Sophos

Principal Software Engineer – DNS Protection, Network Security Group

Job Description

Role Summary 
 
Interested in collaborating with exceptional individuals on cutting-edge software that safeguards millions of users worldwide? 
 
The DNS Protection team is actively seeking an experienced principal software engineer to join our growing cloud development team and help us deliver high quality software for a DNS security product that’s used by thousands of customers around the world. This presents an exciting opportunity to join a global software development team deeply committed to producing highly secure, top-notch, and efficient software. 
In this role you will provide technical leadership to the team, architecting new features, working closely with other engineers and product owners. Operated within an open and collaborative environment, our team fosters a culture of continuous improvement that each member actively contributes to. As such, you can anticipate involvement in all facets of our agile development process. 


What You Will Do
  • Lead the design and implementation of new features across the full software stack, leveraging modern design patterns 
  • Drive high quality standards through appropriate test automation coverage 
  • Perform code reviews and ensure design and coding adhere to Sophos standards 
  • Take the lead in security reviews of features to ensure that products comply with Sophos’ security requirements and industry best practice, including analysing product security concerns and presenting security documentation 
  • Lead the team through architecture and design of new features, and assisting with architecture review processes 
  • Work with UX, PM, QA and other developers in project planning, to achieve high-value and high-quality solutions which meet business needs  
  • Contribute to daily stand-ups, kick-offs, collaborative estimation and retrospective meetings 
  • Mentor more junior members of the team through pair programming and code reviews 

    • What You Will Bring
  • 7+ years’ experience working with commercial software  
  • Experience in developing software using any of the following languages Java, C/C++, Python, Golang 
  • Demonstrable expertise in building cloud scale software solutions on the AWS platform. 
  • Experience with running and scaling high performance microservices
  • Experience working with commercial Linux-based products 
  • Excellent software design, coding, and troubleshooting skills 
  • Devotion to producing high-quality, high-performance systems 

    • Desirable: 
  • In-depth working knowledge of DNS 
  • Experience in developing software using network sockets 
  • In depth knowledge of different networking protocols (e.g. HTTP/HTTPS, TCP/IP) 
  • Experience in the development of networking or security products 
  • Experience with Kubernetes 
  • Cloud and/or Networking certifications 

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