Staff Technical Marketing Engineer

Join the company that’s building the telemetry infrastructure for the AI era. At Cribl, we partner with IT and Security teams at many of the world’s biggest enterprises, including half of the Fortune 100, to bridge the gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. As the AI Platform for Telemetry, we give customers the choice, control, and flexibility to manage and analyze telemetry for both humans and agents, so they can build what’s next.

We’re one of the fastest‑growing private companies and a leading player in a massive, fast‑moving market. With a global workforce, we’re remote‑first and grounded in a simple idea: software is a people business. Cribl is the place where curious, collaborative people can do their best work, grow fast, and bring their full selves to the herd.

Why You'll Love This Role

Cribl is looking for a Staff Technical Marketing Engineer to join our Marketing team. You will be a key contributor in bridging the technical capabilities of our product with our marketing messaging. You will be responsible for building technical content, maintaining demo environments, and helping customers visualize the value of Cribl.

The TME team helps sell and market current products by producing compelling written guides, videos, and demo environments for sales and customers. In this role, you will execute on the content strategy, helping customers, internal and external, maximize their use of the product by explaining and demonstrating the features that differentiate Cribl in the industry.

As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will…

• Content Creation: Develop and deliver technical assets on products, features, and technologies, including whitepapers, blogs, application notes, and implementation guides.
• Demo Environments: Build, maintain, and update real-world technical demo environments consistent with the environments our customers use.
• Hands-on Engagement: Create technical workflows that allow customers and prospects to get hands-on experience with Cribl products.
• Competitive Analysis: Perform technical testing of competitive products to validate claims and assist in producing internal competitive battle cards.
• Product Feedback: Serve as a user advocate by testing new features and providing detailed feedback to Product Management and Engineering during release cycles.
• Event Support: Support marketing at tradeshows and events by staffing the booth, running demos, and assisting with technical Q&A.
• Technical Agility: Continuously learn new technologies to understand customer needs and ensure technical assets remain relevant and accurate.
• We are a remote-first company and work happens across many time-zones - you may be required to occasionally perform duties outside your standard working hours.
• Note: This position will likely require 25-30% travel to attend conferences and marketing events.

If You've Got It - We Want It

• 7+ in the software field as a technical marketing engineer, sales engineer, systems administrator, or support engineer.
• Experience in the observability or security software space.
• Strong understanding of distributed applications and system architecture..
• Proficiency with containers (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Working knowledge of AWS (Azure and Google Cloud Platform is a plus).
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language: Python, NodeJS, Go (Golang), or TypeScript, and a strong working knowledge of regular expressions.
• Familiarity with code versioning (Github/Bitbucket) and CI/CD concepts.
• Experience with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible) is preferred.
• Familiarity with search languages (Kusto, Splunk SPL, Elastic/OpenSearch Query DSL).
• Experience using observability tools (Loki/Grafana, Datadog) or SIEM products (Splunk, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, etc.).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical features into business value.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple content projects simultaneously.

Salary Range ($175,000 - $195,000)

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

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.