Required Senior Software Engineer - CWPP Team
About the role:
As a Senior Software Engineer on the CWPP (Cloud Workload Protection Platform) team, youll be part of a core group responsible for protecting our customers cloud workloads at scale. Our team scans and analyzes a wide variety of cloud assets - from virtual machines and container images to object storage buckets and databases, to uncover vulnerabilities, secrets, misconfigurations, and other security risks.
This role offers a unique opportunity to build the infrastructure that powers our deep forensics engine. Youll help reconstruct customer file systems across multiple operating systems, extract OS-level and application-level metadata, and enable our security researchers to detect threats and vulnerabilities quickly and reliably. Your work will directly impact the safety and security of thousands of cloud environments worldwide.
Were looking for engineers who are passionate about operating system internals, large-scale distributed systems, and cloud security, and who want to make a meaningful impact by building robust, high-performance security platforms. This is also a great opportunity to take ownership, lead initiatives, and grow through collaboration, mentorship, and technical leadership.
Our Stack: Python, Linux & Windows internals, Container Runtimes, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, AWS, GCP, Azure
On a typical day youll:
Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services for scanning and analyzing cloud workloads (VMs, containers, buckets, databases, etc..)
Build infrastructure for reconstructing file systems across different operating systems (Linux and Windows) to enable deep analysis
Integrate security detection engines for vulnerabilities, secrets, compliance, and malware
Collaborate with security researchers and product managers to translate complex requirements into impactful product features
Write clean, efficient, and testable code, ensuring high performance and reliability
Participate in design and code reviews to uphold technical excellence and team standards
Lead features end-to-end - from design and planning to deployment and monitoring
Improve system observability, performance, and resilience in production environments
Stay current with developments in the cloud security landscape, vulnerability management, and OS internals.
Requirements: Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
5+ years of professional software development experience
Strong experience building backend services or distributed systems
Hands-on experience with Python
Solid understanding of operating system internals
Familiarity with vulnerability management concepts or tooling
Experience with major cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure)
Strong foundation in software design principles, concurrency, memory management, data structures, and algorithms
Passionate about building great products and solving real-world security challenges
Self-driven, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership and initiative
A strong communicator and a true team player who thrives in a collaborative environment
Bonus points for having:
Familiarity with container internals and runtime security
Experience with large-scale file system analysis, malware analysis, or digital forensics
Background in cybersecurity, especially in cloud security domains.
This position is open to all candidates.