Full-Time Manager, Software Engineering, Cribl Lake

Cribl does things differently. We are a serious company that doesn't take itself too seriously; we're looking for people who love to get things done and laugh a bit along the way. We're growing rapidly, seeking collaborative, curious, and motivated team members passionate about putting customers first. As a remote-first company, we empower 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.

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 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

• 4+ years of engineering management experience, with a track record of hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers in distributed systems environments.
• Expertise in cloud-native storage systems, object storage (e.g., S3), file formats (e.g., Parquet or JSON), or high-throughput ingestion architectures.
• Comfort working in fast-paced environments and balancing delivery with quality and technical debt management.
• Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts and drive alignment across functions.
• Professional experience with Go, Node.js, or similar technologies—or a demonstrated ability to lead in unfamiliar technical stacks.
• Background in distributed systems, backend infrastructure at scale, and operational excellence.

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