Principal Software Engineer (Redwood City, CA)

Job Description

• Design, architect and implement complex software and framework to deliver security analytics features primarily in SaaS and as needed in the Virtual Appliance form factors • Defines best practices for SaaS development to release and deliver complex functionality in a controlled and methodical manner with minimal impact to the customers • Influence and shape the future products by contributing to the architecture/framework across multiple product lines • Evaluate and recommend technology solutions to meet scalability and growth targets, create prototypes, create and carry out phased development and deployment plans • Lead a team software engineers in a cross functional environment to deliver on complex projects • Lead engineering efforts on customer issues, identify the root cause and deliver solution with high quality in a timely manner • Execute with agility in a fast paced environment

Qualifications

• BSc/BEng/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience • 10+ years of software development experience with 5+ years in the distributed system environment • Proficient with Python, Java, C/C++ or another modern OOP language used for scalable distributed system backend development • Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, cache such as Redis, message bus such as RabbitMQ etc. • Data analytics pipeline development for structured/semi-structured/unstructured data (security analytics preferred) • Cloud native development experience in any of AWS, GCP, Azure (AWS Preferred) • Experience delivering software with observability baked into the system including creation of observability dashboard, metrics, alerts etc in tools such as NewRelic, Splunk, DataDog etc.

Benefits

• Generous health benefits package • Competitive salary • Employee stock ownership program • Career growth opportunities