DigitalOceanRemote
Senior Software Engineer, Security Products
United States
Full-time
2 days ago
$141,000 - $176,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
GoJavaScript/Node.jsKubernetesApache FlinkKafkaCloud platformsInfrastructure as CodeAnalytical skillsProblem-solvingCommunication skillsJavaScriptAIAnalyticsNode.jsAWSAzureGCPTerraformHelmCommunicationCloud SecurityWAF
About this role
DigitalOcean is a cutting-edge technology company focused on simplifying cloud and AI for builders. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain security products and infrastructure that protect their platform and customers' data.
Responsibilities:
- 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
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Knowledge of cryptography and secure communication protocols
- Contributions to open-source security projects