Senior Staff Software Engineer

### Who you are
- 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
- 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

### What the job involves
- Cribl Inc is seeking an experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer 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 who are 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 org, 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!
- 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

### Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance: Our comprehensive benefit plans have you and your family covered when it comes to the important stuff. Beyond the basics, we also have supplemental plans like accident insurance, One Medical, and FSA/HSA accounts.
- Disability and income protection: When you need it most, Cribl's disability and income protection benefits have your back, with up to 4 weeks of paid medical leave. We also cover basic life insurance with options to increase your coverage.
- Mental health Care: Mental health is physical health! We offer free coaching, therapy sessions and more through Modern Health to support you in navigating all aspects of life.
- Retirement plan: Saving for the future doesn't happen all at once. We offer retirement accounts to help you make progress towards your financial goals.
- Family planning: Regardless of what your family unit looks like at home, Cribl supports your journey by offering family-forming benefits from adoption, to fertility, and through postpartum. We also offer a paid gender-neutral parental leave benefit to support you and your family.
- Time off: We offer generous, flexible time off for all employees and empower you to balance your work and life in the ways that suit you best. Twice a year we all log off together for a "Recharge Day", and in December we enjoy a company-wide winter break.
- Remote office perks: All new employees receive a one-time $1,000 stipend towards their home-office set up. We also offer a monthly reimbursement for phone, internet, coworking pass, or a weekly meal.