Offer summary

Qualifications:

Proficiency in Java 11 or above, with familiarity in Java development environments., Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native development on AWS/GCP., Strong communication skills and ability to learn new technologies quickly., BS in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience with 5+ years in a related field..

Key responsibilities:

Collaborate with product owners and designers to implement product designs.

Break down complex tasks into manageable deliverables for sprints.

Participate in architecture reviews and contribute to product design discussions.

Develop product features with a focus on reusability and scalability.

Job description

Description

Software Engineer(P3) - Backend

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.

As applications and systems become more complex and user experience is at high stake, observability - the ability to monitor and understand the systems and how they impact users, becomes one of the biggest challenges for engineering teams. We are building world-class tools to help engineers deliver better, faster, and more reliable applications.

About the Role:

Splunk is looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Software Engineer to join our Splunk Observability team who will work on systems that empower our customers to quickly detect and resolve their infrastructure and application issues.

You will work within a multi-functional team of designers, product managers, and quality engineers in a fast-paced environment to implement & design large-scale distributed systems, streaming data pipelines, API design, and advanced algorithms that power the Splunk products. Our engineering teams are small and highly impactful. You will learn from the best and help us architect and build applications of the future. You will also get many opportunities to share and talk about your work through channels like conferences, meetups, and blogs.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with product owners and designers to iterate on the design and implementation of our products.
Break down product requirements and/or complex technical tasks into sprint size deliverables and estimate the deliverables.
Participate in end-to-end architecture reviews and discussions with the broader team, playing an influential role in overall product design
Design testable software, compose test plans and automate test cases while making necessary improvements to test frameworks.
Hands on development of product features keeping subsystem reusability, modularity, and high scale as part of design
Participate in on-call rotations, post-incident reviews, and other operational duties as needed to ensure stable service delivery

Requirements:

Proficiency in Java 11 (or above), along with familiarity with any Java development environment. Familiarity with Go is a plus.
Experience with Kubernetes, RPC frameworks such as thrift, gRPC, cloud native development on AWS/GCP
Ability to learn new technologies, frameworks and languages quickly and deliver high-quality code.
Experience with DevOps practices and comfortability operating your own systems.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
Experience preferred but not required with NoSQL, document-oriented databases, and/or a search engine like Elastic.
BS CS or EE degree, or equivalent training or work experience
5+ years related experience (or Masters and 4+ years related experience, or PhD without experience)

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.

Thank you for your interest in Splunk!

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