Senior AI Platform Engineer - Telemetry

Cribl; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 185,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

Short-term disability

Life insurance

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Fertility treatment benefit

401(k)

Equity

Job summary

Cribl is seeking a senior software engineer to shape the future of search and analytics for observability data. You will integrate cutting-edge Generative AI into Cribl products, build AI features end-to-end, and collaborate with design and product teams across distributed environments.

You will work closely with the founding team to prototype, design, and deliver AI-driven experiences, staying current with AI trends while ensuring scalable, reliable backend services and UIs.

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 features

React-based UI design

Backend services

Node.js

Go

Java

TypeScript/JavaScript

AI agent experiences

MCPs / Model Context Protocols

Data and infrastructure patterns

Problem solving

Communication skills

Tools

React

API design

Job description

Cribl is seeking a senior software engineer to shape the future of search and analytics for observability data. You will integrate cutting-edge Generative AI into Cribl products, build AI features end-to-end, and collaborate with design and product teams across distributed environments.

You will work closely with the founding team to prototype, design, and deliver AI-driven experiences, staying current with AI trends while ensuring scalable, reliable backend services and UIs.