Senior Software Engineer - C++ | TCP/IP

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About Skyhigh Security:

Skyhigh Security is a dynamic, fast-paced, cloud company that is a leader in the security industry.  Our mission is to protect the world’s data, and because of this, we live and breathe security. We value learning at our core, underpinned by openness and transparency. 

Since 2011, organizations have trusted us to provide them with a complete, market-leading security platform built on a modern cloud stack. Our industry-leading suite of products radically simplifies data security through easy-to-use, cloud-based, Zero Trust solutions that are managed in a single dashboard, powered by hundreds of employees across the world. With offices in Santa Clara, Aylesbury, Paderborn, Bengaluru, Sydney, Tokyo and more, our employees are the heart and soul of our company. 

Skyhigh Security Is more than a company; here, when you invest your career with us, we commit to investing in you. We embrace a hybrid work model, creating the flexibility and freedom you need from your work environment to reach your potential. From our employee recognition program, to our ‘Blast Talks' learning series, and team celebrations (we love to have fun!), we strive to be an interactive and engaging place where you can be your authentic self. 

We are on these too! Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter@SkyhighSecurity.

Role Overview:

In this role, you can expect to:

• Write code to design, develop, maintain and implement scalable, flexible and user-friendly software modules in a given product.

• Completes major portions of complex functional specs/design documents and/or maintenance assignments.

• Identify and suggest solutions to problems of significant scope while generating engineering test plans from functional specification documents.

• Develop secure and highly performant services and APIs

• Develop compute/memory efficient solutions that maintain system responsiveness under normal/peak processing.

• Use distributed computing to validate and process large volumes of data.

• Continuously scale our systems for additional users/transactions, reducing/eliminating latency.

• Collaborate with technical support and operations to deploy, monitor, and patch as necessary fixes and enhancements.

• Ensure the maintainability and quality of code.

• Evaluate technologies we can leverage, including open-source frameworks, libraries, and tools as applicable for new feature development.

To fly high in this role, you have:

• 5-8 years of programming experience in an enterprise-scale environment, with strong hands-on experience programming in C++ and scripting experience with Python/Bash

• Core Kubernetes skills, ability to automate and troubleshoot Kubernetes deployment.

• Familiarity of TCP/IP protocol stack, HTTP, DNS, and other related protocols

• Deep knowledge and strong hands-on development experience with JavaScript; comfortable using frameworks like React/Angular

• Strong hands-on development experience in networking and security systems and applications

• Strong code design, profiling and verification skills

• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms and designing for performance, scalability and availability

• Experience and comfort with various SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Strong experience in designing and building multithreaded distributed systems

• Experience in agile software development practices

It would be great if you also have:

• Development experience in API frameworks such as REST

Company Benefits and Perks:

We believe that the best solutions are developed by teams who embrace each other's unique experiences, skills, and abilities. We work hard to create a dynamic workforce where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.

• Retirement Plans

• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage

• Paid Time Off

• Paid Parental Leave

• Support for Community Involvement

We're serious about our commitment to a workplace where everyone can thrive and contribute to our industry-leading products and customer support, which is why we prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.

Our Commitment to You :

At Skyhigh Security, we are committed to creating a safe and trustworthy experience for our customers, employees, and candidates. Please be aware that fraudulent recruiting activity can occur through fake job postings or impersonated communications.

Skyhigh Security conducts interviews through professional channels only and does not use text messages, instant messaging, or group chats for interviews. We will never request sensitive personal information—such as your date of birth, Social Security number, or national ID number—during the interview process.

Skyhigh Security also does not require candidates to pay fees, purchase products or services, or process payments of any kind as part of the recruiting or hiring process. And Skyhigh Security will never keep any original work authorization documents that we may be required to review during the hiring process.