Fortinet
Senior Software Engineer
Fortinet, Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Job Description
At Lacework (now part of Fortinet), we strive to provide a supportive, collaborative environment where people are empowered to do the best work of their careers.
Our team members enjoy solving complex problems, big sky thinking, and obsessing over getting the details right. We love what we do and are proud of our work to secure clouds and container environments for thousands of users worldwide.
About the team:
Lacework Agent is a crucial component of our cloud workload portfolio. It collects data with all the context needed for providing customers with complete runtime visibility into their security posture. It also feeds this data into various modeling algorithms that generate events to inform customers of any malicious activity that may occur within their workloads.
It is deployed on hundreds of thousands of machines and continues to scale. Key objective is to serve Cloud Security use cases without losing data fidelity while supporting a wide range of Kubernetes/cloud environments.
As a member of our team, we look first and foremost for people who are energized by solving business problems through high quality innovation and principled engineering practices while also possessing a deep sense of ownership over products that they build. You'll be required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle as well as partner continuously with your many stakeholders on a daily basis to stay focused on common goals.
We're looking for people who care about developing reliable, highly available and performant software with a keen eye towards operating under strong constraints for using system resources. The ideal engineer has a strong systems background and experience in dealing with Operating System primitives and internal data structures. Our highly collaborative environment requires clear, detailed communication and the ability to build relationships inside and across teams to achieve great results together.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for design, development, deployment and troubleshooting
• Responsible for unit, integration, functional and performance testing of their code
• Works with cross functional team to solve real security challenges for our customers by augmenting Lacework agent's metadata collection capabilities
• Performance tuning, load testing, data reduction and optimization of information/data processing of production environments
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting customer facing production service issues
• Partner with PMs, Architects and Customers to understand use cases and design considerations and define future roadmap
Minimum Qualification
• 3+ yrs experience designing, building, and maintaining system software
• Must have strong system programming, data structures and algorithms experience
• Experience with one of Golang, C/C++ or Rust programming
• Experience with Linux OS internals, multi-threaded programming and networking
• Experience with Kubernetes is a plus
• Experience with Cloud technologies for major cloud providers (AWS, GCP. Azure) is a plus
• Experience with CPU, memory and general resource profiling and tuning is a plus
• Experience with CI/CD is a plus
Preferred Qualification
• B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or related field
• Bachelor's Degree or better in Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000-$190,000. Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time as well as a comprehensive leave program.
Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.
All roles are eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program, Bonus eligibility is reviewed at time of hire and annually at the Company's discretion.
Why Join Us:
We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and identities to apply. We offer a supportive work environment and a competitive Total Rewards package to support you with your overall health and financial well-being. Embark on a challenging, enjoyable, and rewarding career journey with Fortinet. Join us in bringing solutions that make a meaningful and lasting impact to our 660,000+ customers around the globe.
About Us
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@fortinet.com.
Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
At Lacework (now part of Fortinet), we strive to provide a supportive, collaborative environment where people are empowered to do the best work of their careers.
Our team members enjoy solving complex problems, big sky thinking, and obsessing over getting the details right. We love what we do and are proud of our work to secure clouds and container environments for thousands of users worldwide.
About the team:
Lacework Agent is a crucial component of our cloud workload portfolio. It collects data with all the context needed for providing customers with complete runtime visibility into their security posture. It also feeds this data into various modeling algorithms that generate events to inform customers of any malicious activity that may occur within their workloads.
It is deployed on hundreds of thousands of machines and continues to scale. Key objective is to serve Cloud Security use cases without losing data fidelity while supporting a wide range of Kubernetes/cloud environments.
As a member of our team, we look first and foremost for people who are energized by solving business problems through high quality innovation and principled engineering practices while also possessing a deep sense of ownership over products that they build. You'll be required to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle as well as partner continuously with your many stakeholders on a daily basis to stay focused on common goals.
We're looking for people who care about developing reliable, highly available and performant software with a keen eye towards operating under strong constraints for using system resources. The ideal engineer has a strong systems background and experience in dealing with Operating System primitives and internal data structures. Our highly collaborative environment requires clear, detailed communication and the ability to build relationships inside and across teams to achieve great results together.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for design, development, deployment and troubleshooting
• Responsible for unit, integration, functional and performance testing of their code
• Works with cross functional team to solve real security challenges for our customers by augmenting Lacework agent's metadata collection capabilities
• Performance tuning, load testing, data reduction and optimization of information/data processing of production environments
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting customer facing production service issues
• Partner with PMs, Architects and Customers to understand use cases and design considerations and define future roadmap
Minimum Qualification
• 3+ yrs experience designing, building, and maintaining system software
• Must have strong system programming, data structures and algorithms experience
• Experience with one of Golang, C/C++ or Rust programming
• Experience with Linux OS internals, multi-threaded programming and networking
• Experience with Kubernetes is a plus
• Experience with Cloud technologies for major cloud providers (AWS, GCP. Azure) is a plus
• Experience with CPU, memory and general resource profiling and tuning is a plus
• Experience with CI/CD is a plus
Preferred Qualification
• B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or related field
• Bachelor's Degree or better in Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000-$190,000. Fortinet offers employees a variety of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), 11 paid holidays, vacation time, and sick time as well as a comprehensive leave program.
Wage ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, and job level. Exact salary offers will be determined by factors such as the candidate's subject knowledge, skill level, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.
All roles are eligible to participate in the Fortinet equity program, Bonus eligibility is reviewed at time of hire and annually at the Company's discretion.
Why Join Us:
We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and identities to apply. We offer a supportive work environment and a competitive Total Rewards package to support you with your overall health and financial well-being. Embark on a challenging, enjoyable, and rewarding career journey with Fortinet. Join us in bringing solutions that make a meaningful and lasting impact to our 660,000+ customers around the globe.
About Us
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network - today and into the future. Only the Fortinet Security Fabric architecture can deliver security without compromise to address the most critical security challenges, whether in networked, application, cloud or mobile environments. Fortinet ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide and more than 500,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@fortinet.com.
Fortinet is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in our company, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, military/veteran status or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.