Software Dev Senior Engineer -Go and Cloud experience is a must
HybridBengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Summary
Design and maintain high-performance Go-based microservices for SonicWall's Network Security Manager, building RESTful APIs, real-time communication layers, and frontend components that integrate with the Unified Management platform. Lead end-to-end system design from requirements decomposition through deployment topology, while collaborating with product leads on roadmap feasibility and technical risk assessment. Validate, test, and debug code generated by AI tools, establishing coding standards and guardrails to mitigate OWASP Top 10 risks. Instrument services with structured logging, distributed tracing, and metrics using Open Telemetry, New Relic, and OpenSearch to ensure observability across cloud-native and on-premises environments.
Required Qualifications
- At least 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree
- 6 years and a Master's degree
- PhD with 3 years' experience
- equivalent experience
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Golang - 5 to 8 years of software development using Golang on Linux or MacOS
- Microservices - inter-service communication (gRPC/REST), event-driven patterns
- RESTful API design -versioning, security, OpenAPI specification
- WebSockets — real-time bidirectional communication
- mTLS & Certificate Trust - mutual TLS configuration, x509 certificate lifecycle, PKI integration, client identity verification
- Databases - MongoDB: Core operations - CRUD, aggregation pipeline, indexing strategies, Schema design, Query optimization
- Structured Logging & Observability - Open Telemetry - instrumentation code for distributed traces, metrics, and logs using the OTel SDK
- Structured Logging & Observability - New Relic - APM integration, custom dashboards, alert policy configuration, service maps for cloud-native workloads
- Structured Logging & Observability - OpenSearch - structured log ingestion, familiarity with OpenSearch Dashboards for observability workflows
- Cloud-Native Development - AWS & Kubernetes - AWS - EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, EMR, VPC, Security Groups, KMS, CloudWatch
- Cloud-Native Development - AWS & Kubernetes - Kubernetes - Service Mesh (Istio), Container Network Interface (CNI), eBPF, Secrets, RBAC, network policies, Pod Security Standards, Helm
- Familiarity with basic Networking Security Concepts - OSI & TCP/IP Model, Firewall & Traffic Control
- Familiarity with firewall policy lifecycle — creation, review, audit, and automated compliance checks
- Familiarity with SD-WAN and (IPSec/IKEv2/WireGuard) VPN topologies
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly troubleshoot and resolve issues in production environments
- Self-motivated, well-organized, and an effective team player in a globally distributed setup
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills — able to articulate technical decisions clearly to peers and stakeholders
- Proficient with Git and code versioning workflows
- Familiarity with Atlassian tools - JIRA for sprint and issue tracking, Confluence for documentation and knowledge sharing
- AI-Assisted Coding: Proficient use of AI coding tools is expected as a force multiplier applied with engineering rigor
- Critical validation - Identify and fix security vulnerabilities, logic errors, and inefficiencies in AI-generated code
- Iterative collaboration - Work with AI to refine, test, and improve code in small, reviewable chunks rather than accept large, unreviewed outputs
- Secure Coding - Hands-on knowledge of the OWASP Top 10, threat modelling and secure design code review
- Ability to design distributed systems at scale
- Experience designing multi-tenant SaaS architectures
- Familiarity with event-driven architecture at scale
- Collaborate with AI coding tools - validating, testing, debugging, refining generated code, establishing coding standards and AI guardrails
- Lead end-to-end system design — from requirements decomposition through to deployment topology, data modelling, and API contracts
- Collaborate with engineering managers and product leads on roadmap feasibility, effort estimation, and technical risk assessment
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Go-based microservices for NSM's cloud and On-Prem deployments
- Build and evolve RESTful API endpoints serving enterprise customers at scale
- Implement and maintain certificate-based connection trust (mTLS) for secure service-to-service and client-to-service communication
- Adopt a secure software development framework and ensure that the software development process addresses the OWASP Top 10 risks from design to delivery
- Instrument software services with structured logging, distributed tracing, and metrics using Open Telemetry, New Relic, and OpenSearch
- Contribute to both cloud-native (AWS/Kubernetes) and On-Prem microservice deployments, ensuring feature and security parity
- #LI-Hybrid
Desired Qualifications
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred
- equivalent experience preferred
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