
Senior Software Engineer, Security Products
DigitalOcean
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Colorado • Massachusetts • United States
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Salary
💰 $133,680 - $167,100 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design and develop real-time security detection engines using Apache Flink and Kafka for threat detection at cloud scale
- Build high-performance security APIs and microservices using Go and JavaScript/Node.js
- Implement streaming analytics for security event correlation, anomaly detection, and threat intelligence
- Architect and implement security solutions running on Kubernetes at hyperscale
- Develop security data pipelines processing petabytes of logs, network traffic, and telemetry data
- Lead technical design for complex security platform features from conception to production
- Collaborate with security researchers, threat analysts, and cloud platform teams
- Mentor junior engineers on security engineering best practices and cloud-native development
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to building products at security companies or within security functions.
- Expert-level Go and strong JavaScript/Node.js skills
- Proven track record of designing and implementing high-throughput, scalable systems with large data requirements
- Deep understanding of distributed systems: consensus, replication, partitioning, and consistency
- Production Apache Flink and advanced Kafka experience processing high-volume event streams.
- Deep Kubernetes expertise running security-critical workloads at scale
- Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) with understanding of cloud security models, infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform, Helm, Chef)
- Experience building systems handling millions of events per second
- Familiarity with various security tools and technologies (e.g., SIEM, WAF, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners).
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly evolving environment.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education
- Access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Flexible time off policy
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Hard Skills & Tools
GoJavaScriptNode.jsApache FlinkKafkaKubernetesTerraformHelmChefstreaming analytics
Soft Skills
problem-solvinganalytical skillscommunication skillsmentoringcollaboration