Position Details

Type Not Specified

Experience senior

Exp. Years 8+ years

Education B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Principal Backend Engineer for the Cortex platform, driving design, development, and scaling of backend services across XSOAR/XDR/XSIAM products and shared infrastructures.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end backend development
Collaborate across teams to shape product architecture
Drive production-grade excellence
Mentor engineers
Champion scalable backend design and reliability

Technical Overview

Lead backend architecture with Go/Python/Java, cloud-native deployments, microservices, REST APIs, CI/CD, IaC, and data-intensive pipelines; familiarity with Kafka/Splunk/Flink and BigQuery/Elasticsearch is a plus.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior to principal backend engineer with 8+ years of software experience, deep Go/Python/Java expertise, and strong cloud platform skills across AWS, GCP, and Azure. They should excel in distributed systems, microservices, and scalable backend design for cloud-native security platforms.

Must-Have Skills

8+ years of professional software engineering experienceProficient in one or more programming languages: GoPythonor JavaExperience with major cloud platforms (AWSGCPAzure)Strong understanding of microservices architecture (KubernetesDockerServerless)Distributed systems fundamentals (CAPdistributed databases)Proven track record designing scalable REST APIs and data pipelinesExperience with CI/CD and DevOps practicesNetworking basics (TCP/IPHTTP) and cloud networking concepts

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with KafkaSplunkor FlinkSQL and NoSQL databases (BigQueryElasticsearch)CI/CD tooling and IaC (TerraformCloudFormation)Monitoring/logging (PrometheusGrafanaELK/Fluentd)Graph databases

Tools & Platforms

PrometheusGrafanaKafkaSplunkFlinkBigQueryElasticsearchTerraformCloudFormation

Required Skills

8+ years of software engineering; GoPythonor Java; cloud platforms (AWSGCPAzure); microservices (KubernetesDockerServerless); distributed systems; REST APIs; CI/CD; IaC (TerraformCloudFormation); networking basics

Hard Skills

GoPythonJavaKubernetesDockerServerlessMicroservicesAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud PlatformAzureREST APIsCI/CDTerraformCloudFormationPrometheusGrafanaKafkaSplunkFlinkBigQueryElasticsearchSQL / PostgreSQL

Soft Skills

technical leadershipmentorshipcross-functional collaborationproblem solvingcommunicationdelivery-focusedquality mindset

Industry & Role

Industry SaaS

Job Function Develop and scale the Cortex backend platform and related product infrastructures

Role Subtype Backend Engineer

Tech Domains Go, Python, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, SQL / PostgreSQL, NoSQL databases, BigQuery, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Flink, REST APIs, CI/CD

Keywords for Your Resume

principal software engineercortex platformxsoarxdrxsiambackend engineerdistributed backendgopythonjavakubernetesdockerserverlessmicroservicesrest APIsci/cdterraformcloudformationawsgcpazureprometheusgrafanakafkasplunkflinkbigqueryelasticsearchGoPythonAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Cloud PlatformAzureKubernetesDockerREST APIsCI/CDTerraform

Deal Breakers

Not comfortable working on-site in Santa Clara, Less than 8 years of relevant backend experience

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