Staff Software Developer in Test, Cribl
Systems Test
$185-225k
+ Equity and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus
Data engine for IT and security
Be an early applicant
Data engine for IT and security
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$185-225k
+ Equity and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower enterprises to unlock the value of all their data.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires both technical mastery and systems-level thinking—you’ll not only solve problems, but also shape how we discover and prevent them
- 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or SDET, with a Computer Science degree and/or equivalent technical experience
- Proven expertise in analyzing complex systems, reading and understanding production code, and designing test strategies for distributed architectures
- Hands-on experience with cloud and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, etc.)
- Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, Java, or similar) and the ability to work across multiple languages or stacks
- Experience creating and scaling test frameworks and automation systems that support both backend and frontend testing
- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to use customer data, logs, and metrics to uncover risk areas and opportunities for test coverage expansion
- Demonstrated success in driving cross-functional quality initiatives that span engineering, support, and product management
- Familiarity with data-intensive systems or stream processing environments is a major plus
- Excellent communication skills—able to articulate technical findings and recommendations with clarity to both engineers and leadership
- Proven ability to lead through influence, mentor peers, and break complex quality improvement initiatives into executable workstreams
What the job involves
- Cribl is looking for a Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to join our System Test team
- This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineer who not only drives deep technical testing initiatives but also helps define and evolve our strategic approach to product quality
- As a Staff SDET, you’ll dig deep into Cribl’s distributed systems, customer usage patterns, and codebase to uncover gaps in test coverage, expand automated testing frameworks, and proactively identify risk areas before our customers ever see them
- You’ll partner closely with developers to identify complex edge cases, with customer-facing teams to analyze field issues, and with product and test leadership to build long-term roadmaps that strengthen our testing ecosystem
- Lead technical and strategic initiatives that improve the depth and breadth of our testing coverage across Cribl’s product suite
- Perform meta-analysis on customer-reported issues to identify systemic risks and patterns in product usage
- Work with the development team as you inspect product code, understand intricate system behaviors, and telemetry data to identify high risk functionality and create strategies to test them
- Partner with Customer Support, Sustained Engineering, and Product teams to do root cause analysis, reproduce issues, and strategize long-term quality improvements
- Design and evolve the architecture of test frameworks, tooling, and data-driven analysis systems to meet our testing needs that scale with our growing product line
- Define and drive multi-phase roadmaps that enhance our testing environment—balancing short-term improvements with long-term infrastructure and automation goals
- Mentor other SDETs and engineers in advanced test design, system analysis, and debugging best practices
- This position will require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties
Our take
In a bid to simplify big data analytics, Cribl offers a data observability pipeline which allows users to reduce low value data, improve routing and gain more data context on one interface.
As companies now collect more and more data from frequently scattered sources, its useability and reliability comes into question. By offering an observability service, Cribl allows users to maintain the health of their data systems by monitoring, tracking and troubleshooting issues.
Cribl's main challenge will be competing with the likes of Observe and Edge Delta. However, Cribl has raised impressive funds that should accelerate its transition from a limited tool vendor to a fully-fledged observability suite. The company also boasts surpassing $100 million in annual recurring revenue, having grown this from $1 million in less than four years.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
32% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2024
$200m
SERIES E
May 2022
$150m
SERIES D
Total funding: $592.5m
Company 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.
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Clint Sharp
(Co-Founder & CEO)They were Chief Software Architect at Prophetline from 1999 to 2002, and the founder of Aggregate Technology Solutions. They were also Senior Director of Product Management at Splunk.
Dritan Bitincka
(Co-Founder & Products)They worked as Computer Sciences Laboratory Director at Farleigh Dickinson University. Joined Splunk as Principal Architect in 2011.
Ledion Bitincka
(Co-Founder & CTO)They acted as a Scientific Consultant at Harvard University before joining Looksmart as a Software Engineer in 2006. They founded Triangulus Communications and were Splunk's Advanced Development Architect.
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