Backend - Principal Software Engineer - Mission Control - 29744

Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points''. So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you.

Role Summary

This role is for a Principal Software Engineer on the Mission Control product team in Splunk Enterprise Security which is an analytics-driven SIEM that solves a wide range of security analytics and security operations use cases like incident triaging, incident investigations, incident response, etc. You will be part of a backend team that works on cloud and on-prem platforms. You will deliver these features to meet the ever-increasing scalability, performance, and security requirements. You will interact with Product Management and customers to shape the roadmap and build solutions that help customers supervise, detect, and protect against ever-growing cyber threats.Working directly with customers is one of our core values! In this role, you'll be able to meet customers as they share their experiences, get a first-person view of the state-of-the-art Security Operations Centers, to define and craft new products that streamline analysts' investigations. We have a lean process that focuses on empowering our engineers. As the Software Engineer, you will be instrumental in delivering top-quality Splunk's security products. You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and quality of services you deliver. You will drive process improvement and collaborate effectively with fast paced cross-functional teams to solve problems and implement new solutions.

What you’ll get to do

• Gain a deep understanding of our product architecture, usage patterns, and real-world deployment scenarios to develop solutions that will bring value to our customers.
• Enhance the product, keeping scalability and performance considerations as a high priority
• Help define, develop, and perform performance / scalability benchmarks
• Lead and drive projects to completion
• Partner with other leaders from architecture, engineering management, and product management on project requirements
• Collaborate with members of our team to design and create durable solutions
• Keep product quality top of mind with automated testing
• Become well-versed in Splunk's core technologies as they apply to application development
• Mentor junior engineers as they develop their application development skills

Must-have Qualifications

Nice-to-have Qualifications