Principal Software Engineer - **

Join us as we pursue our ground-breaking new vision to make machine data accessible, usable and valuable to everyone. We are a company filled with people who are passionate about our product and seek to deliver the best experience for our customers. At Splunk, we’re committed to our work, customers, having fun and most meaningfully to each other’s success. Learn more about Splunk careers and how you can become a part of our journey! About the Role Be part of a full stack team whose mission is to create a user experience for the leading Observability platform built by Splunk. Splunk is the only company whose products have been named as leaders in both Security and Observability. You will contribute to the backend and frontend code to create and maintain the IT Service Intelligence product at Splunk. This position will need to be physically located in the Hyderabad, India area. Responsibilities Drive technology direction within the product area and set the bar for technical excellence and delivery. Lead architecture discussions regularly and propose solutions to address scalability, usability, and security. Lead sophisticated efforts from inception to completion. This includes collaborating with product managers and multi-functional engineering teams on the definition, prioritization, and overall project execution, and challenging product managers when needed. Take ownership and initiative to own and address issues promptly for our internal and external customers. Become proficient in Splunk's core technologies and processes as they apply to application development. Opportunity to mentor senior engineers and constantly raise the bar on engineering practices across the team and organization. Participate in end-to-end architecture reviews and discussions with the broader team, playing an influential role in overall product design Collaborate with interaction designers and visual designers to create an intuitive user experience Identify and communicate standard ways of operating for engineering Qualifications Must-Have: 10+ years of relevant industry experience with a bachelor’s degree; or 8+ years and a master’s degree Good knowledge of web standards and modern browsers, responsive design, and of the full web technology stack. Experience in client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks (React) A strong foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in operating systems, networks, data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and software design Excellent problem solving, collaboration, and communication skills, both verbal and written A demonstrated capability for creative thinking, intellectual and entrepreneurial exploration Experience developing, debugging, and performance tuning highly concurrent systems Extensive knowledge and production programming experience in at least one of Java/C++/Python Experience designing and developing REST-based services with well-defined contracts Self-starter who is comfortable taking the lead on a task, collaborating with other engineers to design and implement features Familiar with the agile software development process Nice to have skills: Strong understanding of one of the major Cloud technologies, e.g. AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Experience in working within a Continuous Delivery (CD) development model