Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. *****Eligible candidates will be based in Krakow and will graduate in 2026** **Role Summary** You will experience Splunking and what defines our culture while honing the skills which separate our development teams from others. Working to support internal and external customer needs, you will collaborate with multi-functional teams and gain insight into our values-driven process. You will work on complex problems, potentially expanding beyond your team's codebase. **What you'll get to do** + Collaborate with peers, field teams, and customers to understand and encapsulate the use cases into industry standard benchmarks. + Work with Performance Stability & Reliability (PSR) senior leads and involve in customer engagement proof-of-concept projects to get direct exposure to the usage patterns we strive to satisfy. + Drive projects to integrate benchmarking into our continuous integration and test automation frameworks. At Splunk, each and every release of our software is highly scrutinized to meet the demands of our customers. + Work with various profiling tools to identify performance and concurrency bottlenecks, and propose and implement optimizations to improve the Splunk product. + Code and improve sizing and capacity calculators for key Splunk applications on the cloud. **Must-have Qualifications** A Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or a related technical field **Nice-to-have Qualifications** We’ve taken special care to separate the must-have qualifications from the nice-to-haves. “Nice-to-have” means just that: Nice. To. Have. So, don’t worry if you can’t check off every box. We’re not hiring a list of bullet points–we’re interested in the whole you. + 2+ years of experience with software engineering processes, agile development, and test development + Familiarity with object-oriented programming concepts, large-scale software architecture, networking and distributed systems, and UNIX/Linux environments + 2+ years of experience in one or more of the following programming languages including but not limited to Go, C++, Java, Python, Javascript + Experience with scripting languages (Python) and compiled languages (C/C++) + Familiarity with tools and technologies like Git, AWS, Linux, Docker and Artifactory + Experience in tackling problems of load, scale, and optimizations of complex large-scale deployments + Ability to find root cause of performance bottlenecks with profiling tools, pstack, qmlprofiler **Splunk is an Equal Opportunity Employer** At Splunk, we believe creating a culture of belonging isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s also the smart thing. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging to ensure our employees are supported to bring their best, most authentic selves to work where they can thrive. Qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Note: **Base Pay Range** Poland Base Pay: PLN 108,000.00 - 148,500.00 per year Splunk provides flexibility and choice in the working arrangement for most roles, including remote and/or in-office roles. We have a market-based pay structure which varies by location. Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location as set out above, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. **In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for incentive compensation and may be eligible for equity or long-term cash awards.** Benefits are an important part of Splunk's Total Rewards package. This role is eligible for a comprehensive, competitive benefits package which may include healthcare and retirement plans, paid time off, wellbeing expense reimbursement, and much more! Learn more about our next-level benefits at https://splunkbenefits.com (https://www.splunk.com/en\_us/careers/benefits-wellbeing.html?301=/benefits) .