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Sr. Staff Engineer

225k – 270kSunnyvale, CAOnsite12+ YOE
Summary

Designs and builds containerized microservices in Go for a Kubernetes-based, multi-tenant platform processing cloud telemetry for security insights. Requires 12+ years in distributed systems, cloud expertise (AWS/Azure/GCP), and mentoring juniors.

About the role

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 and architect the platform and subsystems, defend designs 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 and code quality, including early developer testing and functional/integration testing.
  • Partner with Product Management to review, refine, and set product goals.
  • Develop deep understanding of customer problems through stakeholder interaction.

Requirements

  • Experience: 12+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems.
  • Cloud: Extensively used AWS, Azure, or GCP at the API/programming level. Networking and security controls experience beneficial.
  • Platform: Kubernetes-based containerized platform experience desired.
  • Languages/Tools: Go, SQL, REST API client experience.
  • Environment: Unix/Linux programming, general TCP/IP networking knowledge.

Nice-to-Haves

  • PostgreSQL, Redis.
  • CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible.
Skills
GoSQLKubernetesAWSAzureGCPREST APIsPostgreSQLRedisTerraform
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