Senior Software Engineer; Hybrid - ES Threat Detections

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Hybrid) – ES Threat Detections

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This role is hybrid with a balance between onsite and remote work.

Meet the Team. The ES Threat Detections engineering team is home to promising talent and is pivotal in shaping the roadmap for Enterprise Security's content management. Their work on evolving detection methodologies positions them at the forefront of cybersecurity innovation, directly impacting how organizations detect and mitigate threats effectively.

The team consists of dedicated engineers who are not only technically skilled but also highly collaborative and fun to work with. They foster a high-performance culture that values innovation, teamwork, and continuous improvement, making it an exciting and rewarding environment.

We are a passionate, collaborative team that cares deeply about our customers and teammates. You will work directly with Product Management, Architects, Design, and other engineering teams to help derive the best experience for the customer.

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing team that delivers innovative AI/ML solutions r leadership will shape the AI strategy, guide scientific and engineering innovation, and ensure Splunk’s products remain at the cutting edge of cybersecurity and observability.

• Develop software consistent with design thinking principles, focusing on simplification, user experience, secure coding practices, and user privacy.
• Partner with design and product management to create the right solutions for customers.
• Write technical design documentation and contribute to user documentation.
• Debug and address software issues during development and in production systems to support customers.
• Bring new ideas for product innovation and improve software development processes.
• Recognized as an expert within Cisco and proactively resolve complex problems impacting business direction.
• Develop and deliver innovative strategies benefiting customers.
• Lead major business projects impacting regions or functions.
• Contribute to annual organizational objectives and priorities.
• Build long‑term relationships with stakeholders to ensure products reflect business needs.
• Translate strategic vision into technical priorities and align cross‑team.
• Drive features from design through completion.
• Lead implementation of software development lifecycle and agile strategies.
• Influence technical direction and deliverables across the function.
• Define trade‑offs and new product categories.
• Make design choices aligned with all Cisco offerings.
• Drives product success through metrics and adoption.
• Write clean code standards.
• Develop processes for issue identification, tooling, and continuous improvement.
• Represent team outputs at external events.
• Communicate priorities, deadlines, and shifts in requirements.
• Negotiate trade‑offs in timing, design, specifications.
• Mentor senior engineers and improve knowledge sharing.

• Bachelor’s degree + 12 years of relevant experience, or Master’s + 8 years, or PhD + 5 years.
• Experience incorporating AI coding tools to streamline development.
• Expert in Python, Java, C/C++, or similar.
• Expert in client‑side scripting and JavaScript frameworks (React, Backbone
  
  JS).
• Expertise in front‑end technologies (HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Design).
• Deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, RESTful APIs.
• Deep understanding of scalable distributed web applications.
• Experience integrating agentic AI and assistive AI into web applications.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
• Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• Extensive technical acumen serving as advisor to management.

• Proponent of test‑driven development (TDD) and CI/CD.
• Experience with secure coding practices.
• Familiarity with orchestration and cloud stack (K8s, Kinesis, Kafka).
• SIEM or data platform architecture experience.
• Detection Engineering/Threat expertise.
• Understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and TTP kill‑chain concepts.
• Hands‑on with SIEM detection languages (SPL, KQL, YARA,…