Staff Software Developer

Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information across enterprises, governments, and consumers.

Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend harnesses AI to protect organizations and individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints.

The Trend Vision One™ enterprise cybersecurity platform accelerates proactive security outcomes by predicting and preventing threats across the entire digital estate and environments like AWS, Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA.

Proactive security starts here. TrendMicro.com

Location: This is a hybrid role with a minimum in-office requirement of 3 days per week in the Ottawa, ON office located at 40 Hines Rd, Ottawa, ON K2K 2M5.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a Staff Software Developer to lead the development and optimization of our Trend Vision One. In this role, you will be instrumental in setting the technology direction, driving innovation, and making key architectural decisions. Your deep understanding of software development, system design, and strategic problem-solving will be crucial as you collaborate with various teams to ensure our solutions are scalable and sustainable.

Responsibilities:

• Design and architect robust, scalable software systems for the Trend Vision One, aligning with business goals and performance metrics.

• Develop and implement critical software components and systems, focusing on quality and scalability.

• Mentoring other engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

• Collaborate with product management, UX/UI designers, SRE, and other stakeholders to refine project specifications and convert them into actionable plans.

• Analyze and optimize systems to ensure performance, scalability, and maintainability.

• Oversee the development of infrastructure as code, ensuring robust, scalable, and secure deployments.

• Conduct code reviews and establish standards for code quality, documentation, testing, and maintenance practices.

• Address complex troubleshooting and debugging tasks, providing strategic solutions and improvements to prevent future issues.

• Engage in strategic discussions to enhance product development processes and implement best practices across the organization, particularly in collaboration with the SRE team to ensure system reliability and performance.

• Participate in on-call rotations to support critical system issues, ensuring high availability and performance.

• Encourage continuous learning within the team, promoting the adoption of new technologies and methodologies to stay ahead of industry trends.

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of experience in software development with a strong track record in architectural design and system optimization.

• Expertise in backend development with proficiency in Go, Java, JavaScript, Python or similar languages.

• Extensive experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, and REST APIs in a cloud-native environment (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Demonstrated capability in leading projects and making critical software engineering decisions.

• Proficiency in designing and implementing automated CI/CD pipelines.

• Proven ability to leverage AI coding assistants (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, etc.) to accelerate development and explore multiple implementation approaches in parallel.

• Leverage AI tools throughout the development lifecycle while maintaining architectural consistency and code quality standards.

• Ability to perform thorough and detail oriented reviews when evaluating AI generated code whith a focus on assessing architectural fit, system context, and edge cases.

• Deep understanding of software engineering principles, advanced design patterns, and best practices.

• Strong skills in mentoring engineers.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and strategic planning abilities.

• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, capable of working effectively across different teams and disciplines, including close collaboration with SRE teams.

• A continuous learning mindset with a passion for tracking industry trends and leveraging emerging technologies.

What We Offer You:

You're important to us. What matters to you, matters to us too. Trend Micro provides benefit options for you and your family.

• Group benefits program with health and dental coverage

• Telehealth Virtual Health Services

• Life Insurance

• Short & Long Term Disability 

• Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leave

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Mental Health Wellness Program

• Wellness Incentive Program

• Retirement Savings Programs with company match

• Paid Time Off

• 14 Annual Holidays

• Tuition Assistance

• Employee Resource Groups

We offer competitive compensation with bonus opportunity tied to company performance, along with room to enhance your skills through ongoing learning and broad technological opportunities. Achieving work-life balance is a priority, complemented by team activities, fostering an environment rooted in equity, inclusion, and collaboration, that is reflected in both our culture and our work.

Trend Micro Canada has been recognized as one of the National Capital Region's Top Employers. If you're curious to learn more, click the link below to discover why joining Trend Micro could be the perfect career move for you: Trend Micro Top Employer

Be Passionate. Be Innovative. Be a Trender.

No sponsorship will be provided for work permit applications or renewals for this position now or in the future.

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