Staff Engineer, Go & Kubernetes — Real-Time Cloud Security

Illumio; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Illumio in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking an experienced distributed systems engineer to build containerized microservices for a multi-tenant platform that processes real-time data and network telemetry across clouds to deliver real-time security insights and recommendations. You will design, implement, and own critical subsystems, while guiding junior engineers and collaborating with product teams.

You will primarily use Go and SQL, operate in a Kubernetes-based environment, and leverage cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent.
• 8+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems.
• Proficiency writing Go and SQL.
• Strong experience with AWS/Azure/GCP and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement containerized microservices for a distributed multi-tenant system.
• Defend design decisions and deliver robust implementations.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns to grow within the team.
• Own features end-to-end from requirements to deployment and usage by customers.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go programming

SQL

REST APIs

Cloud experience

Mentor teammates

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent

Master's degree a plus

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Docker

Job description

Illumio in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking an experienced distributed systems engineer to build containerized microservices for a multi-tenant platform that processes real-time data and network telemetry across clouds to deliver real-time security insights and recommendations. You will design, implement, and own critical subsystems, while guiding junior engineers and collaborating with product teams.

You will primarily use Go and SQL, operate in a Kubernetes-based environment, and leverage cloud