Manager, Software Engineering, Cribl Lake

Cribl does differently.

What does that mean? It means we are a serious company that doesn’t take itself too seriously; and we’re looking for people who love to get stuff done, and laugh a bit along the way. We’re growing rapidly - looking for collaborative, curious, and motivated team members who are passionate about putting customers first. As a remote-first company we believe in empowering our employees to do their best work, wherever they are.

As the data engine for IT and Security many of the biggest names in the most demanding industries trust Cribl to solve their most pressing data needs. Ready to do the best work of your career? Join the herd and unlock your opportunity.

Why You’ll Love This Role

Cribl is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow the team behind Cribl Lake, our cloud-native data lake built for long-term, full-fidelity observability data storage. Cribl Lake enables customers to ingest, store, and query data in open formats like JSON and Parquet without vendor lock-in or the need for expensive hot storage. With seamless integrations across the Cribl suite, Lake helps teams efficiently organize data into datasets, search it in place using Cribl Search, and replay it through Stream for downstream analysis, compliance, and incident response.

As Engineering Manager for Lake, you’ll lead a remote-first, cross-functional team responsible for building and scaling Lake’s core platform, ranging from ingestion and schema management to storage organization and search enablement. You’ll help shape the foundation of Cribl’s long-term data strategy, collaborating across teams to deliver a cohesive, high-performance customer experience.

As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will…

• Build, lead, and support a diverse and inclusive engineering team that values code quality, ownership, and customer outcomes.
• Partner with product management and engineering leadership to define and deliver the roadmap for Lake.
• Guide the team in designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining scalable features across the Lake platform, with an emphasis on performance and reliability.
• Ensure engineering best practices are followed and team members are growing in alignment with Cribl’s career ladder.
• Drive cross-team collaboration, especially with Cribl Search, Stream, and internal infrastructure teams, to build cohesive and integrated experiences.
• Foster a strong DevOps culture with a focus on observability, operational readiness, and proactive incident prevention.

If You've Got It - We Want It

• Have 4+ years of engineering management experience, with a track record of hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers in distributed systems environments.
• Bring expertise in cloud-native storage systems, object storage (e.g. S3), file formats like Parquet or JSON, or high-throughput ingestion architectures.
• Be comfortable working in fast-paced environments and balancing delivery with quality and technical debt management.
• Be an excellent communicator who can articulate complex technical concepts and drive alignment across functions.
• Have professional experience with Go, Node.js, or similar technologies—or a demonstrated ability to lead in unfamiliar technical stacks.
• Have a background in distributed systems, backend infrastructure at scale, and operational excellence.

Salary Range ($190,000 - $260,000)

The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location. The salary offered within the range described will be based on the individual candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), equity, and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus.

#LI-JB1

Bring Your Whole Self
Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us.