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# Sales Engineer, SLED (Midwest/Southeast) at Cribl

- **Company:** Cribl
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $140k–$182k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-28
- **Apply:** https://cribl.io/job-detail/?gh_jid=6227896004

## Job description

Join the company that’s building the telemetry infrastructure for the AI era. At Cribl, we partner with IT and Security teams at many of the world’s biggest enterprises, including half of the Fortune 100, to bridge the gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. As the AI Platform for Telemetry, we give customers the choice, control, and flexibility to manage and analyze telemetry for both humans and agents, so they can build what’s next.

We’re one of the fastest‑growing private companies and a leading player in a massive, fast‑moving market. With a global workforce, we’re remote‑first and grounded in a simple idea: software is a people business. Cribl is the place where curious, collaborative people can do their best work, grow fast, and bring their full selves to the herd.

Location: Remote – United States (Strong preference for candidates located in the Midwest or Southeast)

## Why You'll Love This Role

As a Solutions Engineer, you'll get to flex your technical chops and storytelling skills by helping customers uncover the full potential of Cribl in real-world environments. With the freedom of remote work and the excitement of solving unique data challenges, every day brings something new—and impactful.

As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will...

- Help customers understand the value of Cribl during the sales process
- Demo the product suite and answer technical questions during pre-sales motions
- Lead the proof-of-concept experience through guided sessions with prospects
- Act as an ongoing, trusted technical advisor to existing customers, understanding their environment and how Cribl can continuously add value
- Document interesting domain use cases in blog posts and product documentation
- Travel up to 30% to support customers and marketing events
- We are a remote-first company and work happens across many time-zones - you may be required to occasionally perform duties outside your standard working hours

If You've Got It - We Want It

- Experience with Logs, Metrics, IT Operations and Security
- Background of successfully selling deals to SLED customers
- Background in Sales Engineering, Professional Services, or Support
- Experience working with multiple environments (AWS, Azure, on-prem) and operating systems (proficiency with Linux a must)
- Working knowledge of JavaScript, Regex, and KQL
- Prior Cribl product experience. Even better if you have feedback!
- Experience working remotely with travel to support in-person meetings and events
- You reside in the Southeast or Midwest United States

## #LI-JK1

#LI-Remote The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location and will be based on the individual candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

In addition to base salary, for sales and some sales-adjacent roles, employees are eligible to earn incentive compensation (commission). For all other roles, employees are eligible to participate in the Cribl Corporate Bonus Program.

In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), and equity.

Base Salary Range $140,000—$182,000 USD

Bring Your Whole Self

Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.

Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at [cribl.io/about-us](https://cribl.io/about-us/).

## About Cribl

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cribl is the AI Platform for Telemetry, providing a vendor-agnostic platform to manage, route, shape, store, and analyze IT and security telemetry data at scale.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E, $3.5B valuation as of January 2026)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Clint Sharp, Dritan Bitincka, and Ledion Bitincka

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: IT operations, observability, security (SIEM/SOC), data infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large enterprises (50% of the Fortune 100), government agencies
- **Mission / purpose**: "Give customers the choice, control, and flexibility to manage, investigate, and analyze telemetry for both humans and agents, with no lock‑in, no data loss, and no compromises."

## Products & Services
- **Cribl Stream**: Data routing and shaping pipeline for collecting, processing, and forwarding telemetry to any destination.
- **Cribl Edge**: Lightweight agent for collecting and forwarding telemetry from edge environments.
- **Cribl Search**: Vendor-agnostic search-in-place analytics tool that queries data across multiple sources without moving it.
- **Cribl Lake**: Low-cost object storage tiering for telemetry data.
- **Cribl Lakehouse**: Next-generation architecture for IT and security data combining lake storage with query capabilities.
- **Cribl.Cloud**: SaaS platform for onboarding data to logging tools, metrics databases, and cloud data warehouses.
- **Agentic AI enhancements**: AI-powered investigations and automation for SREs and security teams.

All products are offered as SaaS, self-managed software, or hybrid deployments.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $3.5 billion (Series E, January 2026)
- **Key Metric**: $300M+ Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) as of December 2025
- **Total Funding**: $319M Series E (Jan 2026), $150M Series D (led by Tiger Global Management), $200M Series C (led by Greylock and Redpoint Ventures), $35M Series B (led by Sequoia Capital), $7.4M Series A, $4M Seed
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Redpoint Ventures, Tiger Global Management, CRV; customers include half of the Fortune 100
- **Growth Signals**: Surpassed $300M ARR; previously grew 70%+ YoY; achieved FedRAMP Authority to Operate (March 2026); ranked #1 on Forbes’ List of America’s Best Startup Employers (2024); 1,400+ employees

## Competitive Advantages
- **Vendor-agnostic architecture**: No lock‑in to any single data platform or cloud provider.
- **Search-in-place capability**: Query data where it resides (cheap storage, existing tools) without costly data movement.
- **End-to-end telemetry platform**: Combines ingest, routing, storage, search, and AI in one unified product suite.
- **Enterprise scale**: Proven with 50% of the Fortune 100 and government agencies (FedRAMP authorized).

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-era infrastructure**: Building the telemetry foundation for copilots, agents, and AI-driven investigations.
- **Agentic AI enhancements**: Adding autonomous investigation and automation features to Cribl Search.
- **Product expansion**: Growing Cribl Lakehouse and Cribl.Cloud for simplified data management.
- **Government and regulated markets**: Leveraging FedRAMP authorization to expand in the public sector.
- **Continued growth**: Scaling headcount, ARR, and customer base while maintaining a strong culture.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes “Get Real” (authenticity), “Output > Input” (results over hours), “Excellence over Perfection” (progress over polish), and “All Hooves on Deck” (collaboration).
- **Remote-first**: Designed for asynchronous work, detailed documentation, and life‑friendly flexibility. Company and team offsites happen a few times a year.
- **Career growth**: Rotational programs, mentorship, clear career pathways, and a focus on helping employees “do your best work.”
- **Perks & benefits**: Competitive salary, stock options, comprehensive benefits tailored by country. 9 Employee Resource Groups with >45% employee participation.
- **Engineering focus**: “Build high-quality products that empower customers”; bar raisers given projects, guidance, and roadmaps.
- **Awards**: Voted best place to work by Forbes, with strong employee satisfaction scores.

## Sources
1. [cribl.io/about-us](https://cribl.io/about-us/)
2. [cribl.io](https://cribl.io/)
3. [cribl.io/careers](https://cribl.io/careers/)
4. [cribl.io/careers/culture-at-cribl](https://cribl.io/careers/culture-at-cribl/)
5. [cribl.io/careers/engineering](https://cribl.io/careers/engineering/)

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