Cribl

Cribl does differently. What does that mean? It means we are a serious company that doesn’t take itself too seriously; and we’re looking for people who love to get stuff done, and laugh a bit along the way. We’re growing rapidly - looking for collaborative, curious, and motivated team members who are passionate about putting customers first. As a remote-first company we believe in empowering our employees to do their best work, wherever they are. As the data engine for IT and Security many of the biggest names in the most demanding industries trust Cribl to solve their most pressing data needs. Ready to do the best work of your career? Join the herd and unlock your opportunity.

The Role

Cribl is looking for a Senior Performance Engineer. We are a fast-growing, remote-first company with a mission to unlock the value of all observability data. At our core, we believe in shipping phenomenal products and doing good by our customers and communities. We provide our customers with a new and unprecedented level of observability, intelligence, and control over their real-time data. We're backed by Sequoia and CRV, and our products are deployed in some of the largest organizations in the world processing 100s of TB and PB of IT & Security data, and managed by Site Reliability Engineers, System Engineers, and Technical Operations teams.

Responsibilities

As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will…

  • Effectively communicate performance test plans and results to cross-functional team members and management
  • Develop and Run Tests at scale and complexity to identify performance bottlenecks and uncover anomalous system behavior
  • Root cause performance/scalability issues and work closely with development teams to make improvements
  • Develop tools and frameworks to enable development teams to easily add performance tests
  • Integrate with our continuous testing systems, testing automation (Playwright), and reporting of performance metrics
  • This position may require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties

Why You’ll Love This Role

Cribl is looking for a Senior Performance Engineer. We are a fast-growing, remote-first company with a mission to unlock the value of all observability data. At our core, we believe in shipping phenomenal products and doing good by our customers and communities. We provide our customers with a new and unprecedented level of observability, intelligence, and control over their real-time data. We're backed by Sequoia and CRV, and our products are deployed in some of the largest organizations in the world processing 100s of TB and PB of IT & Security data, and managed by Site Reliability Engineers, System Engineers, and Technical Operations teams.

Requirements

If You've Got It - We Want It

  • 5+ years software development experience, any programming language is acceptable
  • Ability to independently write working code in TypeScript/JavaScript (preferred) or Java, Groovy, or Python, with a willingness to transition to TypeScript.
  • Expertise in designing and developing performance tests, especially with data intensive applications and/or data streams processing
  • Expertise in identifying and investigating performance issues
  • Hands-on experience with Cloud (AWS, Azure preferred) and Docker is a must
  • Hands on experience with CI/CD
  • Knowledge and understanding of resource management in Linux or windows is a must
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; able to explain complex technical topics to both internal and external stakeholders with ease and in remote/distributed environments
  • No fear! Speak your mind
  • Good jokes, or maybe better, bad jokes
  • A love for goats
  • Experience working remotely