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Engineering

Software Engineer

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.
Join us as we pursue our disruptive new vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone and from everywhere. 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!

 Software Engineer Role

We’re looking for a backend software engineer to join the Data Management organization. In this role you will build, test, and maintain scalable and secure services to ingest, process, enrich and route data from our customers using a broad range of technologies and protocols. We value engineers who are pragmatic, versatile, collaborative, and eager to work across a range of technologies rather than specialists.

In this role, you will

  • Own and be accountable for the design and development of features
  • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
  • Develop functional and performance tests and CI/CD pipelines
  • Contribute to technical discussions, architecture decisions, and code reviews
  • Troubleshoot production issues and ensure system reliability
  • Help resolve customer issues and periodically participate in on-call rotation
  • Take ownership of projects, driving timeline, coordination with stakeholders, execution and delivery of outcomes

Requirements

  • Experience on two or more mainstream programming languages, such as Go or Java
  • Experience developing and working with thoughtfully designed HTTP APIs, such as REST or GraphQL
  • Experience developing different levels of automated tests, such as unit, functional, integration, or performance / load tests
  • Proficient with CI/CD, such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Bitbucket pipelines
  • Proficient with modern version control system, such as Git
  • Proficient with development on Linux or Unix
  • Able to learn new technologies quickly
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • 3+ years of related experience with a technical Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent practical experience

What We Offer You:

  • A constant stream of new things for you to learn. We're always expanding into new areas, bringing in open source projects and contributing back, and exploring new technologies.
  • A set of exceptionally talented and dedicated peers
  • 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.

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.
  • Experience with cloud technologies, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP. Ideally with certifications
  • Experience with container technologies, such as Docker. Ideally with container orchestration such as Kubernetes or Docker Swarm
  • Experience with Splunk software or a similar analytics solution
  • 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.
 
Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Splunk, a Cisco company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

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 committed to equal employment opportunity. 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 Affirmative Action 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.

Splunk also has policies in place to protect the personal information candidates disclose to us as part of the application process. Please click here to review Splunk’s Career Site Privacy Policy.

Splunk does not discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Please click here to review Splunk’s Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.

Splunk is committed to the health and safety of our employees and customers. Splunk is impacted by the mandates outlined for U.S. Government contractors in President Biden’s Path out of the Pandemic: COVID-19 Action Plan. As a result, Splunk requires U.S. employees, whether assigned to an office or 100% remote, to provide proof of full vaccination, as defined by the CDC. Splunk provides reasonable accommodations for employees who have qualifying medical or religious reasons.

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