Staff Software Engineer, MWS Team

About the role

This role is within the Cloud Services Engineering team at Splunk. The team builds and operates large-scale services that orchestrate updates and changes across customer environments in Splunk Cloud. The ideal candidate will own features end-to-end across the complete software development lifecycle, including AI, and will work on designing, building, and maintaining highly scalable, distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Own features end-to-end across the complete software development lifecycle including AI, spanning requirements gathering, technical design, implementation, testing, automation, deployment, and ongoing operational ownership in production.
• Translate customer and business needs into clear technical solutions, making thoughtful trade-offs that balance speed, quality, and reliability.
• Design, build, and maintain highly scalable, distributed systems that handle large volumes of data.
• Identify and resolve pre-production bottlenecks and production issues, improving system resilience and performance.
• Participate in design and code reviews, contributing to shared engineering standards and long-term system health.
• Partner closely with product managers, SREs, and cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful customer outcomes.
• Participate in a rotating on-call schedule, diagnosing and resolving production issues to ensure reliability and customer trust.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of learning, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering and proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Go, Python, or Java.
• 5+ years of experience in the design and implementation of distributed systems, including databases, distributed file systems, concurrency control, consistency models with API communication paradigms, including REST.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, container ecosystems, and microservices-based architectures.
• 3+ years of experience working with public cloud providers, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• 5+ years of experience with debugging, troubleshooting, and the use of observability and diagnostic tools.
• Experience developing or deploying applications using LLMs, RAG pipelines, MCP, and multi-agent frameworks.

Benefits

At Splunk, we offer a competitive salary range, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment. The salary range for this position is $149,100.00 to $218,900.00, subject to the hiring location and market conditions. Additional benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Employees may also receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, paid time off, and additional paid time away for critical or emergency issues for family members.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $149,100.00 to $218,900.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canadian locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training.

Schedule

Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.