Senior Software Engineer, Edge

About Cribl

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.

Job Summary

Why You’ll Love This Role Cribl Edge is a vendor-neutral multi-platform agent that provides users with an intelligent and highly-scalable solution for edge-based data collection, serving hundreds of thousands of machines with diverse configurations. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Edge team, your primary responsibility will be developing and maintaining back-end features for data collection and enabling users to manage hundreds of thousands of Edge nodes in their deployment. This is a fully remote role and Cribl is a remote first company. Our culture embraces the diversity of team members spread all across the globe.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize software for data collection agents that run across Windows, Linux, and Mac environments, while enabling robust centralized management and orchestration of large-scale distributed Edge deployments.
• Collaborate closely with UX designers, Product Managers, and fellow engineers to translate feature requirements into intuitive, high-performance user experiences.
• Own the development lifecycle, from design and implementation to testing and maintenance, delivering clean, efficient, and reliable code that meets customer needs.
• Develop automated tests and comprehensive test plans to ensure high quality code and product features that work as expected.
• Help maintain and support our SaaS products including periodic participation in our 24×7 on-call rotations.
• This position will require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science or similar field.
• Proven ability to write clean, maintainable, and testable code.
• Experience with advanced software development in large-scale, highly available, distributed systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, ability to clearly and concisely articulate complex technical topics to stakeholders.
• A steadfast commitment to ownership, ensuring that deliverables consistently meet high standards of quality and performance.
• Strong understanding of operating system fundamentals, including memory management, CPU architecture/scheduling, filesystems, process lifecycles, and networking.
• Exceptional troubleshooting and debugging skills for swiftly resolving technical challenges.