Senior Software Engineer, Platform IAM

Cribl
Remote United States Full-time 🌐 English
CR
Salary: $170k - $200k/year
Experience: Senior
Added to JobCollate: April 30, 2026

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This Senior Software Engineer role focuses on building and scaling identity, authentication, and authorization infrastructure for Cribl's platform. It is an impactful opportunity to lead technical vision and architectural changes while working with a modern TypeScript and AWS-based stack in a remote-first environment.

Job Description

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 RolePlatform engineering builds the underlying software infrastructure powering Cribl’s diverse suite of products. We are looking for a dedicated Senior Software Engineer for our Platform team who is passionate about identity management, authentication and authorization, and leading technical vision for secure and robust identity protocols. This role involves significant backend development with a focus on full-stack TypeScript, leveraging AWS and other cloud technologies to build resilient, scalable solutions across different deployment mechanisms (on-premise, cloud, hybrid). Your technical leadership will drive large-scale architectural changes, automate testing, and enhance continuous deployment systems across the platform area.As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will...Help define and refine the software development practices that make our team effectiveWrite clean, maintainable, and testable code with an eye towards observability and resilienceCoach and empower the less senior engineers on your team to help them level up and own larger epicsWork with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to decide on the vision and scope of your product areaWork with Management, Product Engineering, and Operations to plan and forecast quarterly goals that include a mix of tech debt, bug fixes, and new featuresChampion the entire software development lifecycle from requirements and design to testing, deployment, and production support/monitoringTake on new adventures across the full-stack as we continue to push Cribl Cloud forwardShare on-call and take part in team that embraces a model of service ownershipThis position will require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours dutiesIf You've Got It - We Want ItMust be able to write clean, maintainable, and testable full stack code (Node.js/TypeScript)Experience in complex development environments, especially in large-scale highly available distributed systems and SaaS platformsExperience in developing resilient and scalable backend services on any major cloud provider, preferably AWSExperience developing RESTful API's and interfaces that are secure and intuitiveKnowledge of data structures, algorithms, linux, and distributed systemsKnowledge of secure web development practices with troubleshooting complex application workflows and performance tuningExperience using assertion frameworks and tools like Mocha, Cypress, Jest to automate regression checksYou are self starter, minimal supervision and track record of learning quicklyCares about details and is dedicated to elegant and high quality softwareIn-depth experience with CI/CD pipelines such as BitBucket, Jenkins, CircleCI, etcBroad range of experience implementing various cloud design patternsExperience with serverless / lambda based implementationsExperience implementing Authentication & Authorization for internal and external customersNo fear! Speak your mindSalary Range ($170,000 - $200,000)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.Bring Your Whole SelfDiversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. 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.Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us. Originally posted on Himalayas

Full Description

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 RolePlatform engineering builds the underlying software infrastructure powering Cribl’s diverse suite of products. We are looking for a dedicated Senior Software Engineer for our Platform team who is passionate about identity management, authentication and authorization, and leading technical vision for secure and robust identity protocols. This role involves significant backend development with a focus on full-stack TypeScript, leveraging AWS and other cloud technologies to build resilient, scalable solutions across different deployment mechanisms (on-premise, cloud, hybrid). Your technical leadership will drive large-scale architectural changes, automate testing, and enhance continuous deployment systems across the platform area.As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will...Help define and refine the software development practices that make our team effectiveWrite clean, maintainable, and testable code with an eye towards observability and resilienceCoach and empower the less senior engineers on your team to help them level up and own larger epicsWork with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to decide on the vision and scope of your product areaWork with Management, Product Engineering, and Operations to plan and forecast quarterly goals that include a mix of tech debt, bug fixes, and new featuresChampion the entire software development lifecycle from requirements and design to testing, deployment, and production support/monitoringTake on new adventures across the full-stack as we continue to push Cribl Cloud forwardShare on-call and take part in team that embraces a model of service ownershipThis position will require stand-by, on-call, or off-hours dutiesIf You've Got It - We Want ItMust be able to write clean, maintainable, and testable full stack code (Node.js/TypeScript)Experience in complex development environments, especially in large-scale highly available distributed systems and SaaS platformsExperience in developing resilient and scalable backend services on any major cloud provider, preferably AWSExperience developing RESTful API's and interfaces that are secure and intuitiveKnowledge of data structures, algorithms, linux, and distributed systemsKnowledge of secure web development practices with troubleshooting complex application workflows and performance tuningExperience using assertion frameworks and tools like Mocha, Cypress, Jest to automate regression checksYou are self starter, minimal supervision and track record of learning quicklyCares about details and is dedicated to elegant and high quality softwareIn-depth experience with CI/CD pipelines such as BitBucket, Jenkins, CircleCI, etcBroad range of experience implementing various cloud design patternsExperience with serverless / lambda based implementationsExperience implementing Authentication & Authorization for internal and external customersNo fear! Speak your mindSalary Range ($170,000 - $200,000)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.Bring Your Whole SelfDiversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. 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.Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us. Originally posted on Himalayas

Required Skills

Software-Engineering Platform-Engineering Identity-And-Access-Management Backend-Development Cloud-Engineering DevOps Security-Engineering Fullstack-Development