Cribl · 13 hours ago
Staff Software Developer in Test, Systems Test
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$185K/yr - $225K/yr
8+ years expCribl is a rapidly growing remote-first company that focuses on empowering employees to excel in their work. They are seeking a Staff Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to enhance their testing strategies and frameworks, collaborate with various teams, and lead initiatives to improve product quality.
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Responsibilities
Lead technical and strategic initiatives that improve the depth and breadth of our testing coverage across Cribl’s product suite
Perform meta-analysis on customer-reported issues to identify systemic risks and patterns in product usage
Work with the development team as you inspect product code, understand intricate system behaviors, and telemetry data to identify high risk functionality and create strategies to test them
Partner with Customer Support, Sustained Engineering, and Product teams to do root cause analysis, reproduce issues, and strategize long-term quality improvements
Design and evolve the architecture of test frameworks, tooling, and data-driven analysis systems to meet our testing needs that scale with our growing product line
Define and drive multi-phase roadmaps that enhance our testing environment—balancing short-term improvements with long-term infrastructure and automation goals
Mentor other SDETs and engineers in advanced test design, system analysis, and debugging best practices
This position will require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours duties
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or SDET, with a Computer Science degree and/or equivalent technical experience
Proven expertise in analyzing complex systems, reading and understanding production code, and designing test strategies for distributed architectures
Hands-on experience with cloud and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, etc.)
Strong proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, Java, or similar) and the ability to work across multiple languages or stacks
Experience creating and scaling test frameworks and automation systems that support both backend and frontend testing
Strong analytical mindset with the ability to use customer data, logs, and metrics to uncover risk areas and opportunities for test coverage expansion
Demonstrated success in driving cross-functional quality initiatives that span engineering, support, and product management
Excellent communication skills—able to articulate technical findings and recommendations with clarity to both engineers and leadership
Proven ability to lead through influence, mentor peers, and break complex quality improvement initiatives into executable workstreams
Preferred
Familiarity with data-intensive systems or stream processing environments is a major plus
Benefits
Health
Dental
Vision
Short-term disability
Life insurance
Paid holidays
Paid time off
A fertility treatment benefit
401(k)
Equity
Eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus
Company
Cribl
Cribl is a software company that designs a unified data management platform for exploring, collecting, processing, and accessing data.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$721.21MKey Investors
Google VenturesTiger Global ManagementSequoia Capital
2025-06-19Secondary Market
2024-08-27Series E· $200M
2024-08-27Secondary Market· $119M
Leadership Team
Dritan Bitincka
Co-Founder & Products
Ledion Bitincka
Co-Founder & CTO
Recent News
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