Staff Engineer - Cloud Security & Distributed Systems

Illumio; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cybersecurity company in Sunnyvale is seeking an experienced engineer to develop containerized microservices for data processing. This role involves mentoring junior engineers and owning software features across the development lifecycle. Candidates should have at least 8 years of experience in distributed systems and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), with strong skills in Go and SQL. Join a diverse and innovative team that is shaping the future of cybersecurity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in building distributed and scalable software.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP at the API level is required.
• Proficiency in Go and SQL is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Develop containerized microservices for data processing and real-time event handling.
• Mentor junior engineers, new grads, and interns.
• Own critical features and subsystems, handling the entire software development lifecycle.

Skills

Building distributed systems

Software development

Networking knowledge

Cloud experience with AWS/Azure/GCP

Go programming

SQL

Containerized services

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent

Master’s degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

A leading cybersecurity company in Sunnyvale is seeking an experienced engineer to develop containerized microservices for data processing. This role involves mentoring junior engineers and owning software features across the development lifecycle. Candidates should have at least 8 years of experience in distributed systems and cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP), with strong skills in Go and SQL. Join a diverse and innovative team that is shaping the future of cybersecurity.