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Principal Engineer

  • - Hybrid Remote

Join us as we pursue our exciting vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, we’re committed to our work, customers, having fun and most importantly to each other’s success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey!

Role:

If you possess a passion for outstanding technology leadership and embrace the challenge of working on highly scalable systems that handle large volumes of data and automate large scale operations, this position is for you. We are building state-of-the art capabilities, data processing systems, support tools, and automation instrumentation that will greatly impact how our customers successfully use data to improve their businesses performance, scalability, profitability, and market strategies.

In this role, you will

  • Drive architecture to deliver on large mission critical programs
  • Be responsible for initiating, designing and driving forward high impact ideas for the product area and/or company
  • Have broad cross-functional or cross-product impact in the organization and help set strategic direction for products and technology
  • Influence and achieve result through recognized technical expertise and thought leadership in the industry
  • Work across multiple Product teams, be a strong contributor in setting product architecture, and connect the dots across teams
  • Work with Product and Engineering to help drive alignment on product direction
  • Participate in high profile and critical customer engagements and meet with customers as needed
  • Be the technical spokesperson to convey architectural ideas and decisions to senior management as well as to senior architects in the org
  • Be the technology advocate for the company who participates in due diligence activities, conferences, meet-ups etc
  • Provide technical leadership across multiple Product areas, and is frequently consulted by Senior Leadership
  • Be actively involved in hiring of technical leads, architects, and senior engineering leaders


Requirements:

To be successful, you have:

  • Led the architecture of large scale data pipelines for enterprise customers
  • Expertise in building and scaling SaaS products
  • Embrace API First development
  • Has experienced the full product lifecycle from inception through scale
  • Delivered exceptional business outcomes in cloud, and hybrid scenarios
  • Influenced the technology direction of a Sr. Director / VP 's organization
  • Mentored senior and/or principal engineers to get them to the next level
  • Been recognized as an industry expert in distributed systems and data streaming
  • Proven experience as a technical leader in agile software development e.g. planning, leading and delivering via sprints


Plus:

Not required, and would be good to have:

  • Experience with Splunk software or a similar analytics solution
  • Experience with leading or contributing to open source projects
  • Experience with working in a direct customer facing environment

We value diversity at our company. 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.

For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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 comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, wellbeing expense reimbursement, and much more! Learn more about our comprehensive benefits and wellbeing offering at https://splunkbenefits.com.

Base Pay Range

Poland

Base Pay: PLN 304,000.00 - 418,000.00 per year



Splunk's Hiring Practices
Splunk turns machine data into answers. Organizations use market-leading Splunk solutions with machine learning to solve their toughest IT, Internet of Things and security challenges.

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion at Splunk and are an equal employment opportunity employer. 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. Click here to review the US Department of Labor’s EEO is The Law notice. Please click here to review Splunk’s Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement. If you need assistance or an accommodation to apply or during the hiring process, please let us know by completing our Accommodation Request form.

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