Principal Software Engineer (Cloud Management)

About the role

The role will collaborate closely with senior engineers and, in some cases, operate independently to deliver security posture-related features in partnership with Product Line Management (PLM).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior engineers and, in some cases, operate independently to deliver security posture-related features in partnership with PLM.
• Work across the full software development lifecycle, including system design, implementation, deployment, and operational support for distributed cloud services.
• Contribute to requirements analysis, technical design, implementation, and operational support for cloud-based services.
• Leverage AI tools and agents to improve productivity across research, design, implementation, and operational support activities.
• Manage multiple concurrent tasks within a fast-paced development environment with ongoing CI/CD release cadence.
• Participate in the team's on-call rotation.

Requirements

• Strong programming and scripting skills (Golang, Python, etc.)
• Solid understanding of infrastructure and cloud environments (experience with k8s infra context and GCP preferred, AWS experience acceptable)
• Hands-on experience developing and operating cloud-based services
• Demonstrated willingness and ability to leverage AI tools and agents to improve productivity
• Experience with observability frameworks and operational monitoring for cloud-native services (metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting)

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate both high-level system architecture and detailed technical design
• Strong analytical thinking with close attention to implementation details
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

Skills

• Security Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with security best practices, risk assessment, and common threat models
• Configuration Schema Expertise: Experience working with configuration schemas such as JSON, YAML, or XML, especially in the context of security policy enforcement
• Understanding of security policies, access control models, and configuration profiles across operating systems, cloud environments, and enterprise applications

Benefits

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/commissioned 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( opens in new window).

Pay

$147,000.00 - $237,500.00/yr

Schedule

This role requires participation in the team's on-call rotation.

Is role eligible for Immigration Sponsorship?

Yes