Sr Staff Software Engineer, Developer Productivity

Cribl is building the telemetry infrastructure for the AI era, partnering with IT and Security teams at major enterprises. They are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to enhance their engineering productivity by improving the software development lifecycle and integrating AI into their processes.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• 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