Senior Front-End Developer

Join us as we pursue our exciting 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 importantly, to each other’s success.

Are you passionate about working on products that make a difference for your customers? Do you enjoy building large scale applications that are powered by huge data sets? Do you value working in an environment where you're empowered to make key technical decisions across a full stack of technologies?

Role

This role is for a Software engineer on the Splunk Enterprise Security team which is an analytics-driven SIEM that solves a wide range of security analytics and security operations use cases like security monitoring, advanced threat detection, compliance, incident investigations etc. You will participate and work on both frontend and backend features on cloud and on-prem platforms. You will deliver these features to meet the ever-increasing scalability, performance, and security requirements. You will interact with Product Management, UX, Customers to shape the roadmap and build solutions which help customers supervise, detect and protect against ever growing cyber threats.

Working directly with customers is one of our core values. In this role, you'll be able to meet customers as they share their experiences, get a first-person view of the state of the art Security Operations Centers, to define and craft new products that streamline analysts' investigations. We have a lean process that focuses on empowering our engineers. And along the way, you will become proficient in Splunk's Search Processing Language (SPL) which will empower you to explore large data sets and to take on endless types of data problems.

Responsibilities

Build UI flows - end to end - using our current stack by producing code, tests, documentation; supporting the sprint management process; and communicating effectively with peers and managers.Work closely with Product & UI research teams to advance the usability and experience.Take ownership of frontend technologies in our application stack, with the focus on security, resilience, and cross-browser compatibility.Research new tools, frameworks and libraries that would benefit the team, communicate their importance and implement them.Understand backend interfaces and APIs that help wire the customer facing UI flows.Contribute to the design and development of multiple features in the ultra-high performance system, processing immense amounts of data.Participate in the development of project timelines, implementation design specifications, system flow diagrams, documentation, testing and ongoing support of systems.Work in an Agile environment and follow scrum practices.Help identify and develop ways to improve our team's efficiency by expanding on our existing tools and processes while keeping product quality top of mind.Collaborate with members of our team to enhance frameworks and backend components.

Requirements

4+ years of software engineering experience focused on front-end application developmentExperience building and launching successful user-centric productsExperience with technologies in our stack React, Backbone.js, Webpack, Jest, Grunt, React Testing LibraryA deep understanding of JavaScript or TypeScript, CSS and HTMLExperience building single-page, data-heavy web applications, and asynchronous data handling using REST APIsFamiliarity with agile and cloud driven development processes using CI/CD systemsHave a clear understanding of UX design principles and experience working with customers and team members as part of a design processStrong collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven track record to effectively work with others within a dynamic environmentAbility to architect technical solutions at a high level as well as dive into the implementation.Ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks with minimal direction, a sense of intellectual curiosity, humility, accountability, and positivityAbility to learn new technologies quickly and to understand a wide variety of technical challenges to be solved

Additional Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

Proponent of test-driven development (TDD) and understanding of CI/CD technologies.Experience with secure coding practicesFamiliarity with Docker technologyFamiliarity with information security is a huge plusCode coverage solutionsexperience with different module bundlers (not only webpack)Experience working with backend programming languages such as PythonFamiliarity with Splunk software is desirable, but not required

Splunk Life

Opportunities to develop and grow as an engineer. We are always expanding into new areas, working with cloud stacks, open source projects, and exploring new technologies.Internal technical training and company-wide hackathons.A team of extraordinarily capable and dedicated peers.Breadth and depth. You are interested to work on an area that dynamically scales to meet the needs of Splunk’s offerings.Growth and mentorship. We believe in growing engineers through ownership and leadership opportunities. We also believe that mentors help both sides of the equation.Fun. We have frequent group outings and team-building events. We are committed to having every employee want to give it their all, be respectful and a part of the family, and have a smile on their face while doing it.Work life balance, with efficient work from home environments today and modern offices standing by for future times.

Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Key Skills

• CSS
• Frontend
• TypeScript