[Remote] Senior Software Engineer | Middleware

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ExtraHop is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Middleware team to build a fault-resilient, highly available, and customer-centric platform. The role develops scalable, secure services and customer-facing features that help security and engineering teams stop threats.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain services written in Go and Python powering ExtraHop’s products
• Lead and participate actively in agile development processes, code reviews, and technical strategy discussions
• Provide technical leadership to junior team members and leverage design and mentorship experience to help enable the team
• Act as a technical expert, fostering a culture of excellence, curiosity and collaborative problem solving
• Address technical debt proactively, continually improving our codebase and technical stack

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• 7+ years of professional backend development experience
• Solid knowledge of Go, Python, or an equivalent programming language
• Experience in API development, PostgresQL database design or SQL query performance optimization
• Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems
• Strong problem-solving skills, a self-starter mentality, and a track record of technical ownership
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in fast-paced, agile environments
• Living in the Seattle, WA area
• Experience with Django, FastAPI or another Python web framework
• Experience with cloud services on AWS or Azure (EKS / RDS / S3 / SQS / EC2 / IAM /Lambdas)

Benefits

• Employees and their families have the option to participate in Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits.
• Flexible PTO, Sick Time prorated based on date of hire, and all federal holidays (US only), plus 3 days of paid volunteer time.
• Non-Commissioned Positions may be eligible to participate in the Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan.
• FSA and Dependent Care Accounts, plus EAP, where applicable.
• Educational Reimbursement.
• 401k with Employer Match or Pension, where applicable.
• Pet Insurance (US only).
• Parental Leave (US only).
• Hybrid and Remote Work Model.

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