Sr. Staff Engineer
Core
Define the next generation of Illumio's breach containment platform and services, establishing technical standards and driving architectural decisions for large-scale distributed systems.
Role type
Senior Staff/Expert-level Principal Architect (Distributed Systems & Cloud Security)
Builds
Large-scale, resilient, cloud-native backend services and microservices powering Illumio's breach containment platform
Domain
Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems
Required skills
Distributed systems design, Cloud-native architecture, Java/Go, Microservices, Kubernetes, API design, Technical strategy, System reliability, Mentoring
Preferred skills
Cybersecurity/Zero Trust product experience, Open-source contributions, Global scale experience, Thought leadership
Technologies
Java, Go, AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Microservices, Event-driven architectures
Responsibilities
Lead architecture and design of large-scale distributed systems, Drive long-term technical strategy across engineering organizations, Design highly scalable and observable backend services, Partner with Product, Security, and Infrastructure teams, Establish engineering frameworks and standards, Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers, Influence key technology decisions, Resolve complex architectural challenges, Champion engineering best practices, Represent architecture to stakeholders