Software Engineering Technical Leader (Hybrid)
About The Position
The Software Engineering Technical Leader will build and improve Splunk search and dashboard experiences for Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud, helping customers create and use searches and dashboards. The role works with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA on visible, business-critical products for both advanced and beginner users. It includes opportunities to shape features and designs, contribute to architecture, and improve frontend engineering tools and practices. The position partners with product, design, and backend engineering to understand customer needs and deliver well-designed product features. The technical leader shapes implementation plans and designs, contributes to documentation, testing, and ongoing support, improves existing code, and helps drive the frontend technical roadmap toward reusable, scalable, high-quality components. The role also mentors engineers and contributes to design sessions, code reviews, and architecture discussions. This is a hybrid role balancing onsite collaboration and remote work; specific days are coordinated with the team and manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of prior experience in web software development, or a master’s degree plus 6 years, or a Ph.D. plus 3 years.
- Applied experience building client-side applications with JavaScript or TypeScript and modern frameworks or libraries such as React, Redux, or Backbone.js.
- Applied experience using command-line tools, source control, testing frameworks, and continuous integration in software development.
- Applied experience mentoring engineers and contributing to design and code reviews.
Nice To Haves
- Prior experience in full-stack or backend development.
- Prior experience with infrastructure tools or workflows such as Python, GitLab, or CI/CD.
- Prior experience with browser internals, including JavaScript engines, the DOM, and browser APIs, and applying that knowledge to improve performance.
- Prior experience using telemetry to inform product or customer decisions.
- Prior experience applying AI tools to improve engineering workflows.
Responsibilities
- Build intuitive analytics experiences that help customers create and use searches and dashboards in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud.
- Partner with product, design, and backend engineering to understand customer needs and develop product features.
- Shape implementation plans and technical designs; contribute to documentation, testing, and ongoing support.
- Improve existing code and help drive the frontend technical roadmap, focusing on reusable, scalable components and quality.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to design sessions, code reviews, and architecture discussions.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- Floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- Paid day off for employee’s birthday
- Paid year-end holiday shutdown
- Four paid personal wellness days
- Vacation time or flexible vacation time off, depending on employee classification
- 80 hours of sick time off on hire and each January 1, with up to 80 unused hours carried forward
- Additional paid time away may be requested for critical or emergency family issues
- Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year
- Annual bonus eligibility for non-sales roles, subject to Cisco policies
- Potential Cisco restricted stock unit grants, subject to eligibility and vesting terms
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
