Senior Threat Intelligence Full-Stack Engineer

Proofpoint; Carson City (NV); On-site; USD 124,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible work environment

Global collaboration opportunities

Job summary

Proofpoint is hiring a hands-on software engineer in the United States to own full-stack development and database management for Threat Intelligence systems. You’ll build backend services in Python and Go, work with TypeScript/React on the frontend, and manage large PostgreSQL databases.

You’ll also oversee AWS infrastructure, including ECS, Aurora/RDS, and VPCs, while improving CI/CD, observability, and automation. A strong emphasis on reliability and security guides day-to-day work.

Qualifications

• Substantive Python experience in production or enterprise environments.
• PostgreSQL experience is required; other relational DBs considered.
• Hands-on AWS infrastructure management experience (EC2, RDS, VPCs, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain full-stack applications and backend services using Python, TypeScript, React, and Go.
• Own and manage large SQL databases backing applications and services for Threat Intelligence teams.
• Improve reliability, performance, and monitoring; enhance runbooks and dashboards.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and threat intel stakeholders to deliver actionable intelligence.
• Manage AWS infrastructure including VPC, ECS, Aurora/RDS, EC2, networking, SQS/SNS, and CDK.
• Follow CI/CD, observability, and monitoring best practices (GitHub Actions, CloudWatch/Grafana, Docker).

Skills

Python

PostgreSQL

AWS

Go

TypeScript

React

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

CDK

CloudWatch

Job description

Proofpoint is hiring a hands-on software engineer in the United States to own full-stack development and database management for Threat Intelligence systems. You’ll build backend services in Python and Go, work with TypeScript/React on the frontend, and manage large PostgreSQL databases.

You’ll also oversee AWS infrastructure, including ECS, Aurora/RDS, and VPCs, while improving CI/CD, observability, and automation. A strong emphasis on reliability and security guides day-to-day work.