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Cybersecurity, Software, Cloud Computing

Principal Software Engineer

California, United StatesRemoteFull TimePrincipal$158,735–$186,517 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

Barracuda, a leading cybersecurity company, seeks a Principal Software Engineer to design, develop, test, and deploy innovative security solutions. This role involves working closely with product managers and customers, utilizing advanced tools like Python, Java, AWS, and various datastores. The engineer will define strategy, break down business requirements into engineering specifications, and mentor team members on best practices. Responsibilities include troubleshooting complex scale and performance issues, understanding system dependencies, and staying current with security trends and vulnerabilities. A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and five years of software engineering experience are required.

Barracuda is a leading cybersecurity company providing complete protection against complex threats. Our platform protects email, data, applications, and networks with innovative solutions, and a managed XDR service, to strengthen cyber resilience. Hundreds of thousands of IT professionals and managed service providers worldwide trust us to protect and support them with solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use.

What you'll work on:

  • Work closely with product managers and customers to design, develop, test, and deploy new and innovative security solutions in a continuous delivery model.
  • Use advanced software engineering tools, such as Python, Java programming, Linux, bash scripting skills, expert API design (GraphQL, REST), architecture on AWS, streaming technologies (Kinesis, Kafka etc.), infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation), datastores (S3, Redshift, Aurora, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Delta Lake), and front-end technologies such as JavaScript, CSS, HTML, AJAX.
  • Partner with Product Managers and Product Owners to define strategy and business requirements.
  • Take business requirements for projects and break them down into manageable engineering requirements, develop functional specifications that can be delivered in an iterative approach, and serve as a subject matter expert for the team.
  • Mentor team members in engineering best practices and will be responsible for all aspects of design and development of new features/enhancements as well as troubleshooting and fixing product issues to resolve complex problems related to scale and performance.
  • Understand service wide ecosystem dependencies, impact, and how it integrates with other products.
  • Keep up to date with industry trends, developments, and recent security vulnerabilities that may impact the product. Telecommuting allowed pursuant to company policy.

Education Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, or related field.

Experience Requirements:

  • Five (5) year of experience as a Software Engineer or related occupation.
  • Must have experience with the following: programming language concepts (C++, Python, or Java); database concepts (SQL and MySQL); source control systems (Git and SVN); data structures and algorithms development and functionality; debugging and monitoring production services; designing technology stacks for various functionality; and distributed system (service-oriented architecture).

The anticipated salary range for this role is $158,735 – $186,517 USD. Actual compensation offered will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, and qualifications as they directly relate to the requirements of the position, the budget for the position, and applicable employment laws.

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