration of disparate and distributed data sources, we need strong engineers to help lead us from the front
• That’s where you come in
• We are a passionate team who care deeply about our customers and our teammates
• In this role, you will work directly with Product Management, our Design and other engineering teams to help derive the best experience for the customer
• We have a lean process that focuses on empowering and serving our engineers as opposed to just directing them
• If staying technically challenged and learning from others is meaningful to you, you'll love our internal technical seminars and company-wide hackathon
• As a senior member of the team, you will evolve the architecture and design of the backend frameworks to meet the ever-increasing scalability and performance requirements
• You will also evolve the future of SIEM solutions by designing, creating, testing, and maintaining products that directly support security analysts all across the world
• You will directly influence the direction of our technology as well as mentor other members of your team
• Working directly with customers is one of our core values
• In this role, you'll be able to meet customers as they share their experiences, get a first-person view of the state of the art Security Operations Centers, and collaborate with product management to define and craft new products that streamline analysts' investigations
• Along the way, you will become proficient in Splunk's Search Processing Language (SPL) which will empower you to explore large data sets and to take on endless types of problems
• Achieve a deep knowledge of our product architecture, usage patterns, and real-world deployment scenarios to develop an understanding of which solutions will bring value to our customers
• Take the scale and performance of the product using Splunk platform innovations, open-source, and cloud tools and technologies
• Take lead on projects with little to no additional direction from engineering/product leadership, drive and help track them to completion
• Partner with leaders from architecture, eng management, and product management on project requirements, designs, and development plans
• Help identify and develop ways to improve our team's productivity and efficiency by expanding on our existing tools and processes
• Collaborate with members of our team on the design and implementation of frameworks and backend components
• Keep product quality top of mind by creating automated tests for the software that you help create
• Become well versed in core Splunk technologies as they apply to application development
• Mentor junior engineers and interns as they develop their application development skills

• Paid parental leave
• Work from home opportunities
• Health Care and Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Education reimbursement
• Electric car charging stations
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Stocked kitchens
• Gym discounts/onsite fitness centers
• Pet insurance discount
• Student loan resources
• Cool workspace with collaborative environments
• 529 College Savings Plan

Total funding: $40m

Splunk was founded to produce software for searching and analysing machine-generated data for clients. The platform provides live data insights and is an attractive option due to its flexibility, scalability and ability to process real time data.