Senior AI Platform Engineer: Telemetry & Observability

Cribl; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 185,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

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 help bring AI-powered features into our observability products. You will work with a founding team and skilled engineers to design, develop, and deploy end-to-end AI integrations that solve real customer problems in production.

You will prototype new AI features, build robust React UIs and backend services, and stay current with advancing AI technologies. This remote-first role emphasizes collaboration across distributed teams and practical product

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 UI

Backend APIs

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

Go

Java

MCPs

Agent frameworks

Orchestration

LLM-based systems

ML experience

Observability

Tools

React

Job description

Cribl is seeking a senior software engineer to help bring AI-powered features into our observability products. You will work with a founding team and skilled engineers to design, develop, and deploy end-to-end AI integrations that solve real customer problems in production.

You will prototype new AI features, build robust React UIs and backend services, and stay current with advancing AI technologies. This remote-first role emphasizes collaboration across distributed teams and practical product