Senior Software Engineer - Java
$151,800–$209,300 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Design and build distributed backend services in Java, Python, and Go that power the dashboard and visualization layer for threat investigation. Go deep on hard engineering problems by understanding data pipelines, troubleshooting distributed systems, and optimizing latency. Contribute to design discussions to shape how systems are built, while reviewing teammate code with the same rigor as your own work. Participate in on-call rotations to investigate production issues, write root cause analyses, and implement improvements that prevent recurrence. Maintain technical fluency by sharing new patterns and tools with the team.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of engineering experience with a solid computer science foundation
- Strong Java proficiency (3–5 years hands-on)
- Real experience building and operating distributed systems in production
- Fluency with containerization and cloud infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS or GCP)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins or GitHub Actions) and cloud data stores (S3, DynamoDB, Redis, RDBMS)
- A polyglot mindset — you're not precious about languages or technology and you pick up new ones quickly
- The habit of writing code that's concise, readable, and easy for the next engineer to reason about
- Strong communication instincts — you ask good questions early, surface concerns before they become problems and give feedback that makes designs better
- A track record for being someone your teammates genuinely enjoy working with — collaborative, low-ego and generous with your time and knowledge
Desired Qualifications
- comfort reading and writing Python
- Kotlin
- Node.js
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