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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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