hello world. i’m the manager of the search and indexing team at splunk. our team is responsible for the amorphous category of “data processing and storage.” this includes such tasks as character set normalization, grouping multiple consecutive lines into logical events, timestamp extraction, metadata extraction, indexing and storage on the input side. on the retrieval side, we maintain the APIs to access the index and all the various transformations that fall under the label “reporting,” like automatic key/value extraction methods that take raw text and produce semi-structured data. we have more problems to solve than people to solve them, so we’re looking to grow our team in the near future. below are some of the positions that we’re hiring for, but if you’re smart, clever and creative, we probably have a spot for you.

Indexing Architect
We’re looking for an exceptionally talented engineer to drive the design, implementation and maintenance of our core indexing and search technology. The right candidate will have significant experience writing high performance C/C++ code that interacts with the file system at low levels.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of relevant industry experience.
• Expert level knowledge of C/C++ programming and a deep understanding of multi-process, highly concurrent software design.
• BS/MS Computer Science/Engineering. PhD is welcome.
• Experience in algorithm and data-structure design.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Search and Indexing Engineer (all levels)
We’re looking for an exceptionally talented engineers from recent college grads to seasoned software veterans to contribute technically to Splunk’s Search and Indexing team. The right candidate will care deeply about writing high-quality, efficient and maintainable software.

Qualifications

• Strong background in C/C++ programming.
• BS/MS Computer Science/Engineering or related field. PhD is welcome.
• Understanding of algorithmic complexity and data-structure tradeoffs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Data Mining Architect
Do you love data? Terabytes of semi-structured, inconsistent, machine-generated data? If you’re creative and have inspired ideas of how to