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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