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Splunk Principal Observability Cloud Backend Engineer in California
Splunk, a Cisco company, is building a safer and more resilient digital world with an end-to-end full stack platform made for a hybrid, multi-cloud world. Leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. Our customers love our technology, but it's our caring employees that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination. No matter where in the world or what level of the organization, we approach our work with kindness. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. Come help organizations be their best, while you reach new heights with a team that has your back.
Role Summary
Splunk is looking for a hard-working and innovative Principal software engineer to join our Splunk Observability team who will work on systems that empower our customers to detect and resolve their infrastructure and application issues quickly.
You will work within a multi-functional team of designers, product managers, and quality engineers in a fast-paced environment to design and implement solutions, APIs, services and architecture to enable amazing integrated experiences across multiple 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 discuss your work through conferences, meetups, and blogs.
Meet the Products and Technology Team
Want to build security and observability products people love AND work with people as smart (and humble) as you are? Our products and technology team delivers digital resilience at enterprise scale with a self-service Splunk portfolio that offers unified security analytics, full stack observability and real-time visibility of streaming data. Learn more about the team, meet our leaders, and hear from Splunk technologists and engineers at splunk.com/careers/products-and-technology (https://www.splunk.com/en_us/careers/products-and-technology.html) .
What you'll get to do
Build new capabilities across multiple products to improve cross product integration, collaboration, security, and visibilty
Craft and extend solutions using open standards for data exchange and authorization
Lead projects with wide scope that produce results directly for customers and lay the long term foundations for the Cisco Observability product experience
Must-have Qualifications
Several years of experience building large-scale backend systems.
Experience driving and collaborating on technical designs for backend systems with architects and peer engineers.
Proficiency in Java 8+ and/or Go, familiar with the development environments.
Proficiency in OAuth, SAML, and other standards, experience with authentication, authorization, and user level security for Enterprise applications
Leadership and mentoring skills and the ability to work with engineers and non-engineers of various skill levels.
Skills to adapt quickly and to solve problems through uncertainty.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
BS EE or CS degree, or equivalent training or work experience
12+ years related experience (or Masters and 8+ years related experience or PhD and 5+ years experience)
Nice-to-have Qualifications
We’ve taken special care to separate the must-have qualifications from the nice-to-haves. “Nice-to-have” means just that: Nice. To. Have. So, don’t worry if you can’t check off every box. We’re not hiring a list of bullet points–we’re interested in the whole you.
Respect for complexity as well as a desire to simplify
Experience building and maintaining enterprise software
Experience with DevOps practices and comfortability operating your own systems.
Understanding the Observability application space
Customer-centered and focused on successful outcomes
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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Base Pay Range
SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area
Base Pay Range: $203,200.00 - 279,400.00 per year
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts
Base Pay Range: $182,880.00 - 251,460.00 per year
All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.
Base Pay Range: $162,560.00 - 223,520.00 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 competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at https://splunkbenefits.com .
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