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Senior Staff Software Engineer — Layer 7 Security

Santa Clara, United States of America💼 Full-time💰 $134,600–$134,600🗓 2026-09-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and develop next-generation Layer 7 security capabilities, defining architecture and leading high-performance distributed cloud security systems.

Role type

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Layer 7 Security)

Builds

Scalable, real-time, distributed cloud security systems

Domain

Cybersecurity, Networking, Distributed Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

C, Go, Unix/Linux systems programming, TCP/IP internals, network security technologies, multi-threaded/multi-process design, data structures, algorithms, system architecture

Preferred skills

Cloud platforms, containerized deployments, TLS/SSL internals, cryptography, HTTP protocols, Python for tooling

Technologies

C, Go, Unix/Linux, OpenSSL, TCP/IP

Responsibilities

Drive development of scalable real-time distributed cloud security systems; Define and implement robust high-performance system architectures; Set technical direction for critical components; Partner with product and security teams to translate requirements into designs; Lead end-to-end execution across the software development lifecycle; Establish engineering best practices for code quality and performance; Mentor engineers and elevate organizational technical capabilities; Identify architectural gaps and drive improvements; Serve as technical authority for debugging and performance tuning

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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