Sr Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

Company Culture & Mission

Cribl does differently. We are a serious company that doesn’t take itself too seriously, seeking people who love to get stuff done and laugh a bit along the way. We are growing rapidly, looking for collaborative, curious, and motivated team members passionate about putting customers first. As a remote-first company, we empower 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 Inc is seeking an experienced Sr Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity to join our mission to unlock the value of all observability data. Cribl provides users a new level of observability, intelligence, and control over their real-time data. You will join a team of Engineers committed to shipping only high-quality software and enjoying all the goat gifs the internet has to offer. This role is remote and you will be part of the Engineering productivity team, where you will contribute to our goal of building the best Engineering toolchain in existence.

Our Engineering Productivity team sits within the Infrastructure and SRE organization, whose charter is to deliver robust, reliable, and secure services to ensure Cribl Engineering & customer success.

If the end-to-end software development experience is your passion, if you have opinions on how to make things better, and if you have the desire to build consensus around ideas, let's talk!

What You'll Do as a Sr Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

• Chart the future of Cribl’s engineering tools, systems, and practices.
• Conceptualize and direct the evolution of our Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) metrics, capabilities, and processes based on the state of the art and industry best practices.
• Build a deep understanding of our engineering culture, tools, and practices. Identify what works and what needs improvement.
• Engage with engineers to understand their needs, concerns, and desires. Improve the overall development experience, reduce friction, remove bottlenecks, and assure quality, security, and reliability across the entire SDLC.
• Strategize on effectively integrating AI into our SDLC, ensuring clear business value, benefit to engineers, and return on investment.
• Uncover risks and seek out inefficiencies, waste, and bottlenecks across the SDLC.
• Advocate engineering-wide improvements in governance, security, and quality.
• Participate in on-call.

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience with enterprise-scale engineering environments.
• 5+ years of experience in a Devtools, DevOps or Engineering productivity role.
• Experience as a tech lead providing technical direction and guidance to a technical domain or team.
• Deep understanding of engineering best practices across the tech industry.
• Comfortable with a high level of autonomy and working with a distributed team.
• Passion for software quality and craft.
• Development with JavaScript, Node.js or TypeScript in a Linux or Mac environment.
• Experience with SCM, SCA, CI/CD pipelines and Build tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with agentic AI in software development.
• Knowledge of cloud design patterns for scale, data management, resiliency, and performance.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms and container & orchestration technologies.
• Knowledge of Cloud infrastructure and application security.

Salary & Benefits

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.

Diversity & Inclusion

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.

Key skills/competency

• Developer Tools
• DevOps
• Engineering Productivity
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• CI/CD
• Technical Leadership
• Software Quality
• Process Improvement
• AI Integration
• Cloud Platforms