Principal Software Engineer Python - 26801

Join us as we pursue our innovative 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, our customers, having fun and most meaningfully, to each other’s success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey!

Are you passionate about working on critical systems to create tangible customer impact? Would you like the opportunity to work at a growing company that is changing the way that information is used to support business decisions? If this resonates with you, we would love to speak with you.

Our team is a dynamic technology group with a mission to make data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. 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, this position is for you. We are building state-of-the art capabilities, data processing and search systems, support tools, security frameworks and automation instrumentation that will greatly impact how our customers successfully use data to improve their businesses performance, scalability, profitability, and market strategies.

Role

• Active at a technical level, participating in design and code reviews and taking a hands-on roll for strategically important, potentially risky technical initiatives required to achieve success of the technical roadmap
• Well-developed delegation skills, shows a strong understanding of when they must be involved in something versus when a specific task is a meaningful growth opportunity for other engineers.
• Exhibits a growth mindset and provides mentorship and teaching for other engineers, helping them build the soft-skills required to drive impact through influence as well as direct contribution
• An effective communicator who is regularly leveraged as the technical spokesperson for driving architectural ideas and decisions and advocating for them with business stakeholders.
• Works well across multiple Product teams and is a strong contributor in setting product architecture and identifying efficiencies across products
• Works with PM, Engineering and Architecture and helps drive alignment on product direction
• Participates in high profile and critical customer engagements & escalations and visits customers as needed.

Requirements

• Have successfully designed/architected and delivered large scale data ingest and processing products and solutions to end-customers
• Strong fundamentals in software engineering: data structures and algorithms
• Coding proficiency in one or more of the following languages with the ability to quickly learn new languages: Go, Python, Java
• Experience in working on distributed systems like databases, distributed file systems, distributed concurrency control, consistency models, CAP theorem.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills including the use of associated tools
• Knowledge of public cloud services such as AWS, GCP, Azure 
• Operational excellence: you think beyond feature delivery into how your code is serving customers in production

What we offer

• A team of incredibly capable and dedicated peers, all the way from engineering to product management and customer support.
• A stable, collaborative, and supportive work environment. We work in an open environment, work together to get things done, and adapt to the changing needs for the team. We keep it real by being open and honest. 
• Balance. We want you to be successful outside of work too. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and commitment, and believe that balance helps cultivate a positive environment.
• Fun. We are committed to having every employee want to give it their all, be respectful and a part of the family, and have a smile on their face while doing it.

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.

Thank you for your interest in Splunk!