Staff Software Engineer – Data, Query Optimization, Schema Design

Tenable

Staff Software Engineer designing and maintaining scalable data solutions at Tenable. Focusing on cloud search solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams in cybersecurity.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeRemote • California, Maryland, Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $163,000 - $217,666 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudJavaKafkaKotlinKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Tenable is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our core product engineering team.
Focused on designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based, state-of-the-art search solutions on top of our customers' ever-evolving landscape of infrastructure in a scalable way.
A critical aspect of this job is to build and manage services around data handling.
This role centers on crafting the services that enable data ingestion, storage, querying, and retrieval at scale.
As a senior member of the team, you will have the opportunity to architect, design and implement features to help drive the overall architecture of our platform.
Collaborate with Product Managers, other engineers, designers, and stakeholders to continuously iterate on our products and drive consensus.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in Database performance tuning, schema design, query optimization in a distributed microservice architecture
8+ years of software development experience in enterprise development and a desire to lead
Experience in software development, particularly within a distributed, microservice architecture
B.S. degree in Computer Science or a directly related field, or equivalent work experience
Experience developing in Java or Kotlin, and a willingness to learn new languages as needed
Experience of working in containerized microservice architecture in Kubernetes
Experience in developing core libraries, infrastructure, and search engines
Cross-platform development is a big plus
Accountability for the behavior of your software in production
Experience coaching and leading mid-level and junior staff in the design, implementation, and execution of highly technical development projects
Experience in working in an Agile team, and an enthusiasm for working collaboratively within and across product teams
The ability to work independently and as a part of a team, and to lead/drive projects as necessary
Experience with operational datastores, Kafka, or similar
The desire to continuously learn and be exposed to new technologies

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
401(k) retirement savings with company match
employee stock purchase plan
employee referral program
flexible spending accounts
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
education assistance
parental leave
paid time off (PTO)
company-paid holidays
health and wellness events
community programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

database performance tuningschema designquery optimizationJavaKotlincontainerized microservice architectureKubernetescore libraries developmentinfrastructure developmentsearch engines

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationaccountabilitycoachingindependenceteamworkproject managementcommunicationenthusiasm for learningconsensus building

Certifications

B.S. degree in Computer Science