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Sr. Principal Engineer - Cortex Xpanse, Collections

Office - USA - CA - Headquarters💼 Full-time💰 $170,000–$170,000🗓 2026-05-07 → 2026-09-27

Core

Architect, scale, and orchestrate global internet-scale discovery and scanning infrastructure for the Cortex Xpanse Attack Surface Management platform.

Role type

Senior Principal Software Engineer (distributed systems)

Builds

Distributed backend scanning systems and high-throughput data pipelines for mapping the IPv4 and IPv6 internet

Domain

Cybersecurity / Internet-scale infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems design, Backend system architecture, Data pipeline engineering, Cloud platform expertise, API design, Technical leadership

Preferred skills

Golang, Java, Apache Beam, Kubernetes, Terraform, Low-level Internet protocols, Cybersecurity domain knowledge

Technologies

Go, Java, Apache Beam, GCP, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, BigTable

Responsibilities

Build and scale distributed backend scanning systems, Design and develop robust data collection pipelines, Investigate new data sources and perform data analysis, Take ownership of projects and drive them to production, Partner with leadership to define product strategy, Mentor and grow engineering talent

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership

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