Sunnyvale, California - HQ On-site Full-time USD 194,000 – 233,000 / year

Illumio is hiring a Staff Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Developing containerized (micro) services for a distributed multi-tenant system
  • Processing data and real time events and network telemetry from multiple public clouds
  • Providing real time insights, visibility, and security recommendations to customers
  • Designing services, defending architecture before peers, and delivering robust implementations
  • Mentoring junior engineers, new-grads, and interns
  • Owning critical features and subsystems across the entire software development lifecycle
  • Owning operational aspects of the system, including firsthand experience with operational challenges
  • Owning code quality through early developer testing and functional/integration testing
  • Partnering with Product Management to refine requirements
  • Developing deep understanding of customer problems through stakeholder and peer interaction

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree
  • 8+ years building distributed & scalable software and systems
  • Passion for software development and willingness to constantly learn
  • Experience working in a team setting
  • Extensively used one of AWS / Azure / GCP at the API/programming level
  • Experience delivering a containerized service (desired, but listed as requirement context)
  • Experience in Go and SQL
  • REST API client experience
  • General TCP/IP networking knowledge
  • Unix/Linux programming environment experience

Nice to Have

  • Master’s degree
  • Experience with networking and security controls
  • Experience with Kubernetes
  • CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible are nice to have

Work Arrangement

On-site

Team

Structure: Engineering team driven by visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership

Your Toolkit

  • Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree. Master’s degree a plus
  • 8+ 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

Our Commitment

  • Illumio believes that an environment of unique backgrounds, experiences, viewpoints, and individual contributions creates a culture of belonging, drives our future, and makes us stronger together in support of our customers and their success.
  • All official job offers are extended directly by the recruitment team through an official E-Signature document.
  • No personal information is requested during offer extension; such details are collected only after background check completion during onboarding.
  • Candidates should be cautious of communications requesting personal details outside official processes.
  • Your security is important to us, and we are committed to a safe and transparent hiring experience.

Additional Information

  • This position involves access to software/technology subject to U.S. export controls
  • Any job offer is contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls
  • For roles in San Francisco and Los Angeles: Illumio will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to local Fair Chance ordinances
Required Skills
GolangSQLNetworkingKubernetes
About company
Illumio
Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments. Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience.
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Job Details
Department Engineering
Category backend
Posted 2 months ago