Senior Staff Engineer Software (Cortex Platform & XSOAR)

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications
• Education & Experience: B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience, coupled with 5 to 7 years of professional software engineering experience building scalable server-side applications.
• Programming Expertise: 4+ years of extensive, hands-on programming proficiency in Go and Python.
• Cloud & Infrastructure: 5+ years of proven experience designing and working with distributed cloud products on major platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure), as well as containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Systems & Databases: Advanced proficiency in Linux/Unix operating systems (command line, networking, shell scripting) and solid experience with both RDBMS and NoSQL database technologies.
• Distributed Computing: Strong understanding of distributed computing environments, including the implications of the CAP theorem, master election, and split-brain problems.
• Operational Excellence: Proven experience with production troubleshooting and customer response.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Strong foundational computer science knowledge (e.g., lock-free data structures, bloom filters, minimal perfect hashing, consistent hashing).
• Familiarity with modern CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Hands-on experience working with AI tools and developing internal tools to streamline engineering workflows.
• A passionate, can-do attitude with a deep interest in tackling complex technical challenges within the fast-paced cybersecurity sphere.
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• Compensation Disclosure
• The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/com-missioned roles) is expected to be the annual range listed below. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found here.
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