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Senior Software Engineer – Security Products
Company | DigitalOcean |
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Location | Seattle, WA, USA |
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Salary | $147070 – $183810 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to building products at security companies or within security functions.
- Expert-level Go and strong JavaScript/Node.js skills
- Proven track record of designing and implementing high-throughput, scalable systems with large data requirements
- Deep understanding of distributed systems: consensus, replication, partitioning, and consistency – Production Apache Flink and advanced Kafka experience processing high-volume event streams.
- Deep Kubernetes expertise running security-critical workloads at scale
- Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) with understanding of cloud security models, infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform, Helm, Chef)
- Experience building systems handling millions of events per second
- Familiarity with various security tools and technologies (e.g., SIEM, WAF, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners)
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly evolving environment.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop real-time security detection engines using Apache Flink and Kafka for threat detection at cloud scale
- Build high-performance security APIs and microservices using Go and JavaScript/Node.js
- Implement streaming analytics for security event correlation, anomaly detection, and threat intelligence
- Architect and implement security solutions running on Kubernetes at hyperscale
- Develop security data pipelines processing petabytes of logs, network traffic, and telemetry data
- Lead technical design for complex security platform features from conception to production
- Collaborate with security researchers, threat analysts, and cloud platform teams
- Mentor junior engineers on security engineering best practices and cloud-native development
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Knowledge of cryptography and secure communication protocols
- Contributions to open-source security projects