Job Description
Your Career We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer to join us to build the next generation Cloud Security to discover cloud resources, deploy & manage AI Runtime Security or software firewall and monitor & protect cloud networks. Our platforms represent the foundation of our network security and cloud offerings, providing you an opportunity to define the future of the cloud security industry and align your work with the company's Platformization strategy.
As a Principal Engineer on the Cloud Security team, you will bring innovation, thrive in an evolving and fast-paced environment to deliver creative, highly scalable and highly reliable cloud security services. We expect you to collaborate with cross-functional product management, development and quality assurance teams in developing and delivering products with the highest quality and velocity while ensuring security throughout the lifecycle.
To be successful in this position you must possess a deep understanding of cloud networking and have a passion for new technologies as well as strong coding and analytical skills for driving the end to end cloud security solutions in the full software development life cycle.
Your Impact - Set the example for high levels of accountability
- Technical leadership and end-to-end delivery of solutions in collaboration with cross-functional product management, development and quality assurance teams in a fast paced environment
- You will work to design, implement and troubleshoot next generation cloud security solutions
- Hands-on participation in developing next generation cloud security architecture
- You will participate in all phases of the product development cycle, from definition, design, through implementation and test
- Ensure the adoption of best practices in code quality, scalability and system design among team members
- Foster innovation in the organization
- Recruit and Mentor new team members
Qualifications: Qualifications
Your Experience - Excellent team player with strong coding, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Hands-on experience with cloud distributed systems and high scale designs and in developing high performance distributed software applications
- Strong proficiency in Golang or Python
- Hands-on experience in NoSQL, SQL databases
- Familiarity with event-driven architecture and message queues like Kafka, RabbitMQ
- Experience with backend development (Rest APIs, Databases, Serverless computing) of distributed cloud applications.
- Proficiency in Docker and Kubernetes ecosystems
- Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform
- Experience with CI/CD processes
- Good understanding of public cloud design considerations and limitations in areas of microservice architectures, security, global network infrastructure, distributed systems, and load balancing with strong cloud service trouble-shooting skills.
- Working knowledge of TCP/IP and Networking is plus
- Experience with cloud deployments on platforms like Azure, AWS, and GCP
- M.S/B.S degree in Computer Science or equivalent and 8+ years of relevant experience required.
- High energy and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with a can-do attitude
Additional Information
The Team Our engineering team is at the core of our products - connected directly to the mission of preventing cyberattacks. We are constantly innovating - challenging the way we, and the industry, think about cybersecurity. Our engineers don't shy away from building products to solve problems no one has pursued before.
We define the industry, instead of waiting for directions. We need individuals who feel comfortable in ambiguity, excited by the prospect of a challenge, and empowered by the unknown risks facing our everyday lives that are only enabled by a secure digital environment.
Compensation Disclosure The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $200 - $220/K YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
Our Commitment We're problem solvers that take risks and challenge cybersecurity's status quo. It's simple: we can't accomplish our mission without diverse teams innovating, together.
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