Senior Software Engineer

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

Job summary

Tanium is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain backend services powering its platform. You will work in a nimble team, iterating with product management and customers for feedback. The role requires designing and deploying scalable, secure services with modern tooling and AI-assisted coding support.

The position follows a hybrid schedule with three days in the office per week at Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; or Emeryville, CA. A strong customer engagement approach is valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 7+ years industry experience; 10+ preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of C++ and backend service design.
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS/Azure) and security primitives.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain Tanium's backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate with product management for feedback and iteration.
• Design, develop, test, and deploy new product ideas from ground up.

Skills

C++

Backend design

Cloud (AWS/Azure)

Security: TLS PKI

HTTP APIs

CI/CD: Git, GHA, Jenkins

AI tools integration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

CS Degree preferred

Tools

Git

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Senior Software Engineer

Build and maintain backend services powering Tanium's platform with customer-driven iteration

Location: Bellevue, WashingtonDurham, North CarolinaEmeryville, California

Compensation: $191,000 - 293,000 USD / year

About The Role

Tanium Senior Software Engineer

As a Tanium Senior Software Engineer focused on platform development, you will build and maintain best-of-breed services that power products as part of a nimble development team. Tanium focuses on a 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 design, develop, test, and deploy the products and supporting services from the ground up, while 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: Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; or Emeryville, CA.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintaining Tanium's servers and client alongside a highly agile development team
• Focus on a strong customer engagement model and feedback process to ensure our products are designed the right way from the beginning
• Design, develop and test new product ideas from the ground up while working with product management for feedback and input

We're Looking For Someone With

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• CS Degree or related technical field preferred

Experience

• 7+ years industry experience, 10+ preferred
• Advanced knowledge of C++
• Experience designing and building high-performance, secure, scalable, observable, supportable, and maintainable backend services and APIs
• Experience with public cloud technologies (e.g. AWS or Azure)
• Experience with cryptographic primitives, TLS, PKI
• Experience with HTTP API design and development
• Experience with modern software engineering development and automation tools like git, GHA and Jenkins
• Demonstrated experience integrating AI tools and technologies into software development, including AI-assisted coding and prompt engineering.

Other

• Demonstrates sound judgment for balancing between rapid development, and long-term code maintainability and supportability
• Communicates effectively, both technically and non-technically, as well as in written and oral forms
• Believes in the power of and the need for writing automated tests as part of development
• Skilled debugger who can put out fires under pressure when things go wrong in production environments
• Has knowledge of a variety of modern software frameworks (server side & browser side) and the versatility to learn new tools
• Detail-oriented and passionate for creating an awesome user experience

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, visit www.tanium.com.

On a mission. Together.

At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.

As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it's imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.

Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.

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 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, and other well-being benefits.

Tanium is an Equal Opportunity and Affir… All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected Veteran status, or other legally protected categories. If you require a reasonable accommodation in searching for a job opening, completing an application, interviewing, or completing any pre‑employment testing or requirements, please contact [e-mail]. For more information refer to the 'Know Your Rights' poster which is available here - https://www.eeoc.gov/poster.

Please be aware of job offers coming from people claiming to be Tanium employees. Tanium employees will only use @tanium.com email addresses to communicate with you, will have video interviews with you, and will never ask you for money.