Senior Software Engineer - Network Security

Xage Security; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Full health, dental, and vision insurance

Visa transfers and immigration support

Close work with founders and executives

Early stage opportunity in a massive market

Job summary

Xage Security in Emeryville, California, is looking for a skilled software developer to champion the design of groundbreaking information security products using blockchain technology. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years of experience in networking, software development, and knowledge of secure coding practices.

Responsibilities include managing projects, maintaining deployment processes, and ensuring system reliability. Attractive perks include competitive salary, full insurance coverage, and early-stage opportunity for growth within a rapidly expanding market.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software development in networking.
• In-depth understanding of LAN, WAN, firewalls, routers.
• Expert skills in C++/Go/Java secure coding.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of projects and ensure high quality.
• Define and maintain deployment processes for solutions.
• Provide ongoing support to improve system reliability.

Skills

C++

Go

Java

Software development

Networking

Debugging

Troubleshooting

Linux OS

Multi-threading programming

Inter-process communication

Tools

tcpdump

wireshark

gdb

valgrind

Job description

About the Role

This is a software development role that gives the opportunity of championing the design of path‑breaking information security products that address key gaps in security for the Internet of Things. Xage’s product is a unique application of blockchain technology, which leverages the decentralization properties to put adversaries in a position of disadvantage. The role is pivotal to delivering thought leadership, reliability of the product and robustness of its design and architecture.

Perks

• Competitive salary and equity
• Full health, dental, vision insurance
• We will process visa transfers and immigration
• Work with founders and executives closely and participate in all aspects of company building
• Early stage opportunity in a massive sized market with proven traction and growing rapidly

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of projects and initiatives and ensure high quality of deliverables
• Define, develop and maintain the deployment process and tools for Xage solution spanning across both IT, OT and Cloud environments.
• Provide ongoing support and improve the system health and reliability
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and adopt best practices for highly scalable and distributed and autonomous systems

Skills And Experience

• 3+ years of experience in software development in networking using sockets, packet tracing, client/server
• In‑depth understanding and practical knowledge of LAN, WAN, firewalls, routers, VPN, IPSec, DPI
• Working experience on development frameworks such as Zeek, OVS‑DPDK, Strongswan
• Fundamental working knowledge on multi‑threading programming, inter‑process communication, socket programming, high performance and low latency programming
• Expert coding skills in C++/go/Java‑based secure coding, vulnerability assessment, threat analysis
• Hands‑on experience with application protocols HTTP, SSH and core concepts on Authentication, certificates, TLS, etc
• Experience in crypto, PKI, Microservice architecture and large scale infrastructure
• Highly focused on software quality, very strong debugging and troubleshooting skills using tools like tcpdump, wireshark, gdb, valgrind
• Strong communication skills and expert system level skills on Linux OS such as Ubuntu, Alpine, Red Hat Linux

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