Sr. Software Engineer

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Corporate Overview
Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.
 

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.
Protection Starts with People.  Proofpoint.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer for Data Plane at Proofpoint DSPM, you will have an opportunity to build the next generation cloud and data security solutions. You will develop efficient software to build an internal representation of complex and large cloud infrastructures to analyze risks and vulnerabilities. You will have an opportunity to learn the internals of major public cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc,) and put that into action developing product features.
 

You will lead, design and develop features on our scalable microservices based infrastructure, and deliver quickly using the newest CICD technologies to make a large impact.
 

If you want to be at the forefront of data security and want to work with an excellent engineering team to learn and grow your career, this may be THE opportunity you are looking for.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in building applications and services in one of AWS, GCP, and Azure

• 5+ years of experience building system or application software with modern technologies

• 4+ years of experience in Python or NodeJS is preferred, but not required.

• 2+ years of experience in cloud security is preferred

• Prior experience in Azure cloud is a plus

• Prior experience building SaaS products is a plus

• Strong software design, complexity analysis, development and debugging skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Good knowledge of cloud infrastructure, data security and privacy

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EECS or similar.

• Master or PhD degree in CS preferred.

Our culture encourages and respects people who are hands-on, honest, focused and committed. For this role, it entails:

• A deep understanding of whatever you are working on

• An intuitive understanding of ROI for your tasks

• Taking end-to-end ownership

• Strong ability to work independently and meet goals/ deadlines with minimal direction/ guidance

• Being extremely curious and hungry to make an impact

• Learning quickly, enjoy and taking pride in both identifying and solving problems

• Cautious confidence in building a product for tech savvy users

• Moving fast without compromising quality and future ability to scale

• Keeping things simple

Why Proofpoint
Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning lineup of cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success.  We’re a customer-focused and a driven-to-win organization with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.

We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!