It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.The RoleAt Proofpoint, you will find an environment where innovation comes from creative collaboration and where everyone is empowered to go fast and have fun. If you find joy in making the impossible possible you will feel right at home with our team! The Security Products and Services Group is the core of Proofpoint's success, and you will be contributing to our efforts to do what we do, even better. If you are excited about delivering high performance scalable solutions that protect Fortune 500 companies and stops the bad guys, this is the place for you.As a Staff Software Engineer?on the Core Detection team, you will be focused on the back-end systems that power our industry leading products focused on email Security. These highly sophisticated systems are responsible for protecting the corporate email platform of some of the largest brands in the world. We are looking for someone who is an outstanding team player with a positive attitude, and high energy, to help us deliver state-of-the-art products. Your day-to-dayLead efforts to design, implement software and support systems using industry best-practicesCollaborate with engineers and business stakeholders to identify and implement software solutions to business problemsBuild automation tooling to help monitor production systemsAddress customer reported bugs and provide production supportDrive usage of best application patterns, technologies, and practicesDesign highly scalable and resilient applicationsMentor team membersWhat you bring to the teamWhen it comes to hiring, we value attitude and aptitude over number of years of experience with any specific tool or technology. We assume you know how to code; we're much more interested in how you design, collaborate, and deliver. Having said that, we are generally looking for the following skills and experience.Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar technical field of study10+ years of demonstrated experience building critical software productsExcellent coding experience with programming languages preferably Golang and JavaUnderstanding of highly distributed architectureExperience working with secured APIs (REST, GraphQL, etc)Cloud computing experience (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar)Docker and Kubernetes (desirable)Experience working with observability and monitoring tools (Grafana, Kibana, etc)Strong experience working with agile development teamsUnderstanding of best practices in performance tuningExcellent communication, planning and organizational skillsWhy ProofpointAs a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and developing great teams is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in many countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint's amazing culture!#LI-AN1If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
