Senior Software Engineer

Tanium; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 293,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Medical/Dental/Vision

Family planning

Health Savings Account

Flexible spending account

401(k) with company match

Life Insurance

Disability coverage

Employee assistance programs

Well-being benefits

Job summary

Tanium, the Autonomous IT company, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Durham, NC, with a focus on building scalable, secure software in a hybrid environment. You will design, develop, test, and deploy products from ground up while iterating with product management and customers for feedback and input.

Ideal candidates have 8–12 years of production software experience, strong distributed systems background, and proficiency in Go, C++, Java, or Python, plus familiarity with Docker,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 8–12 years of professional software engineering experience
• Experience designing and implementing distributed systems or large-scale, high-availability apps
• Experience with full software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment
• Preferred: cybersecurity/SaaS/enterprise software experience
• Preferred: cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Proficient in one or more modern languages (Go, C++, Java, Python)
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes; CI/CD pipelines and automated testing

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust, scalable software features and systems across full SDLC
• Architect technical solutions balancing performance, reliability, and security
• Collaborate with product management, UX, and engineers to define requirements and estimates
• Lead code reviews and raise engineering standards
• Identify and resolve complex defects and performance bottlenecks
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers
• Contribute to improving processes, tooling, and development practices
• Partner with security and infrastructure teams for secure deployment

Skills

Go

C++

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Git

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

The Basics

As a Tanium Senior Software Engineer, you will be tasked with building and maintaining best‑of‑breed products as part of a small and nimble development team. Tanium focuses on a strong customer engagement model and feedback process to ensure our products are designed the right way from the beginning. When new product ideas are identified, our software engineers are responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying the products from the ground up, while continuously iterating with product management and customers for feedback and input.

This position follows the Company’s hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the office at one of the following locations a minimum of three days per week: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; or Emeryville, CA.

What You’ll Do

• Design and develop robust, scalable, and maintainable software features and systems across the full software development lifecycle
• Architect technical solutions that meet complex product requirements while balancing performance, reliability, and security considerations
• Collaborate with product management, UX, and peer engineers to define requirements, estimate effort, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule
• Lead code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to elevate engineering standards and promote best practices across the team
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex software defects and performance bottlenecks in both development and production environments
• Mentor and support the growth of junior and mid-level engineers through knowledge sharing, pairing, and technical guidance
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes, tooling, and development practices to increase team velocity and code quality
• Partner with security and infrastructure teams to ensure software is developed and deployed in alignment with Tanium's security and compliance standards

We’re looking for someone with

• Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
• Experience
  • 8–12 years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production-quality software
  • Demonstrated experience designing and implementing distributed systems or large-scale, high-availability applications
  • Experience with the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, and deployment
  • Preferred: Experience working in a cybersecurity, SaaS, or enterprise software environment
  • Preferred: Familiarity with cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
  • Other
    • Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Go, C++, Java, Python, or similar
    • Strong understanding of software design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
    • Experience with version control systems, particularly Git, and collaborative development workflows
    • Preferred: Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
    • Preferred: Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks

About Tanium

Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. As Al accelerates both innovation and risk, Tanium Atlas, the company's autonomous operating system, puts the full depth of the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform behind every IT and security operator - human and agentic. Tanium provides the real-time intelligence, agentic decision‑making, and autonomous execution operators needed to detect, decide, and remediate at machine speed across their endpoint estate.

The company is recognized as a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Management Tools, as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Client Endpoint Management Software for Windows Device Management 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment, and as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™. Endpoint Management Platforms, Q2 2026.

To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business, visitwww.tanium.comand follow us onLinkedInandX.

On a mission. Together.

What You’ll Get

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $191,000 to $293,000. This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience.

In addition to an annual base salary, team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of the following:

• equity awards
• medical, dental and vision plan
• family planning benefits
• health savings account
• flexible spending account
• transportation savings account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
• life
• accident and disability coverage
• business travel accident insurance
• employee assistance programs
• disability insurance
• other well-being benefits

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