Cribl Salary

💰 $131K–$173K salary range

Median: $159K  ·  Based on 45 public Cribl job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026

This Cribl salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Cribl

• Staff Software Engineer, Cribl AI — $225K–$265K · Engineering
• Manager, Software Engineering, Search Discovery — $215K–$255K · Engineering
• Staff Software Engineer, Core Platform — $205K–$245K · Engineering
• Sr Manager, Marketing and Operations — $145K–$228K · Marketing
• Regional Sales Director, Midwest (Strategic) — $200K–$215K · Sales
• Regional Sales Director, Ohio Valley (Enterprise) — $200K–$215K · Sales
• Sr Machine Learning Engineer, AI Research — $185K–$215K · Engineering
• Sr Software Engineer, Cribl AI — $185K–$215K · Engineering
• Sr Staff Information Systems Engineer — $136K–$213K · IT & Security
• Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure — $160K–$210K · Engineering

Cribl salary by department

• engineering: $213K median · $265K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Cribl AI (view JD) (11 roles)
• sales: $150K median · $190K top base — Sales Engineer, Storage & Analysis (West region) (view JD) (20 roles)
• it & security: $128K median · $213K top base — Sr Staff Information Systems Engineer (view JD) (6 roles)

Cribl salary by seniority

• Mid: $161K median · $190K top base — Sales Engineer, Storage & Analysis (West region) (view JD) (5)
• Senior: $159K median · $228K top base — Sr Manager, Marketing and Operations (view JD) (14)
• Staff: $172K median · $265K top base — Staff Software Engineer, Cribl AI (view JD) (7)

Cribl salary — lead & management

• Manager: $150K median · $255K top base — Manager, Software Engineering, Search Discovery (view JD) (13)

Cribl salary by location

• Remote: $150K median · $228K top base — Sr Manager, Marketing and Operations (view JD) (33 roles)

Remote work at Cribl

100% of Cribl's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Cribl looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: MEDDPICC (9) · AWS (7) · Node.js (6) · Azure (5) · TypeScript (4) · JavaScript (4) · CI/CD (4) · GCP (3) · Terraform (2) · React (2).

Benefits & perks at Cribl

Commonly listed: dental (32) · 401k (32) · life-ins (32) · pto (32).

About Cribl

Cribl is Series E stage · 501–1,000 employees · founded 2018 · HQ San Francisco, California. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Cribl

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 8+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 3 that do, Bachelor's is most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 71% of these postings reference equity. Equity is not included in the medians above.

Cribl total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: 100% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Cribl hiring activity

Cribl has 45 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 45 public job postings with disclosed pay. 24 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (37 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Cribl pay?
The median pay is $159K, with a typical range of $131K–$173K, based on 45 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Cribl?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Staff Software Engineer, Cribl AI, at $225K–$265K base.

Which team pays the most at Cribl?
The engineering team, at a $213K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 45 public Cribl job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 1, 2026.

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