Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Next Generation Firewall Enterprise

Socket.dev; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a software engineer to help build large-scale distributed systems and networking infrastructure. You will write code in Go, C++, and Python, review peers, and contribute to system health and debugging efforts.

The role emphasizes designing secure, scalable cloud networking solutions and collaborating across teams to deliver reliable products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (Go/Python) or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• 5 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or compute/storage/hardware architecture.
• 5 years of experience building and managing distributed software systems and infrastructure.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field is preferred.
• 5 years of experience with performance, large-scale data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms in academic or industry settings.
• Experience designing and building distributed systems and diagnosing network issues using debugging tools (e.g., PCAP).
• Experience in code/system health, diagnosis, resolution, and software test engineering.
• Knowledge of Google technologies and infrastructure across networking, security, operations, and SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code and review code for quality and testability.
• Contribute to documentation and educational content, updating it with product changes.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/resolve impacting hardware, network, or service operations.
• Implement high-quality solutions using Go, C++, Python, and more.
• Design reliable and performant solutions for Cloud Networking Security products.

Skills

Go

Python

C++

Distributed systems

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PCAP analysis

Job description

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Golang or Python), or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 5 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• 5 years of experience building and managing distributed software systems and infrastructure.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
• Experience in designing and building distributed systems, and ability to adapt to diagnosing network issues using debugging tools (e.g., PCAP analysis).
• Experience in code and system health, diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering.
• Knowledge of Google technologies and infrastructure including networking, security, corporate systems and infrastructure, system administration and operations, and the software development lifecycle.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

We are building the next gen firewall product that adds Layer 7 security for intrusion prevention and detection of threats and malicious attacks. We are working on the next set of problems and building out the capabilities necessary to ensure that our customers have the most reliable, performant, and secure environment in which to run their workloads.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Write product or system development code. Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Implement high-quality solutions using Go, C++, Python, and more.
• Design reliable and performant solutions for Cloud Networking Security intrusion prevention and detection products.

Learn more about benefits at Google [https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].