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Senior Software Engineer

Illumio· Engineering
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Sunnyvale, California - HQ$172k - $198kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer at Illumio, focused on building containerized microservices in a distributed, multi-tenant system for real-time data processing, leveraging Kubernetes, Go and SQL, with ownership of features, architecture, and operational aspects.

Responsibilities

  • Develop containerized (micro) services for a distributed multi-tenant system that process data and real time events and network telemetry from multiple public clouds to provide real time insights, visibility, and security recommendations to customers so they can identify and minimize risk in the cloud.
  • Design your service, work out all of the details, defend the design/architecture before your peers, and deliver a rock-solid implementation.
  • Mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns to help them grow as engineers and become productive members of the team.
  • Primarily write code in Go and work with data pipeline using SQL or other types of interfaces. Leverage Kubernetes for service infrastructure platform.
  • Own critical features and subsystems and own the entire software development lifecycle, from clarifying requirements to ensuring their successful deployment and usage by customers.
  • Own operational aspects of the system, being on the front lines and experiencing first-hand the challenges of operating such a system, will make you understand how to write better more supportable software.
  • Own code quality, as we do early developer testing and functional/integration testing to ensure we build robust and resilient products.
  • Partner with Product Management to review, refine requirements that exceed our customers’ expectations.
  • Develop deep understanding of the fundamental problems our customers need solved through interaction with stakeholders and peers.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent degree. Master’s degree a plus
  • 4+ 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
  • Kubernetes experience; containerized service delivery
  • Go and SQL experience; REST API client experience; CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible are nice to have; General TCP/IP networking knowledge; Unix/Linux programming environment experience

Skills

Required:GoSQLREST APIKubernetes

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage
  • Health and Dependent Savings Accounts
  • Life and Disability Programs
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Voluntary Benefit Programs
  • Company Sponsored Wellness Program
  • Wellness Reimbursement Program
  • Retirement Savings
  • Equity Opportunities
  • Paid time off and Paid Holidays
  • Employee Incentive Program
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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