Software Engineer - Cloud Security

Illumio; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumio, headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a software engineer to build containerized services for a distributed multi-tenant system. You will design, defend architectures, and deliver robust implementations while mentoring junior engineers.

Key focus areas include Go and SQL, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). You will own features end-to-end and contribute to operational excellence in a collaborative team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent required.
• 2+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems.
• Proven passion for software development and collaborative team work.
• Experience with AWS/Azure/GCP at API/programming level.
• Kubernetes-based platform experience preferred.
• Proficiency in Go and SQL; REST API client experience.
• Unix/Linux development environment familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Develop containerized (micro) services for a distributed multi-tenant system.
• Design, defend, and deliver rock-solid implementations.
• Mentor junior engineers, new grads, and interns.
• Write Go code and work with data pipelines using SQL or similar interfaces.
• Own features and the full software lifecycle from requirements to deployment.
• Own operational aspects of the system and improve maintainability.
• Uphold code quality with early testing and integration tests.
• Collaborate with Product Management to refine requirements.

Skills

Go

SQL

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

REST API

Unix/Linux

Distributed systems

Networking basics

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent

Master’s degree a plus

Tools

AWS/Azure/GCP

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

Location: 5 on-site days a week in Sunnyvale, CA Headquarters.

Your Impact

• You will be developing containerized (micro) services for a distributed multi-tenant system that process data and real time events and network telemetry from multiple public clouds to provide real time insights, visibility, and security recommendations to customers so they can identify and minimize risk in the cloud.
• You will design your service, work out all of the details, defend the design/architecture before your peers, and deliver a rock-solid implementation.
• You will also mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns to help them grow as engineers and become productive members of the team.
• You will primarily write code in Go and work with data pipeline using SQL or other types of interfaces. We leverage Kubernetes for service infrastructure platform. We welcome people with backgrounds in other languages and technology stacks along with a desire to learn.
• Own critical features and subsystems and own the entire software development lifecycle, from clarifying requirements to ensuring their successful deployment and usage by customers.
• Own operational aspects of the system, being on the front lines and experiencing first‑hand the challenges of operating such a system, will make you understand how to write better more supportable software, like no other experience.
• Own code quality, as we do early developer testing and functional/integration testing to ensure we build robust and resilient products.
• Partner with Product Management to review, refine requirement that exceed our customers’ expectations.
• Develop deep understanding of the fundamental problems our customers need solved through interaction with stakeholders and peers.

Your Toolkit

• Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree. Master’s degree a plus
• 2+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems
• Passion for software development, willing to constantly learn, keeping up with technological trends, and working in a team setting
• AWS / Azure / GCP cloud experience:
• Extensively used one of these platforms at the API/programming level
• Experience with networking and security controls is a plus
• Our platform is K8s based so experience delivering a containerized serviced is desired
• Language requirements
• Experience in Go and SQL
• REST API client experience
• CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible are nice to have
• General TCP/IP networking knowledge
• Unix/Linux programming environment experience

This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.

For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Illumio will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.