Staff Software Engineer (alerting & Observability)

Cribl Data Observability Software

Cribl does differently. What does that mean? It means we are a serious company that doesn't take itself too seriously; and we're looking for people who love to get stuff done, and laugh a bit along the way. We're growing rapidly - looking for collaborative, curious, and motivated team members who are passionate about putting customers first. As a remote-first company we believe in empowering our employees to do their best work, wherever they are. As the data engine for IT and Security many of the biggest names in the most demanding industries trust Cribl to solve their most pressing data needs. Ready to do the best work of your career? Join the herd and unlock your opportunity.

Why You'll Love This Role

In this role, you will work closely with Product, Operations, and other business functions while collaborating with your direct team to own and deliver end-to-end features and functionality for our alerting and observability platform. As a Senior Software Engineer specializing in alerting systems and metrics analysis, you will bring your experience and expertise to help your team build intelligent, responsive alerting capabilities. You will have the opportunity to tackle complex observability challenges, owning the design, implementation, and rollout of alerting infrastructure with the support of your team.

As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will...

• Design and build sophisticated alerting systems that enable proactive monitoring and incident detection across distributed systems
• Develop query-based alert rules and expressions using PromQL, SQL, and other query languages to surface meaningful insights
• Create intelligent alert routing, deduplication, and correlation mechanisms to reduce noise and improve signal quality
• Build scalable backend services for alert evaluation, notification delivery, and alert management workflows
• Optimize time-series data storage and query performance for high-volume metrics and telemetry data
• Develop intuitive interfaces for alert configuration, visualization, and management using React and modern frontend technologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand monitoring requirements and deliver comprehensive alerting solutions
• Mentor and guide engineers on best practices for observability and alerting architecture

If You've Got It - We Want It

Strong proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js with a proven track record of building production-grade services

Experience with query languages for metrics and monitoring (PromQL, SQL, or similar) and ability to write complex queries for data analysis

Hands-on experience building or maintaining alerting systems, including rule evaluation engines and notification pipelines

Experience with time-series databases and columnar storage systems (ClickHouse experience is a plus)

Frontend development skills with React and modern JavaScript frameworks for building data visualization and management interfaces

Strong understanding of distributed systems, data structures, and algorithms

Experience with observability concepts including metrics, logs, traces, and their correlation

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and a track record of learning quickly

Dedication to writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

Prometheus ecosystem, including AlertManager

Background in building rule engines or expression evaluation systems

Experience with notification systems and integrations (PagerDuty, Slack, webhooks, etc.)

Familiarity with observability tools like Grafana, ELK stack, or similar solutions

Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as BitBucket, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.

Understanding of alert fatigue mitigation strategies and intelligent alerting patterns

Experience with high cardinality data and performance optimization

Willingness to speak your mind and share ideas

Appreciation for humor and a love for goats

Comfort working remotely

Salary Range ($200,000 - $245,000) The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location. The salary offered within the range described will be based on the individual candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), equity, and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus.