Sr Software Engineer, Cloud - Fusion (Hybrid, Sunnyvale)

Description

The company is a cybersecurity leader that protects the people, processes and technology of modern organizations. Since 2011 it has stopped breaches with an AI-native platform, and it serves customers in all industries.

The team builds large-scale distributed systems that handle almost 3 trillion events per day, and that volume grows every day.

Staff are expected to help build a culture of responsible AI use, experimentation and innovation, applying an AI-first approach to move faster, learn and solve hard problems.

The team's product gives all users of the company's core platform orchestration and workflow capabilities. It also gives partners plug-and-play access to core building blocks and key feature components.

Customers use the product to automate 80% of breach remediation actions. It is a tier one offering and one of the most heavily used products in the suite. It also runs the workflows of a sibling product, which lets users build custom security apps by choosing options from dropdown menus through exposed APIs. The team is now connecting it to agentic workflow development to extend next-gen SIEM functionality.

The role is a Senior to Principal (Level 7) backend software engineer position. You will be an experienced backend microservices developer with cloud engineering knowledge, experience designing and building user-facing features or expertise in fine-grained auth, and a track record of custom API development and high-scale event processing on a message queue such as Kafka. Careful attention to performance, reliability and scalability matters most here.

Responsibilities

• Build highly fault-tolerant Golang microservices that add features to the product and its supporting ecosystem
• Support ultra-high-volume Kafka event pipelines that manage customer workflows
• Work with industry-leading technologies such as Apache Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Redis and others
• Take part in cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects
• Investigate critical production issues and build the fixes

Requirements

• Experience building streaming platforms at scale, including systems that process over a trillion events per day
• At least 7 years of overall applicable experience in a technical role, with typically 10 to 16 years of experience on average
• 5+ years of recent experience building event-driven, microservices-oriented architectures
• Expert knowledge of at least one backend language: Go, Scala, Java, Node.js or Python
• Proven expertise in distributed systems, microservices and REST APIs
• Production experience with a commercial cloud: AWS, Azure or GCP
• A BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Experience with both SQL and NoSQL databases
• Proven experience using AI technologies to improve decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, raise efficiency and drive business outcomes
• Bonus points: knowledge of Knative or similar open source serverless infrastructure frameworks
• Bonus points: contributions to the open source community, such as on GitHub, Stack Overflow or through blogging
• Bonus points: a Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• Bonus points: Golang experience
• Bonus points: prior experience in cybersecurity

Conditions

This is a hybrid role with 2 to 3 days in the office at the Sunnyvale, CA location

The base salary range for U.S. candidates is $140,000 to $215,000 per year, with placement based on factors such as experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status and location

Eligibility for bonuses and equity grants applies, along with a comprehensive benefits package

Right to work information is provided for applicants

The company is an equal opportunity employer that makes employment decisions based on valid job requirements and does not discriminate on protected characteristics

Requisition codes: LI-MP2, LI-DG1, LI-HTF

Benefits

• Market-leading compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays
• Paid parental and adoption leave
• Professional development opportunities for all employees, regardless of level or role
• Employee networks, geographic neighborhood groups and volunteer opportunities
• Office with world-class amenities
• Certified as a Great Place to Work across the globe
• Benefits package including health insurance, 401k and paid time off