Senior Software Engineer (Java OR Scala)

at  Splunk

SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - LAKEHOUSE TEAM

Join us as we pursue our exciting new vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, we’re committed to our work, customers, having fun and most importantly to each other’s success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey!
We are an engineering and product-focused company. Our engineers take a leading role in crafting, architecting, building, and testing our product. Engineers at Splunk have a wide impact, from developing new capabilities like federated search and analytics to working with customers to see their work be used to tackle real-world problems. You will be a part of Splunk’s Lakehouse team and work with other team members to deliver new query capabilities to the platform, extending Splunk’s capability to search and analyze data wherever it resides.

IDEAL EXPERIENCE:

In-depth knowledge and proven track record in large scale data processing technology, including data transformation, indexing, query optimization and processing, delivering valuable outcomes using data.
Strong Java/Scala skills with distributed systems design and knowledge of OO and functional programming practices
Outstanding computer science fundamentals and data structure knowledge
Experience with Apache Spark, Databricks, or similar high volume data technologies
Ability to own product features end to end, from design and implementation to operations and continuous improvement
Knowledge of software engineering and testing best practices
Experience with Agile development, Continuous Integration, github, etc
Passion for solving hard problems and exploring new technologies
Excellent team player with good communication and documentation skills
Must have 6+ years as a backend engineer
Education
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent
We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
For job positions in San Francisco, CA, and other locations where required, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Note:

Extend the Splunk platform to query new data lakes and provide further customer insights from their data
Write production-quality, high-performance distributed systems code
Build, test, operate, and maintain customer-critical query functionality
Have a growth mindset, constantly learning and adapting to new technologies
Empower your ideas by proof-of-concept prototypes
Design and implement new features
Analyze and optimize query performance
Innovate and contribute to the product roadmap
Be informed and creative – know about meaningful problems, devise new solutions