Citrix builds the secure digital workspace technology that frees 400,000 customers to do their very best work from anywhere. By joining our award-winning workplace, you'll be included in the globally diverse, collaborative team that values work-life balance. Come see why Fortune named us one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Let's innovate and grow together!

What we're looking for:

A Staff Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience with object-oriented programming languages. Someone who has gained hands on programming skills and has extensive knowledge of programming constructs, data structures, algorithms and scripting languages/framework with a strong passion for solving complex problems. We are looking for someone to drive and lead projects in the areas of distributed systems, machine learning operations, and security analytics. If you enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment to deliver innovative solutions, we'd love to speak with you!

Position Overview:

As part of the Citrix Analytics Service/Security organization, our Engineering and Data Science teams develop solutions to cyber security challenges by aggregating data across users, devices, networks, applications, and files and generate actionable insights. We employ statistical and Machine Learning techniques to provide visibility into user and application behavior and identify indicators of risk. Our solutions are cloud based, and across Citrix portfolio as well as third-party products. We are looking for a talented and highly motivated software engineering leader who is interested in taking on challenges associated with security, performance, scale, usability, and visibility of machine learning models in a distributed environment.

Role Responsibilities:

• Works closely with architects and product managers to understand the gaps in the product/solution, and leads the team in implementing those
• Designs and implements highly scalable batch and streaming spark applications
• Leads the deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of our analytics applications in a cloud environment
• Identifies and addresses performance and scale issues of spark applications
• Works on improving the infrastructure for optimally running Machine Learning pipelines
• Participates in and contributes to our quarterly project planning activities
• Strong team player who can lead a small team in delivering features

Basic Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree or equivalent in a technical field preferred, with at least 8 years of directly related work experience. Equivalent experience may be substituted for formal education

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid Computer Science foundations in Algorithms and Data structures
• Good understanding of Cloud technologies and hands-on development experience on AWS/Azure/GCP or similar cloud provider
• Experience with CI/CD tools and build systems such as Jenkins or similar
• Hands-on experience with Distributed Systems and Big Data
• Expertise in OOP and at least one language of Python, Java, Scala
• Proficiency with messaging systems such as Kafka
• Experience with database and query systems/software such as SQL, Druid, Hive
• Familiarity with Machine Learning methodology and operations
• Exposure to Agile Methodologies
• Familiarity with the Security concepts is a plus

Willing to consider 100% remote employees

Functional Area:
Software Development

What you're looking for:
Everyone is welcome at Citrix. We prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and a culture of belonging, and celebrate bringing our courageous, authentic selves to work. We believe this way of working helps us innovate, and it's just one of the reasons why our employees continuously recognize Citrix as a great place to work.

Citrix helps make work more sustainable to benefit the planet, our business, and our communities. For more than 30 years, we have empowered individuals and organizations to work remotely or work from anywhere, reducing commuting emissions and energy consumption in the process.

We are the #1 leader in Virtual Client Computing (VCC) and #2 in the Application Delivery Controller (ADC) space, and we have key partnerships with top cloud providers. We'll give you the tools, learning opportunities, mentorship, and flexibility to achieve your goals. Come see why you belong at Citrix, with our culture supporting purposeful innovation and growth from within.

The Benefits
We offer a competitive total rewards package* that includes:

• 18 weeks of paid parental leave
• Health and wellness benefits
• Employee assistance program
• Retirement benefits
• Education assistance
• Time off and absence programs
• Professional development and mentorship opportunities
• Paid volunteer time and charitable matching of employee donations
• Employee resource groups
• And more!

**Please note that benefits may vary based on location.

At Citrix, our employees perform extraordinary acts of creativity and service every day. We provide benefits and rewards that meet the diverse needs of our employees by offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and equitable rewards opportunities for all employees. In the state of Colorado, the salary for this role generally ranges from $143,600 -$179,500 but may vary depending on your qualifications including job-related education, training, experience, licensure, and certification, that could result at a level outside of this range. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus, sales incentives, and/or stock depending on the terms of the applicable plan and role as well as individual performance. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Citrix and the country where you work. U.S. based employees are typically offered access to healthcare, life insurance and disability benefits, 401(k) plan and company match, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), and education assistance program, among others.

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Citrix welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the job application process, please contact us at (877) 924-8749 or email us at [email protected] for assistance.

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