Staff Software Engineer
194k – 233kSunnyvale, CAOnsite8+ YOE
Summary
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.
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 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.
Skills
GoSQLKubernetesAWSAzureGCPREST APICloudFormationTerraformAnsible
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