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Senior Staff Software Engineer

Seattle, Washington, USRemoteFull-time$192k–$276k2026-10-26 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead end-to-end delivery of sophisticated distributed systems projects for the Splunk Integrated Data Platform, processing petabytes of data on customer edge environments.

Role type

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Distributed Systems Architect)

Builds

High-performance, high-throughput, low-latency data processing components and cloud-native/on-premises software solutions.

Domain

Enterprise Data Infrastructure / Observability / Security

Required skills

GoLang, C, C++, Linux, distributed systems design, system architecture, coding guidelines, deep-dive design, code reviews, on-call incident response

Preferred skills

Debugging and troubleshooting, operational perfection, monitoring and alerting, incident response, leading long-term project design

Technologies

GoLang, C, C++, Linux

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of multi-month projects, set technical vision and design standards, identify and resolve system bottlenecks, participate in rotating on-call duties, drive technical consensus across teams

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with significant lead/architect capacity