Illumio · 1 day ago
Sr. Software Engineer - Backend Java
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expIllumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. The Sr. Software Engineer will develop containerized services for a distributed system, mentor junior engineers, and own critical features throughout the software development lifecycle.
Cloud SecurityCyber SecurityData CenterSaaSSecurity
Responsibilities
You will be developing containerized (micro) services and the associated components for a distributed multi-tenant system that process data and real time events and systems/asset/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
You will mentor junior engineers, new-grads, and interns to help them grow as engineers and become productive members of the team
You will primarily write code in Java (using spring boot framework) and work with data pipelines using Kafka/SQL or other types of interfaces
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 very usable and supportable software, providing delightful experience to our customers
Own quality in all aspects of the development process, as we do early developer testing and functional/integration as well as performance testing to ensure we build robust and resilient products
Partner with Product Management to review and refine requirements that exceed our customers’ expectations
Develop deep understanding of the fundamental problems our customers need solved through interaction with stakeholders and peers
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent degree
5+ 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 in Java and spring boot or Golang
REST API client experience
Unix/Linux programming environment experience
Preferred
Experience with networking and security controls
Our platform is K8s based so experience delivering a containerized service is desired
CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible are nice to have
General TCP/IP networking knowledge
Company
Illumio
Illumio, the breach containment leader
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$557.5MKey Investors
Thoma BravoJ.P. Morgan Asset ManagementGeneral Catalyst
2021-06-23Series F· $225M
2019-02-07Series E· $65M
2017-06-07Series D· $125M
Leadership Team
Andrew Rubin
CEO & Founder
Ben Verghese
Chief Technology Officer
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