Software Engineer - Fullstack

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

We are a passionate team who care deeply about our customers and our teammates. In this role, you will work directly with Product Management, Architects, our Design and other engineering teams to help derive the best experience for the customer. We have a lean process that focuses on empowering and serving our engineers as opposed to just directing them.

What We Offer

• Connection to the customer. We’re all about making our customers ecstatic about our products, and you’ll frequently work with customers directly to resolve complex needs. As part of this, you’ll be an integral part of our on-call escalation team.
• A constant stream of new things to learn. You'll learn how our whole stack works, from code compilation to log/metric observation in the wild. We're also exploring new technologies, and seeking new ways to make our ecosystem more developer-friendly.
• Impact. We give our engineers an environment in which they can contribute from day one while also providing opportunities for learning and growth.
• Skilled and dedicated peers, all the way from engineering to product management and customer support. We are an engineering and product-focused company. Our engineers take a leading role in designing, architecting, building and testing our product.
• 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 are totally remote friendly. You can choose to work from a Splunk location or you can be in any US time zone and work with the rest of the team around the globe
• Work-life balance. We don't expect people to work 12-hour days. We want you to have a successful time outside of work too. We trust our colleagues to be responsible with their time and commitment, and believe that balance helps cultivate an outstanding environment.
  
  

What You Will Get To Do

• Build a global-scale, security detection platform, optimizing for performance, reliability and quality using Splunk platform innovations, open-source, and cloud tools and technologies.
• Own and be accountable for delivery of multiple features to tackle some of the really cool security challenges.
• 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.
• Partner with leaders from architecture, eng management, and product management on project requirements, designs, and development plans.
• Help identify and develop ways to improve our team's productivity and efficiency by expanding on our existing tools and processes.
• Collaborate with team members on the design and implementation of frameworks and backend components and mentor junior engineers, to help develop their technical skills, communication and careers
• Participate in high-profile and critical customer engagements and meet with customers as needed
  
  

Must Have Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience focused on application development.
• Programming experience using languages such as Java, Python, C/C++, or similar languages.
• Expert of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks (React and/or BackboneJS)
• Expertise in front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design, etc.)
• A solid grasp of data structures, algorithms, and RESTful APIs.
• A deep understanding of scalable distributed web applications using open source or proprietary technologies.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and to understand a wide variety of technical challenges to be solved.
• Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively work with others within a dynamic environment.
  
  

Nice To Have Qualifications

• Proponent of test-driven development (TDD) and understanding of CI/CD technologies.
• Experience with secure coding practices..
• Familiarity with orchestration and cloud stack and technologies like K8s, Kinesis, Kafka.
• Familiarity with information security is a huge plus.
  
  

At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. 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.