Software Engineer 2

Description

Role Summary

The Structured Store Team is part of Splunk Data Platform foundations organization, responsible for building and maintaining critical data storage infrastructure components and services that powers core workflows and applications. We also help to define the platform future by establishing the architecture, design patterns for common storage components that set the standard for how Splunk is scaled, optimized, and extended. Our tech stack includes Golang, C , PostgreSQL, Terraform, and Kubernetes, and is constantly evolving. We operate both in on-premise environments, and major cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform
What You'll Get to Do

• Design, build and maintain robust, fault-tolerant distributed systems in a multi-process environment with built-in observability capabilities.
• Define technical direction, author design documents, engage in hands-on implementation, and build consensus across teams.
• Design, build and maintain common frameworks and APIs for platform storage services, used by a variety of core applications and use cases.
• Analyze and improve the reliability, scalability, availability, and performance of foundational structured store infrastructure components.
• Drive operational excellence by participating in rotating on-call duties to diagnose and solve customer issues, performing root cause analysis, setup and tune monitoring systems.
• Mentor junior engineers and help build expertise across the team.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 5 years of related experience with a technical Bachelor's or Master's degree; or equivalent practical experience.
• Extensive experience developing software using Golang, C , or other object-oriented programming languages.
• Excellent problem-solving, triaging, and debugging skills in large-scale distributed systems.
• Expertise in SQL (preferably PostgreSQL) or NoSQL databases , with strong capabilities in scalability and performance tuning, and a history of driving significant improvements.
• Experience in database management, in handling production database clusters that support large-scale customer bases and high request volumes.
• Proven experience crafting and building scalable software, with experience in enterprise software or cloud environments such as AWS.

• Experience with test-driven development, writing various levels of automated tests, such as unit tests, functional tests, integration tests, system tests, or performance/load tests.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written, and working with multi-functional global teams.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Troubleshooting knowledge of Linux OS and / or Windows from user and/or admin perspective.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes and related tooling.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform and Azure, and cloud database and storage services such as AWS Aurora, RDS, S3.

• Knowledge of Puppet and configuration management practices.

Note:

Base Pay Range

SF Bay Area, Seattle Metro, and New York City Metro Area

Base Pay Range: $174,800.00 - 240,350.00 per year

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Washington (excludes Seattle Metro), Washington DC Metro, and Massachusetts

Base Pay Range: $157,320.00 - 216,315.00 per year

All other cities and states excluding California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York City Metro Area and Washington DC Metro Area.

Base Pay Range: $139,840.00 - 192,280.00 per year

Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.

Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at ;br>
Thank you for your interest in Splunk!

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