Principal API Engineer

SonicWall

full-time

Posted on: 9/24/2025

Origin: • 🇨🇦 Canada

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CloudDistributed SystemsGo

About the role

Drive development of the control plane behind the Zero Trust platform—a highly available, scalable system enabling secure access across global environments
Architect and own the API layer that orchestrates all activity across our distributed system
Hands-on coding and technical leadership role contributing directly to platform scalability, security, and extensibility
Mentor engineers and lead a team of offshore Go developers with strong communication and time zone flexibility
Ensure API security and lead secure coding practices
Ensure API documentation is created and remains up to date
Provide mentorship to a growing team and provide an opinion on CI/CD/CT
Collaborate with engineers on a vision and follow a pragmatic plan; lead API as a product

Deep expertise in API design, Go programming, and distributed systems
Strong experience with SaaS application development and secure cloud-native design
Proven ability to translate business objectives into technical architecture
Experience supporting full API lifecycle: design, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Passion for collaborative development and mentoring across teams
Strong opinions (loosely held) on infrastructure, DevOps, and release pipelines
Clear, structured thinking and the ability to communicate well across time zones
10+ years of professional software engineering experience
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience
Experience in leadership roles, including mentoring or managing distributed engineering teams