Senior Software Engineer - Backend

The Microsegmentation Product Team is building new capabilities into the market leading Dragos Platform, helping our customers configure their networks around specific applications, workloads, or even individual devices. At Dragos, we don’t hire software engineers whose only mission in life is to write code. We are looking for product engineers who yearn to contribute to more than just a code base and who are willing to stretch themselves to accomplish the mission. You are comfortable being uncomfortable. You don’t have an ego.

You seek to continuously raise the bar, and you don’t allow artificial boundaries to impede you from solving difficult problems.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Design and implement robust, testable, high-performance systems and tools in Rust.
• Optimize existing software architectures to enhance speed and efficiency.
• Actively participate in all phases of the development lifecycle, including debugging and optimization, ensuring and elevating software quality.
• Stay informed about the latest advancements in Rust programming, security, and software design principles, helping to foster an environment of continuous learning and improvement.
• Give and receive peer feedback on a normal cadence as part of our review cycle 

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience developing backend systems in a fast paced, high performance team environment
• 3+ years of experience in relational databases such as Postgres
• 3+ years of experience with NoSQL databases such as Elasticsearch  
• 3+ years of experience working in a microservices architecture
• Solid understanding of Rust
• Familiarity with networking concepts like VLAN, SDN, and VXLAN
• Experience integrating with third party devices and data providers
• Experience incorporating AI tools, models, or services into development workflows 

Additional qualifications that will help you succeed: 

• Strong understanding of networking security architecture and concepts like VLAN, SDN, and VXLAN
• Experience working with and integrating networking devices such as firewalls, switches, routers, and virtual appliances
• Experience building information security products
• Experience with micro-segmentation network configurations
• Experience with cloud-first development and deployment
• Experience with Kotlin, Go, and Python in production environments 

Compensation: 

• Salary: $165,000
• Competitive Equity Package  
• Comprehensive Benefits Plan