Staff Engineer - Cloud Security
Develop and operate Go-based, containerized microservices for a distributed cloud security platform processing real-time telemetry and events. The role requires 8+ years building scalable systems, cloud API experience, and strong programming, networking, and operational ownership.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop containerized microservices for a distributed, multi-tenant system processing real-time events, network telemetry, and data from multiple public clouds.
- Provide real-time cloud security insights, visibility, and recommendations that help customers identify and minimize risk.
- Design, present, implement, deploy, and operate critical services and subsystems across the full software development lifecycle.
- Write primarily in Go and work with data pipelines using SQL and other interfaces.
- Use Kubernetes as the service infrastructure platform.
- Own code quality through developer, functional, and integration testing.
- Partner with Product Management and stakeholders to clarify and refine requirements.
- Mentor junior engineers, new graduates, and interns.
- Participate in operational ownership and improve software supportability and resilience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or an equivalent degree.
- 8+ years of experience building distributed and scalable software and systems.
- Experience with Go and SQL.
- Experience using AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud at the API/programming level.
- REST API client experience.
- General TCP/IP networking knowledge.
- Experience in a Unix/Linux programming environment.
- Willingness to learn continuously and work collaboratively.
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree.
- Networking and security controls experience.
- Experience delivering containerized services.
- CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible experience.
Skills
Go, SQL, Kubernetes, AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, REST APIs, CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, TCP/IP, Unix/Linux, Distributed Systems, Containerization
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