At SolarWinds, we're a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we ... Drive system reliability, scalability, and operability through strong design, observability, and ...
3 Solarwinds Site Reliability Engineer Jobs Hiring Near You
At SolarWinds, we're a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we ... Drive system reliability, scalability, and operability through strong design, observability, and ...
A strong understanding of IT infrastructure, incident management, and DevOps/SRE practices is a plus. * Excellent English communication skills, both spoken and written. * Proficiency in Salesforce ...
A strong understanding of IT infrastructure, incident management, and DevOps/SRE practices is a plus. * Excellent English communication skills, both spoken and written. * Proficiency in Salesforce ...
Drive system reliability, scalability, and operability through strong design, observability, and automation practicesPartner with peer engineering teams to define interfaces, evolve schemas, and ...
Drive system reliability, scalability, and operability through strong design, observability, and automation practicesPartner with peer engineering teams to define interfaces, evolve schemas, and ...
SolarWinds Jobs Information
Does SolarWinds pay people when they’re sick?
Yes. Most people get paid when they’re sick.
83% of people say they would get paid if they were sick but scheduled to work.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
83% of people say they would get paid if they were sick but scheduled to work.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
How easy is it to get time off at SolarWinds?
Most people find it easy to get time off.
67% of people report it’s easy to get time off.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
67% of people report it’s easy to get time off.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do SolarWinds managers change schedules at the last minute?
Most managers don’t change people’s schedules at the last minute.
100% of people say their manager doesn’t change their shift schedule at the last minute.
Based on data from 5 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
100% of people say their manager doesn’t change their shift schedule at the last minute.
Based on data from 5 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do jobs at SolarWinds spill into time workers aren’t paid for?
Sometimes. The job can spill into unpaid time.
60% of people report that their job takes up time that they don’t get paid for.
Based on data from 5 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
60% of people report that their job takes up time that they don’t get paid for.
Based on data from 5 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
How easy is it to take sick days at SolarWinds?
Most people find it easy to take sick days.
67% of people report that it’s easy to take time off if they are sick.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
67% of people report that it’s easy to take time off if they are sick.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do people at SolarWinds feel treated with respect by their managers?
Most people feel treated with respect by their managers.
83% of people say they’re treated with respect by their managers.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
83% of people say they’re treated with respect by their managers.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do people at SolarWinds get to take their breaks without interruption?
Most people get breaks without interruption.
67% of people report that they get to take their breaks without interruption.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
67% of people report that they get to take their breaks without interruption.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Is it stressful to work at SolarWinds?
Some people feel stressed here.
67% of people say they often feel stressed at work.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
67% of people say they often feel stressed at work.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do people at SolarWinds enjoy their jobs?
Most people enjoy their job.
67% of people report they enjoy their job.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
67% of people report they enjoy their job.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do people at SolarWinds recommend working with their team?
Only some people recommend working with their team.
50% of people report that they wouldn’t recommend working with their immediate team to a friend.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
50% of people report that they wouldn’t recommend working with their immediate team to a friend.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do people get enough training when they start at SolarWinds?
Some people didn’t get enough training when they started.
67% of people report they didn’t get enough training when they started working here.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
67% of people report they didn’t get enough training when they started working here.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do people get support to advance at SolarWinds?
Most people are given support to advance their career here.
In the last year, 67% of people report being given support to advance their career here.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
In the last year, 67% of people report being given support to advance their career here.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do people think SolarWinds’s headquarters understands what’s happening where they work?
Most people think headquarters doesn’t understand what’s happening where they work.
100% of people think that this employer’s headquarters or owners don’t have a good understanding of what’s really happening where they work.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
100% of people think that this employer’s headquarters or owners don’t have a good understanding of what’s really happening where they work.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
Do workers feel well informed about how SolarWinds is doing?
Most people feel well informed about how the company is doing.
67% of people feel that they are kept well informed about how the company is doing as a whole.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
67% of people feel that they are kept well informed about how the company is doing as a whole.
Based on data from 6 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between November 2024 and June 2026.
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SolarWinds rating
7.8
Based on 6 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
139th of 246 rated software companies
Job description
At SolarWinds, we're a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve-including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.
The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We're looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you're looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you've come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us!
Job Overview
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Platform R&D organization. In this role, you will help design, build, and evolve the core backend systems that power large-scale cloud services and data-intensive platform capabilities. You will work on distributed systems that ingest, process, store, and serve high-volume operational and telemetry data while helping ensure those systems are scalable, resilient, and cost-effective.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who enjoys solving complex engineering problems, raising the bar on architecture and operational excellence, and partnering across teams to deliver foundational platform capabilities used broadly across the business.
Key Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
All applications are treated in accordance with the SolarWinds Privacy Notice: https://www.solarwinds.com/applicant-privacy-notice
The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We're looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you're looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you've come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us!
Job Overview
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Platform R&D organization. In this role, you will help design, build, and evolve the core backend systems that power large-scale cloud services and data-intensive platform capabilities. You will work on distributed systems that ingest, process, store, and serve high-volume operational and telemetry data while helping ensure those systems are scalable, resilient, and cost-effective.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who enjoys solving complex engineering problems, raising the bar on architecture and operational excellence, and partnering across teams to deliver foundational platform capabilities used broadly across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement distributed backend systems that support high-throughput, low-latency data and service workloads
- Lead architecture and technical direction for services involved in data ingestion, transformation, storage, and serving
- Build and improve real-time and near-real-time data pipelines for large-scale platform use cases
- Drive system reliability, scalability, and operability through strong design, observability, and automation practicesPartner with peer engineering teams to define interfaces, evolve schemas, and support safe integration patterns across services
- Improve system performance across storage, compute, messaging, caching, and API layers
- Establish sound approaches for fault tolerance, failure recovery, rollout safety, and capacity planning
- Contribute to technical strategy and execution for platform modernization and backend architecture evolution
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers and raise engineering standards through design reviews, code reviews, and operational leadership
- Participate in incident response and post-incident improvement work, with a focus on durable fixes and stronger platform foundations
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience building and operating production backend systems at scale
- Strong experience designing distributed systems and understanding trade-offs around consistency, availability, durability, and performance
- Experience building data-intensive applications or platform services involving event-driven or streaming architectures
- Strong programming skills in one or more modern languages such as Rust, Go, Java, Python, or similar
- Experience with cloud-native infrastructure and containerized environments
- Experience with APIs, service-to-service communication patterns, and scalable data storage systems
- Strong debugging and performance tuning skills across complex, multi-service systems
- Demonstrated ability to lead technically across team boundaries and influence architecture without relying solely on authority
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with observability, telemetry, or large-scale data platform architectures
- Experience with stream processing, message brokers, and asynchronous system design
- Experience with distributed databases, analytical data stores, or high-scale storage systems
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and modern cloud platform operations
- Experience designing systems that balance reliability, cost efficiency, and developer velocity
- Experience building internal platform capabilities used by multiple product or engineering teams
- Experience with schema evolution, metadata management, or data modeling in distributed systems
- Experience leading cross-functional technical initiatives from design through rollout
SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
All applications are treated in accordance with the SolarWinds Privacy Notice: https://www.solarwinds.com/applicant-privacy-notice