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Engineering

Software Engineer - Backend Software Developer

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

  • Develop and own moderate complexity features or sub-systems.
  • Break down a sophisticated task and estimate sprint sized software work
  • Design for testability. Automate effective test cases, and make vital test framework improvements as required.
  • Consider subsystem reusability, modularity, and scaling as part of design.
  • Spend most of the time developing code, and efficiently produce sophisticated, clean and re-usable code with no unnecessary complication or abstraction.
  • Begin to lead feature or sub-system design/code reviews and be recognized as the go-to developer for that feature.
  • Participate in design discussions, propose and discuss solutions to system and product changes that are directly related to your area of focus.
  • Receive guidance on overall product design from Senior Engineers
  • Coordinate activities of junior engineers assigned to the same feature or subsystem.
  • Participate in the technical evaluation of junior engineers during hiring process
  • Start to build relationships with external teams
  • Work with Product Managers on clearly defining user stories and acceptance criteria

Team Description:

The Ingest processor development team is responsible for building a scalable, multi-tenant, fully- cloud managed, data processing service in Splunk cloud service to enable customers (hybrid and cloud customers) to collect ALL logs at a single location, process (Filter, Mask, Convert logs to metrics) and route to multiple destinations at ingest time. The team focuses on cloud based services to enable customers to centrally configure and manage data processing at edge and in the cloud all from a single data management console. This is an excellent opportunity to learn core principles on data processing pipelines and distributed services at scale.

Must Have Qualifications

  • Skillful on one or both mainstream programming languages, such as Go or Java
  • Skillful on developing and working with thoughtfully designed HTTP APIs, such as REST or GraphQL
  • Skillful on test-driven development, developing different levels of automated tests, such as unit test, functional test, integration test, system test, or performance / load test
  • Familiar with CI/CD, such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Bitbucket pipeline
  • Familiar with modern version control system, such as Git
  • Familiar with development on multiple operating systems, such as Linux or Unix
  • Able to learn new technologies quickly
  • Capable of coordinating and mentoring the junior members in the team
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • 5 years of related experience with a technical Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent practical 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!
  • 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 streaming processing platform, such as Flink, Storm or equivalent
  • 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

What We Offer You:

  • 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, all the way from engineering and QA to product management and customer support.
  • 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.
  • We don't expect people to work 12-hour days. We want you to have a successful time outside of work too. Want to work from home sometimes? No problem. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and dedication, and believe that balance helps cultivate an extraordinary environment.

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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