Senior Go Engineer for Cloud-Native Distributed Systems

Illumio; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumio is seeking a senior software engineer in California to design, build, test, and operate containerized Go services for a distributed, multi-tenant cloud security platform.

You will own features across the software development lifecycle, collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders, and mentor junior engineers and interns. This role emphasizes scalable systems, cloud platforms, and security-first engineering.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or an equivalent degree.
• At least four years of experience building distributed, scalable software and systems; a master's degree is a plus.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, Go, SQL, REST API clients, TCP/IP networking, and Unix/Linux.
• Kubernetes-based container service experience is desired.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and operate containerized Go services for a distributed, multi-tenant cloud security platform.
• Own features and the software development lifecycle, collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns.
• Work across cloud platforms and networking components as part of a security-focused product.

Skills

Go

SQL

Distributed Systems

Cloud Platforms

Kubernetes

REST APIs

TCP/IP Networking

Linux

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Go

Kubernetes

Unix/Linux

Job description

Illumio is seeking a senior software engineer in California to design, build, test, and operate containerized Go services for a distributed, multi-tenant cloud security platform.

You will own features across the software development lifecycle, collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders, and mentor junior engineers and interns. This role emphasizes scalable systems, cloud platforms, and security-first engineering.