Staff Software Engineer, C021 Security

Cribl does differently.

What does that mean? It means we are a serious company that doesn’t take itself too seriously; and we’re looking for people who love to get stuff done, and laugh a bit along the way. We’re growing rapidly - looking for collaborative, curious, and motivated team members who are passionate about putting customers first. As a remote-first company we believe in empowering our employees to do their best work, wherever they are.

As the data engine for IT and Security many of the biggest names in the most demanding industries trust Cribl to solve their most pressing data needs. Ready to do the best work of your career? Join the herd and unlock your opportunity.

Why You'll Love This Role

Cribl’s C021 org is where new product ideas come to life. We move fast, experiment often, and aren’t afraid to break things along the way if it helps us learn faster and build better products. This is where we prototype, validate ideas, and turn early concepts into real solutions for customers. We’re looking for a Staff Engineer to join a new product initiative within C021.

In this role, you’ll be a senior technical contributor working closely with engineers, domain experts, and product partners to design and build core capabilities of an emerging data platform. You’ll take ownership of significant technical areas, help translate ambiguous ideas into working systems, and stay deeply hands-on in the code. The work is a blend of research and development, focused on building scalable, reliable systems that process large volumes of data in real time.

This is a fully remote role, and Cribl is a remote-first company. Our culture embraces the diversity of team members spread across the globe.

As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will...

• Own and deliver key technical components of a new data-driven product, with a focus on backend platforms, APIs, and data processing pipelines

• Partner with product and domain stakeholders to understand customer needs and incorporate feedback into solutions

• Design, build, and evolve scalable systems that ingest, process, and route high-volume streaming data

• Collaborate with peers and technical leaders to contribute to architecture and design decisions across the team

• Turn loosely defined ideas into concrete technical designs and working implementations

• Lead development of complex features end-to-end, from early exploration and prototyping through production rollout

• Stay hands-on in the codebase, contributing high-quality code, reviewing pull requests, and improving core abstractions

• Mentor and support other engineers, raising the overall technical bar of the team

If You've Got It - We Want It

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

• 8+ years of experience building and operating production software systems

• Strong experience designing and implementing distributed systems in real-world environments

• Hands-on experience with data-intensive or streaming systems (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Spark, Druid, or similar technologies)

• Experience building backend services and APIs that operate reliably at scale

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and distributed systems fundamentals

• Working knowledge of Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes

• Ability to work independently on complex problems while collaborating effectively with a distributed team

• Clear and effective communication skills, especially in a remote environment

• Strong ownership mindset with attention to quality, performance, and maintainability

• Nice to have:

• Experience building products or platforms for security practitioners

• Familiarity with security frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK

• Experience building rule engines, large-scale event processing systems, alerting workflows, or enrichment pipelines

• Exposure to AI-driven capabilities (e.g., LLMs, embeddings, intelligent automation) in production systems

• Experience working on remote-first teams

• Experience with JavaScript and Node.js

• Willingness to speak up, challenge ideas constructively, and share opinions

• Appreciation for good jokes (or bad ones)

• A love for goats

Salary Range ($170,000 - $280,000)

The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location. The salary offered within the range described will be based on the individual candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), equity, and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus.

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Bring Your Whole Self
Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. 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.

Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us.