Principal Software Engineer, Developer Platforms
About The Position
Developer Platforms builds internal systems that enable more than 3,000 Splunk engineers to build, test, and release products at scale. The team connects the developer experience to the wider software delivery lifecycle and is shaping Splunk’s next generation of quality platforms. The Principal Software Engineer will provide senior technical leadership for quality systems across Developer Platforms. The role designs production-grade platforms that improve software validation and release confidence across Splunk, partners with technical leaders across Splunk and Cisco to translate architectural change into platform direction, and guides modernization and migration efforts across multiple engineering teams. The position combines hands-on contribution with mentoring senior engineers. Success means delivering durable platforms that teams adopt and that measurably improve delivery confidence.
Requirements
- 8 or more years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and operating production-grade systems or internal platforms.
- 3 or more years of experience in one or more of developer platforms, quality engineering, test frameworks, CI/CD, build systems, release automation, infrastructure platforms, or developer tooling.
- Experience with automated testing, release pipelines, service architecture, distributed systems, or comparable modern software development practices.
- Experience leading architectural change, platform modernization, or large-scale technical migrations across multiple engineering teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience providing technical leadership across teams without direct reporting authority.
- Experience building platforms for large internal engineering communities or organizations with thousands of developers.
- Experience with AI-enabled engineering workflows, quality analytics, or emerging developer productivity technologies.
- Ability to create clarity, communicate complex technical ideas, and align engineers, managers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Passion for improving developer experience, engineering quality, automation, and software delivery confidence.
Responsibilities
- Provide senior technical leadership for quality systems across Developer Platforms.
- Design production-grade platforms that improve software validation and release confidence across Splunk.
- Partner with technical leaders across Splunk and Cisco to translate architectural change into practical platform direction.
- Guide modernization and migration efforts across multiple engineering teams.
- Contribute hands-on to platform work.
- Mentor senior engineers.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short- and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- Paid holidays and a floating holiday for non-exempt employees.
- Paid birthday day off, year-end holiday shutdown, and personal wellness days.
- Paid vacation time for non-exempt employees; exempt employees participate in a flexible vacation time off program with no defined usage limit, subject to availability and business limitations.
- Sick time off, with unused sick time carryover up to the stated limit.
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues.
- Optional paid volunteer days.
- Annual bonuses may be available to non-sales employees, subject to Cisco policies.
- Eligible employees may receive Cisco restricted stock unit grants, subject to vesting conditions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
