Principal Software Engineer - 26931

Join us as we pursue our disruptive new 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

Splunk is the only purpose-built Security Automation & Orchestration platform, and the first to provide an open community for sharing Playbooks and Apps. It makes security smarter, faster, and stronger.

As the Principal Software Engineer, you will be instrumental in delivering top quality Splunk's security products. You will be responsible for the design, implementation and quality of services you deliver. You will work closely with Product Management, Architects, Customers to shape the roadmap and implement new solutions.

Responsibilities

• Operate as a technical lead for multiple teams/product areas.
• Drive the technical roadmap and strategic vision of the product on both cloud and on-prem, working closely with PM, UX , Architects, cross-teams, and customers.
• Ensure technical feasibility of features and lead discussions on non-functional requirements like (scale, security, operability, usability).
• Improve the engineering team’s code culture, guidelines and practices; including documentation, code review, secure coding, testing, and architecture.
• Develop new product features, clarify and improve designs, and help put together a plan for how to make it happen (using Agile Methodologies).
• Participate in customer engagements and partner concerns and drive overall resolution.
• Mentor and develop other engineers, share the work you are doing, and participate in code reviews.
• 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.
• Collaboratively lead design sessions and code reviews, regularly contributing to architecture discussion.
• Be part of on-call shift team, up to 20% of time.

Requirements

• 12+ years of software development experience.
• BS/MS in Computer science, and/or related work experience.
• Familiar with backend application development frameworks such as Django 
• Proficiency in Python programming, RESTful web services.
• Good knowledge of web development (e.g. HTML5/CSS, Javascript, Node.js, React.js).
• Experience in an Agile DevOps engineering environment that effectively uses CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, Github).
• Demonstrated record of managing complex customer issues (debugging, driving to resolution).
• Experience with project management tools (Jira, Confluence etc.).
• Go-getter, strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Good at multi-tasking, self-directed, high agility and flexibility.
• Good collaborative, documentation and presentation skills.

Bonus skills

• Knowledge of using Splunk or Splunk integration.
• Experience with SaaS product development (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience with virtualization and/or clustering systems.
• Experience with security infrastructure equipment or software, SIEM, SOAR, etc.
• Experience with Docker, container technologies.
• Experience working on open-source or development-in-the-open projects.
• Familiarity with security and networking concepts.

Thank you for your interest in Splunk!