Senior Staff Engineer - Cloud Microservices & Security

Illumio; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumio is seeking a software engineer to develop containerized microservices for a distributed multi-tenant system. You will process data and real-time events from multiple clouds to provide real-time insights and security recommendations.

You will design the service, defend the architecture, and deliver a robust implementation while mentoring juniors and interns. Go and SQL coding is central, with Kubernetes on the platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 2+ years building distributed and scalable software and systems.
• Go and SQL proficiency; experience with REST APIs and cloud platforms.
• Kubernetes-based deployment experience and containerized services.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and defend containerized microservices for a distributed multi-tenant system.
• Lead architecture discussions and deliver rock-solid implementations.
• Mentor junior engineers, grads, and interns to grow as engineers.
• Write Go code and work with data pipelines using SQL or similar interfaces.

Skills

Go

SQL

REST API

Kubernetes

Cloud experience (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Unix/Linux

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor’s in computer science

Master’s degree a plus

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Illumio is seeking a software engineer to develop containerized microservices for a distributed multi-tenant system. You will process data and real-time events from multiple clouds to provide real-time insights and security recommendations.

You will design the service, defend the architecture, and deliver a robust implementation while mentoring juniors and interns. Go and SQL coding is central, with Kubernetes on the platform.