Cisco
Principal Software Engineer, Splunk Analytics and Search
$241K–$417K
Seattle, Washington, US +6 · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, US
Austin, Texas, US
RTP, North Carolina, US
Arlington, Virginia, US
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Bellevue, Washington, US - Experience
- 15+ years with a bachelor's degree, 12+ years with a master's degree, 10+ years with a PhD, or equivalent practical experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD; equivalent practical experience is accepted.
About the job
Designs and improves Splunk’s distributed search and analytics platform, guiding complex engineering work and contributing to technical strategy across teams.
What you'll do
- Design reliable, scalable distributed search and analytics systems; improve platform performance, reliability, and efficiency.
- Guide engineering efforts from design through delivery and ongoing improvements; collaborate across engineering, product, customer, and support teams.
- Contribute to technical strategy and engineering culture through design reviews, mentoring, hiring, and technical discussions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree with 15+ years of experience, Master's degree with 12+ years, PhD with 10+ years, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems or data platforms, and developing software that operates reliably in production.
- Experience with distributed computing, search technologies, data processing, or query execution; and with cloud, hybrid, or on-premises platforms.
- Experience with C++, SQL, or cloud technologies such as AWS.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of indexing, query optimization, databases, or information retrieval; familiarity with Spark, Presto, Athena, or similar distributed data systems.
- Experience building cloud-native services or working with enterprise customers and platforms in observability, security, or analytics.
Pay
$241,400.00 to $322,600.00 (base salary); $250,600.00 - $416,900.00 (base salary, New York City Metro Area); $241,400.00 - $371,000.00 (base salary, Non-Metro New York state & Washington state)
Tools
C++, SQL, AWS, Spark, Presto, Athena
AI focus
Build and evolve search technologies to support AI-era ways of discovering insights and solving problems.
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