Proofpoint
Staff Software Engineer
Proofpoint, Denver, Colorado, United States,
It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.At Proofpoint, you will find an environment where innovation comes from creative collaboration and where everyone is empowered to go fast and have fun. If you find joy in making the impossible possible you will feel right at home with our team! The Security Products and Services Group is the core of Proofpoint’s success, and you will be contributing to our efforts to do what we do, even better. If you are excited about delivering high performance scalable solutions that protect Fortune 500 companies and stops the bad guys, this is the place for you.The Sender Security and Authentication Product Group is looking for a Staff Software Engineer (title based on experience) to join our backend team. This team is responsible for collecting data on Email Traffic, Threat Detections, Domains Registrations, IP Addresses, DNS Records, Senders, Suppliers, Lookalike domains etc. and using aggregation, algorithms, and machine learning to construct a comprehensive data set to help our customers secure their electronic communications and stop the bad actors. We process more than 30-40TB of data per day, and use a combination of parallel processing, large scale aggregation, machine learning, and data warehousing technologies to feed data to analysts, customers, and other Proofpoint products. Identity Defense is undergoing explosive growth, and we need smart, motivated, and creative engineers to help stop scammers, phishers, and other attackers from using identity deception to compromise targets across the internet.Your day-to-day
Participate in the product development process to ensure the best solution is brought to market.Work in a collaborative team-first environment.Develop scalable and reliable systems capable of processing terabytes of data per hour.Optimize data processing, storage, and retrieval systems to handle large amounts of data efficiently and cost-effectively.Investigate patterns in electronic communications and devise methods for deriving new insights from the data.Assist data scientists and data analysts to locate, extract, combine, transform, and process large data sets.Develop metrics, investigate data, and identify trends to make informed decisions.Prototype, evaluate, and iterate on software solutions to hard problems.What you bring to the team
Must have experience developing software in a high-uptime customer-focused environment.Must have a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited school in an engineering related field.Must have proficient software development skills in a “back-end” data processing/server environment.Experience leading projects in a technical capacity, including architecture and design as well as developing coding standards highly desired.Experience working closely with engineering leads, product team members to establish product roadmap.Must have significant experience working with relational database systems (Postgres/Aurora/RedShift preferred) and have experience with SQL (DML and DDL).Must have the creativity, motivation, and tenacity to solve interesting and challenging problems with software.Experience working with large data sets and hierarchical data formats highly desired.Experience with Go/Golang preferred; other strongly typed languages including but not limited to Java, C#, and C++ will be considered but we are primarily a Go shop. Be prepared to learn Go!Familiarity with AWS desired, especially: S3/SNS/SQS/RDS/RedShift/DynamoDB/Athena/EMR.Knowledge, experience, or interest in how the internet works (email/SMTP/DNS in particular) valued.Familiarity with machine learning (developing or integrating models) helpful.Experience working with or deploying code in an AWS-based Terraform/Docker/Kubernetes/Jenkins environment helpful.Mentor team, peers and establish cross-team collaboration.Why Proofpoint
As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and developing great teams is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in many countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint’s amazing culture!If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.Base Pay Ranges:SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:Base Pay Range: 189,750.00 - 278,300.00 USDCalifornia (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:Base Pay Range: 158,400.00 - 232,320.00 USDAll other cities and states excluding those listed above:Base Pay Range: 144,825.00 - 212,410.00 USD
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Participate in the product development process to ensure the best solution is brought to market.Work in a collaborative team-first environment.Develop scalable and reliable systems capable of processing terabytes of data per hour.Optimize data processing, storage, and retrieval systems to handle large amounts of data efficiently and cost-effectively.Investigate patterns in electronic communications and devise methods for deriving new insights from the data.Assist data scientists and data analysts to locate, extract, combine, transform, and process large data sets.Develop metrics, investigate data, and identify trends to make informed decisions.Prototype, evaluate, and iterate on software solutions to hard problems.What you bring to the team
Must have experience developing software in a high-uptime customer-focused environment.Must have a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited school in an engineering related field.Must have proficient software development skills in a “back-end” data processing/server environment.Experience leading projects in a technical capacity, including architecture and design as well as developing coding standards highly desired.Experience working closely with engineering leads, product team members to establish product roadmap.Must have significant experience working with relational database systems (Postgres/Aurora/RedShift preferred) and have experience with SQL (DML and DDL).Must have the creativity, motivation, and tenacity to solve interesting and challenging problems with software.Experience working with large data sets and hierarchical data formats highly desired.Experience with Go/Golang preferred; other strongly typed languages including but not limited to Java, C#, and C++ will be considered but we are primarily a Go shop. Be prepared to learn Go!Familiarity with AWS desired, especially: S3/SNS/SQS/RDS/RedShift/DynamoDB/Athena/EMR.Knowledge, experience, or interest in how the internet works (email/SMTP/DNS in particular) valued.Familiarity with machine learning (developing or integrating models) helpful.Experience working with or deploying code in an AWS-based Terraform/Docker/Kubernetes/Jenkins environment helpful.Mentor team, peers and establish cross-team collaboration.Why Proofpoint
As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and developing great teams is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in many countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint’s amazing culture!If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.Base Pay Ranges:SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:Base Pay Range: 189,750.00 - 278,300.00 USDCalifornia (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:Base Pay Range: 158,400.00 - 232,320.00 USDAll other cities and states excluding those listed above:Base Pay Range: 144,825.00 - 212,410.00 USD
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