Staff Software Engineer at Sumo Logic (View all jobs) 

Redwood City, CA 

What you will be doing:

• Provides the extensible systems & frameworks used to transfer customer data from external systems into our ingest pipelines. 
• Direct the software systems development function, including the design, development, troubleshooting, & debugging of Installed/Cloud Collector, Cloud-to-cloud collection framework for software enhancements & new features including cloud-based or internet-related tools. 
• Work cross functionally to ensure alignment with the field, provide process & product feedback, & resolve critical customer situations. 
• Work with the Data Collection team members to help resolve priorities & the roadmap for the team. 
• Design, architect & implement highly scalable, distributed & multi-tenant Collection backend systems for data-ingestion pipeline. 
• Solve complex challenges in low-latency & zero-data-loss scenarios.  
• Review Data Collection project plans to coordinate project activities to be executed.
• Works on issues of diverse scope such as complex microservices having REST API interfaces & contracts for HTTP & other popular protocols where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends. 
• Develop instrumentation, profiling tools & systems for measuring adherence to Service Level Objectives. 
• Oversee the development of software & software tools used for monitoring uptime & service outages in design, infrastructure, & platforms. Diagnose & resolve systemic obstacles that prevent your team from delivering high-quality software.

What we need from you

Requirements: 

Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related IT field & five (5) years of post-baccalaureate, progressive experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer or in a related role. In lieu of a Bachelors degree & five (5) years of experience, will accept a Masters degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or related IT field & three (3) years of experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer or in a related role.

• Experience with: 

• Discrete Simulation & Modeling; Modeling of Information Computation & Communication; 
• Cryptography & Computer Networks; 
• Operating Systems & Database Management Systems; 
• Design & Analysis of Algorithms; 
• Formal Program Development; and, 
• Network Security.

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About Sumo:

We are a cloud-native SaaS machine data analytics platform - logs, time series metrics, & security analytics. We were founded in 2010 by experts in log management, big data, security systems, & enterprise-scale applications. Customers love our product because it allows them to easily monitor & optimize their mission-critical, large scale applications.

Our Customers:

We serve DevOps, SecOps & ITOps teams. Customers love our product because it allows them to easily monitor & optimize their mission-critical, large scale applications.

Mission:

Democratize machine data analytics through our platform, bringing real-time data insights securely through the cloud.

Massive Scale:

Our microservices architecture in AWS ingests hundreds of terabytes daily across many geographic regions. Millions of queries a day analyze hundreds of petabytes of data.

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