# Staff Software Engineer

**Company:** [Illumio](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/illumio)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $194k – $233k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Go, SQL, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, REST APIs, CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible
**Posted:** 2026-01-29

> Develops containerized microservices in Go for a distributed multi-tenant system processing cloud telemetry for security insights. Owns full lifecycle of features, operations, and mentoring; requires 8+ years experience with cloud platforms and Kubernetes.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop containerized (micro)services for a distributed multi-tenant system that processes data, real-time events, and network telemetry from multiple public clouds to provide real-time insights, visibility, and security recommendations.
- Design services, defend architecture before peers, and deliver rock-solid implementations.
- Mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns.
- Own critical features and subsystems through the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements to deployment and customer usage.
- Own operational aspects of the system.
- Ensure code quality with early developer testing, functional/integration testing.
- Partner with Product Management to refine requirements.
- Develop deep understanding of customer problems through stakeholder interactions.

## Requirements
- **Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent** (Master’s a plus).
- **8+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems**.
- Passion for software development, constant learning, and teamwork.
- **Extensive experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP at the API/programming level**.
- **Experience in Go and SQL**.
- **Experience delivering containerized services** (platform is Kubernetes-based).
- **REST API client experience**.
- Unix/Linux programming environment experience.
- General TCP/IP networking knowledge.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with networking and security controls.
- CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible.

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