Staff Software Engineer

Proofpoint; Córdoba; Hybrid; ARS 212,038,000 - 318,057,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Career success on your terms

Flexible work environment

Annual wellness days

Job summary

Proofpoint is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the D1X pipeline team and fortify the back-end systems powering our industry-leading email security products.

You will lead design reviews, mentor engineers, and collaborate on CI/CD and DataOps, with a focus on scalable distributed architectures and secure APIs across cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field
• 8+ years of professional software or data engineering experience, with at least 4 years on cloud data platforms
• Strong Python programming skills, plus proficiency in another language (Java and Golang preferred)
• Deep understanding of highly distributed architectures
• Experience with secured APIs (REST, GraphQL, etc)
• Cloud computing experience (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar)
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with observability/monitoring tools (Grafana, Kibana)
• Strong experience with agile development teams
• Knowledge of performance-tuning best practices

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of software and data pipelines using industry best practices
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor, conduct design reviews and guide junior engineers
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to translate business problems into technical solutions
• Establish data quality standards, validation frameworks, and SLA-driven alerting
• Troubleshoot production incidents and perform root-cause analysis
• Define and drive engineering best practices, code reviews, and DataOps principles

Skills

Python programming

Distributed architecture

APIs (REST/GraphQL)

Cloud data platforms

Docker & Kubernetes

Observability

Agile development

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Kibana

CI/CD tooling

Job description

About Us

Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

About Us

Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

How We Work

At Proofpoint you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values

• Bold in how we dream and innovate
• Responsive to feedback, challenges and opportunities
• Accountable for results and best in class outcomes
• Visionary in future focused problem-solving
• Exceptional in execution and impact

The Role

The Security Products and Services Group is the core of Proofpoint's success, and you will be contributing to our efforts to do what we do, even better. As a Staff Software Engineer on the D1X pipeline team, you will be focused on the back-end systems that power our industry leading products focused on email Security. These highly sophisticated systems are responsible for protecting the corporate email platform of some of the largest brands in the world. We are looking for someone who is an outstanding team player with a positive attitude and high energy, to help us deliver state-of-the-art products.

What You'll Do

• Lead efforts to design, implement software and support systems using industry best-practices
• Serve as a technical leader and mentor - conduct design reviews, guide junior engineers, and influence the team's technical roadmap.
• Collaborate with engineers and business stakeholders to identify and implement software solutions to business problems
• Establish and enforce data quality standards-implement validation frameworks, anomaly detection, and SLA-driven alerting to ensure data reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and drive preventive improvements.
• Define and drive engineering best practices code reviews, CI/CD for data pipelines, and DataOps principles

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or similar technical field of study
• 8+ years of professional software or data engineering experience, with at least 4 years focused on cloud data platforms.
• Strong Python programming skills. Proficiency in coding in any other language, preferably Java and Golang
• Strong understanding of highly distributed architecture
• Experience working with secured APIs (REST, GraphQL, etc)
• Cloud computing experience (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar)
• Experience in Docker and Kubernetes, preferred
• Experience working with observability and monitoring tools (Grafana, Kibana, etc)
• Strong experience working with agile development teams
• Understanding of best practices in performance tuning
• Excellent communication, planning and organizational skills

Why Proofpoint?

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits
• Career success on your terms
• Flexible work environment
• Annual wellness and community outreach days
• Always on recognition for your contributions
• Global collaboration and networking opportunities

Our Culture

Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone.

We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to [e-mail].