Senior Software Engineer – Cloud

🕒 March 27

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ExtraHop

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501 - 1000 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🔐 Security

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $41M Series C on 2014-05

Cybersecurity • Security • Enterprise

ExtraHop is a company that specializes in providing security and network management solutions, leveraging real-time analytics to help organizations detect and respond to cyber threats. By utilizing machine learning and other advanced technologies, ExtraHop offers deep visibility into IT infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and robust security. Their platform aids enterprises in monitoring traffic patterns and identifying unusual activities to protect against data breaches and other cyber risks.

📋 Description

• Own the architecture, development, and operation of scalable, secure, and fault-tolerant cloud services, with accountability for performance and reliability in production. • Drive technical design and architectural decisions for distributed systems, influencing patterns, standards, and long-term platform evolution. • Lead complex initiatives end-to-end, from design through deployment and ongoing optimization, ensuring alignment with business and technical priorities. • Build and scale cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm) and container orchestration (Kubernetes), improving system resilience and efficiency. • Advance cloud security and compliance practices, embedding secure design principles, IAM controls, and encryption into all layers of the platform. • Improve system observability and operational excellence, implementing robust monitoring, alerting, and incident response strategies. • Drive DevOps maturity, optimizing CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies to support rapid, reliable delivery. • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and security teams to define solutions and resolve complex system-level challenges. • Mentor and guide engineers, providing technical direction, code reviews, and support for skill development while raising the bar for engineering quality. • Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies, making pragmatic decisions that improve system performance, scalability, and developer productivity.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). • 6–8+ years of software engineering experience, with significant focus on cloud infrastructure and distributed systems. • Proven ability to independently design, build, and operate production-grade systems at scale. • Strong proficiency in Go, Python, or similar languages, with experience building distributed services. • Deep expertise in Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm). • Strong experience with AWS services (EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, SQS, IAM), including designing and operating systems in production. • Demonstrated ownership of systems, including on-call, incident response, and long-term reliability improvements. • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguous, complex technical challenges. • Effective communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across teams. • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits • Flexible PTO, Sick Time Prorated Based on Date of Hire, and All Federal Holidays (US Only) + 3 Days of Paid Volunteer Time • Non-Commissioned Positions may be eligible to participate in the Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan • FSA and Dependent Care Accounts + EAP, where applicable • Educational Reimbursement • 401k with Employer Match or Pension where applicable • Pet Insurance (US Only) • Parental Leave (US Only) • Hybrid and Remote Work Model