Senior Software Engineer, Sumo Logic

Core Platform

$159-214k

+ 10% bonus + Equity

AWS

GCP

Scala

Java

Ruby

C++

Azure

Unix

Mid and Senior level

Austin

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

Continuous intelligence platform for DevSecOps

Job no longer available

Continuous intelligence platform for DevSecOps

501-1000 employees

B2BEnterpriseBig dataAnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceSaaS

Job no longer available

$159-214k

+ 10% bonus + Equity

AWS

GCP

Scala

Java

Ruby

C++

Azure

Unix

Mid and Senior level

Austin

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

501-1000 employees

B2BEnterpriseBig dataAnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceSaaS

Company mission

Sumo Logic's mission is to create the leading machine data analytics platform that delivers continuous intelligence for modern applications.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

BS in Computer Sciences or a related discipline (MSc, or PhD is a plus)
Minimum of 4+ years of experience working on backend and distributed systems
Object-oriented experience, for example in Java, Scala, Ruby, or C++
Experience working with one of the public cloud services such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
Expert knowledge in algorithms and performance characteristics of data structures used in distributed systems (maps, lists, queues, etc)
Experience deploying production level code, with a proven track record of ownership and delivery

What the job involves

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be working on designing, architecting, and implementing highly scalable, distributed, and fault tolerant backend systems
You will be part of our continuous intelligence platform team and will be working on building systems and frameworks that are used by other teams in the company as well as features used by our actual customers
We build the systems that power authentication, session management, role-based access control, content management, auditing, health tracking, API, and more
Apply object oriented and functional programming languages, unix operating systems, networking, and scaling techniques to build next generation systems
Evaluate requirements, define technical specifications, estimate development costs, review design and communicate to stakeholders
Lead, organize, and participate in cross-team discussions on system design and architecture
Develop instrumentation/profiling tools to monitor backend systems
Mentor junior engineers and improve software development processes

Our take

Sumo Logic is a secure, cloud-native, machine data analytics service, delivering real-time, continuous intelligence from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data across the entire application lifecycle and stack. More than 2,000 customers around the globe rely on Sumo Logic, including Pokemon, Canary, and Greenhouse.

Customers gain a multi-tenant, service-model advantage to accelerate their shift to continuous innovation, increasing competitive advantage, business value and growth.

After its IPO in 2020, February 2023 saw Sumo Logic agree to a $1.7 billion valued acquisition deal from Francisco Partners. This comes after a year that saw its stock drop by 40%. This marks an exciting new chapter for Sumo Logic, its parent company has a track record for acquiring successful tech and software businesses such as MyHeritage and Renaissance Learning. Exemplifying its potential in its new Francisco Partners era, Sumo Logic was named a "Challenger" company in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

22% female employees

-7% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

May 2019

$110m

SERIES G

Jun 2017

$79.8m

SERIES F

Total funding: $344.8m

Company benefits

Vision & Dental Benefits
Generous Parental Leave
Unlimited paid time off policy
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company HQ

Redwood City, CA

Leadership

Christian Beedgen

(CTO)

Previously worked for 9 years at ArcSight, holding various positions such as Lead Software Engineer, Software Development Manager and Chief Architect, Director of Engineering

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