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Role

This engineering role focuses on researching, developing, and deploying core analytical components for Splunk Observability Cloud. The work centers on scalable, enterprise-grade ML systems for streaming anomaly detection, predictive intelligence, and automated root-cause analysis across cloud-native and hybrid environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and build real-time, full-stack ML solutions for metrics, traces, and logs at petabyte scale.
• Apply Generative AI and Agentic AI to enable AI features in Splunk Observability products.
• Deliver retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agentic products into production.
• Collaborate across engineering and product teams to define evaluation frameworks for AI trustworthiness and resilience.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship; establish best practices for development, testing, and artifact management.
• Own end-to-end feature design, architecture, and delivery in AI/ML or platform domains.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in computer science or related field with 6+ years of software engineering experience, or bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience designing and building scalable cloud-based systems on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Proven technical leadership, architecture design, and end-to-end feature ownership experience.
• Experience with API design and frameworks (OpenAPI, GraphQL, gRPC, REST).
• Prior hands-on experience delivering RAG and agentic products to production.
• Proficiency with modern code-assist/vibe coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Copilot, Windsurf, and Cursor.
• Current knowledge of Agentic and Generative AI trends and frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing, deploying, and maintaining cloud-native applications in AWS.
• Experience monitoring and analyzing metrics, traces, spans, and logs.
• Background in observability, generative AI, or model robustness.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to analyze complex requirements.

Compensation & Benefits (summary)

• Posted starting salary range for U.S./Canada locations: $183,800.00 to $263,600.00.
• Benefits for U.S. employees include medical, dental and vision insurance; 401(k) with Cisco matching; paid parental leave; short- and long-term disability; basic life insurance; and potential grants of Cisco restricted stock units.
• Paid time off highlights: paid holidays (10 + 1 floating), 1 birthday paid day, year-end holiday shutdown, wellness days, paid vacation (non-exempt: 16 days/year; exempt: flexible program), 80 hours sick time on hire and annually, and up to 10 paid volunteer days per year.