✦ Luna Orbit — System Administration

Sr Software Engineer, Search Federation

at Cribl

📍 Remote, US Remote 💰 $175K – $210K USD / year Posted April 10, 2026
Salary $175K – $210K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category System Administration

Cribl is hiring a senior backend-focused Software Engineer to expand Cribl Search integrations with third-party providers. The role focuses on building distributed and federated search capabilities that query in-place operational data and aggregate results into a single experience.

  • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code with observability and resilience
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to define project goals and acceptance criteria
  • Define and refine software development practices
  • Work on new features expanding Cribl Search integration with third-party providers
  • Develop distributed and federated search across in-place data

You will develop and optimize a system for distributed and federated search across heterogeneous data sources, including EBS volumes, Cribl Edge nodes, S3 buckets, Azure blob stores, containers, RDBMSes, data lakes, and custom datastores. Work includes performance optimization, observability-minded engineering, and integration development with external providers.

The ideal candidate is a senior backend software engineer who has built high-performance systems involving search, queries, and distributed/federated architectures. They have strong experience integrating third-party providers, optimizing performance, and delivering maintainable, testable code with observability and resilience in mind. They thrive on cross-functional collaboration and customer-focused product development in a remote environment.

Write cleanmaintainableand testable codeCollaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholdersExpand the integration of Cribl Search with 3rd-party providersImplement distributed and federated search across in-place data
Cribl Search
Write cleanmaintainableand testable codeobservabilityresiliencedistributed and federated searchquery languagesperformance optimizationintegrationcross-functional collaboration
distributed and federated searchbackend-focused software developmenttestable codeobservabilityresilienceintegration developmentquery languagesperformance optimizationdistributed searchfederated searchS3Azure blob storesRDBMSesdata lakesEBS volumescontainerstrace an executiongraph metric trendscustom datastore
collaborativecuriousmotivatedpassionate about putting customers firstcross-functional collaborationdefine project goalsdefine acceptance criteriafeedback-driven process improvementwork in a dynamic environmentteamwork
Industry SaaS
Job Function Build and enhance a distributed/federated search backend integrated with third-party providers
Role Subtype Backend Engineer
Tech Domains Software Engineering, Data & Analytics
Sr Software EngineerSenior Software Engineerbackend-focuseddistributed and federated searchfederated searchdistributed searchhigh-performance applicationsintegration3rd-party providersquery languagesperformance optimizationobservabilityresiliencetestable codecross-functional teamS3Azure blob storesEBS volumescontainersRDBMSesdata lakescustom datastore

Must be able to implement distributed and federated search across in-place data, Must demonstrate backend software engineering experience focused on performance, observability, and resilience

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