Senior Go Engineer - Distributed Systems & Cloud Security

Linuxconfig; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumio in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking engineers to build containerized services for a distributed multi-tenant system, processing real-time data and network telemetry across clouds for immediate risk insights and security guidance.

You will design, defend, and deliver robust features in Go, leveraging SQL data pipelines and Kubernetes, while mentoring junior engineers and owning the full software lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 2+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems.
• Passion for software development, willing to constantly learn, keeping up with technological trends, and working in a team setting.
• AWS / Azure / GCP cloud experience: Extensively used one of these platforms at the API/programming level.
• Our platform is K8s based so experience delivering a containerized service is desired.
• Experience in Go and SQL; REST API client experience; CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible are nice to have; general TCP/IP networking knowledge; Unix/Linux programming environment experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop containerized (micro) services for a distributed multi-tenant system processing data and real-time events and network telemetry from multiple public clouds to provide real-time insights, visibility, and security recommendations to customers.
• Design your service, defend the design/architecture before peers, and deliver a rock-solid implementation.
• Mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns to help them grow as engineers.
• Primarily write code in Go and work with data pipelines using SQL; leverage Kubernetes for service infrastructure.
• Own critical features and subsystems and own the entire software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment and usage by customers.
• Own operational aspects of the system and ensure robust, reliable software; contribute to code quality via early testing and integration testing.
• Partner with Product Management to refine requirements and meet customer expectations.
• Develop deep understanding of customer problems through stakeholder interaction and peer collaboration.

Skills

Distributed & scalable software

Go programming

SQL

REST API usage

Cloud experience

Unix/Linux programming

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent

Master's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

Terraform

Ansible

API development experience

Job description

Illumio in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking engineers to build containerized services for a distributed multi-tenant system, processing real-time data and network telemetry across clouds for immediate risk insights and security guidance.

You will design, defend, and deliver robust features in Go, leveraging SQL data pipelines and Kubernetes, while mentoring junior engineers and owning the full software lifecycle.