Senior Cloud Software Engineer – Hybrid/Remote

ExtraHop Networks, Inc.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Health benefits

Hybrid/Remote work model

401k match

Job summary

ExtraHop Networks, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud to own the design, delivery, and operation of critical cloud services.

You will drive architectural decisions, ensure reliability, and lead end-to-end initiatives with engineering, security, and product teams. You will mentor engineers, improve observability, and advance security across the platform, collaborating across teams to evolve our cloud capabilities and scale with business growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or related field.
• 6–8+ years of software engineering with cloud infra focus.
• Proven ability to design, build, and operate production-grade systems at scale.
• Strong Go or Python, and distributed services.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, development, and operation of scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant cloud services, with accountability for performance and reliability in production.
• Drive technical design and architectural decisions for distributed systems, influencing patterns, standards, and long-term platform evolution.
• Lead complex initiatives end-to-end, from design through deployment and ongoing optimization, ensuring alignment with business and technical priorities.
• Build and scale cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm) and container orchestration (Kubernetes), improving system resilience and efficiency.
• Advance cloud security and compliance practices, embedding secure design principles, IAM controls, and encryption into all layers of the platform.
• Improve system observability and operational excellence, implementing robust monitoring, alerting, and incident response strategies.
• Drive DevOps maturity, optimizing CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies to support rapid, reliable delivery.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and security teams to define solutions and resolve complex system-level challenges.
• Mentor and guide engineers, providing technical direction, code reviews, and support for skill development while raising the bar for engineering quality.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies, making pragmatic decisions that improve system performance, scalability, and developer productivity.

Skills

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Helm

AWS

Job description

ExtraHop Networks, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Cloud to own the design, delivery, and operation of critical cloud services.

You will drive architectural decisions, ensure reliability, and lead end-to-end initiatives with engineering, security, and product teams. You will mentor engineers, improve observability, and advance security across the platform, collaborating across teams to evolve our cloud capabilities and scale with business growth.