Staff Engineer
194k – 233kSunnyvale, CAOnsite8+ YOE
Summary
Develops containerized microservices in Go for distributed multi-tenant systems processing cloud telemetry for security insights. Owns full lifecycle, operations, mentoring, with 8+ years experience in scalable systems and cloud platforms like AWS/GCP/Azure.
About the role
Responsibilities
- Develop containerized (micro)services for a distributed multi-tenant system processing data, real-time events, and network telemetry from public clouds to provide insights, visibility, and security recommendations.
- Design services, defend architecture with peers, and deliver robust implementations.
- Mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns.
- Own critical features and subsystems through the full software development lifecycle, from requirements to deployment.
- Own operational aspects of the system and code quality with early testing.
- Partner with Product Management to refine requirements.
Requirements
- 8+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems.
- Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent (Master’s a plus).
- Passion for software development and continuous learning.
- Extensive experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP at the API/programming level.
- Experience in Go and SQL.
- Kubernetes experience delivering containerized services.
- REST API client experience.
- General TCP/IP networking knowledge.
- Unix/Linux programming environment experience.
Nice-to-Haves
- Networking and security controls experience.
- CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible.
Skills
GoSQLKubernetesAWSAzureGCPREST APITCP/IPUnix/LinuxTerraform
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