Technical Leader, Software Development

Role overview

Your impact

• Design and build scalable backend services and APIs on Splunk Cloud Platform for varied data volumes and performance requirements.
• Partner with engineers, managers, and architects to define solutions, resolve challenges, and deliver reliable features.
• Develop monitoring and AI-powered issue detection, diagnostics, and automated remediation.
• Build integrations and support initiatives spanning metrics, events, logs, and traces.
• Troubleshoot production issues, resolve incidents, and participate in a scheduled 24/7 on-call rotation.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field plus 8+ years’ experience; or master’s plus 6+ years; or PhD plus 3+ years.
• Experience designing, developing, and operating backend services or applications in a public cloud such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with scalable distributed systems designed for performance, reliability, and high-volume workloads.
• Hands-on backend development using Python, Go, or Java.
• Technical leadership on software projects, including system design, technical decisions, and guiding delivery.

Preferred qualifications

• Production SaaS, observability, monitoring, incident response, or service reliability experience.
• Splunk, log analytics, telemetry pipelines, data ingestion, or similar large-scale data-platform experience.
• Full-stack development with React or similar JavaScript frameworks.
• AI-powered capabilities, diagnostics, remediation, operational tooling, or AI-assisted development tools experience.

Compensation

• The posting lists a starting salary range of $147,400–$198,200 for U.S. and/or Canada locations, excluding incentive compensation, equity, and benefits.
• The posting also lists separate salary ranges for certain U.S. locations; compensation varies by hiring location and qualifications.