Senior AI-Platform Engineer (Observability & Telemetry)

Cribl; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 185,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Cribl is seeking a senior software engineer to lead AI feature development and integrate cutting-edge AI capabilities into its telemetry platform. You will contribute across product, backend, and frontend layers, shaping the future of AI-powered observability tools.

You will collaborate with the founding team and engineers, design scalable architectures, and deliver production-ready features. The role emphasizes remote collaboration and impact across Cribl's products.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building AI features end to end in production across product, backend, and model integration layers
• Proven fullstack experience, including designing and scaling React-based UIs and backend services or APIs, with strength in backend and systems thinking
• Deep expertise in TypeScript or JavaScript plus experience with at least one backend language or runtime such as Node.js, Go, Java, or similar
• Professional experience building AI agent-driven product experiences, including conversational interfaces, tool-calling patterns, RAG, prompt engineering, evaluation or guardrail techniques, and agent orchestration connected to reliable backend and data systems
• Professional experience with Model Context Protocols (MCPs), agent frameworks, orchestration layers, and integrating external tools and data sources into LLM-based systems
• Machine learning experience, ideally in applied settings where models or AI systems were shipped, integrated, evaluated, or operated in production
• Familiarity with data and infrastructure patterns for AI systems, including databases, APIs, observability, and integrating external tools, services, and data sources in production environments
• Ability to problem-solve from first principles, make sound engineering trade-offs aligned with product and business goals, and drive work independently through ambiguity
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to explain complex technical topics to cross-functional stakeholders in a remote or distributed environment

Responsibilities

• Productionize, launch, and operate AI-based technology integrations into Cribl's core products with the goal of solving real customer problems
• Partner with product & design leaders to prototype and experiment with new AI features
• Stay up-to-date with the latest AI technologies and trends

Skills

AI feature development

Fullstack experience

React-based UI

Backend services / APIs

TypeScript or JavaScript

Node.js

Go

Java

LLM-based systems

MCPs

agent frameworks

data systems integration

Machine learning production

communication skills

Job description

Cribl is seeking a senior software engineer to lead AI feature development and integrate cutting-edge AI capabilities into its telemetry platform. You will contribute across product, backend, and frontend layers, shaping the future of AI-powered observability tools.

You will collaborate with the founding team and engineers, design scalable architectures, and deliver production-ready features. The role emphasizes remote collaboration and impact across Cribl's products.