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R&D Staff Software Engineer

at VMware

📍 USA-CA - Promontory E Hybrid 💰 $141K – $226K USD / year Posted March 13, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $141K – $226K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 12+ years
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

About this role

This role involves leading the development of high-performance, cloud-scale microservices for telemetry, security, and analytics, focusing on resilience, scalability, and secure data processing.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead microservices design
  • Architect scalable cloud solutions
  • Mentor engineering teams
  • Optimize telemetry and security pipelines
  • Collaborate on high-performance system development

Technical Overview

The position requires expertise in microservices architecture, distributed systems, cloud-native design, and proficiency in Go, Python, C++, with experience in telemetry and security data management.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior backend engineer with over 12 years of experience, proficient in Go and Python, with strong leadership skills in designing cloud-native, distributed microservices architectures for high-scale analytics and security solutions.

Must-Have Skills

12+ years of software development experienceExperience leading backend systemsProficiency in Go and PythonExperience with microservices architectureExperience with distributed systemsDesigning cloud-native solutionsAPI design expertise

Nice-to-Have Skills

Security expertiseTelemetry data analysisC++ development

Tools & Platforms

gRPCProtobufCloud platformsTelemetry tools

Required Skills

MicroservicesDistributed systemsCloud-native architectureAPI designgRPCProtobufGoPythonC++TelemetrySecurity

Hard Skills

MicroservicesDistributed systemsCloud-native architectureAPI designgRPCProtobufGoPythonC++TelemetrySecurity

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringproblem-solvingdeep technical analysiscollaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Technology, Cloud, Security
Job Function Leading development of cloud-native microservices for telemetry and security analytics

Keywords for Your Resume

MicroservicesDistributed systemsCloud-nativeAPI designgRPCProtobufGoPythonC++TelemetrySecurityHigh-performance computingScalabilityResilience

Deal Breakers

Less than 12 years of experience, No experience with microservices or distributed systems, Lack of leadership experience, No proficiency in Go or Python

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