Sr. Staff Engineer

📋 Description

• Lead the architecture, design, and evolution of large-scale distributed systems powering Illumio's
• Drive long-term technical strategy and architectural direction across multiple engineering
• Design highly scalable, resilient, and observable backend services capable of operating at
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product Management, Security, and Infrastructure teams to align
• Establish frameworks, patterns, and engineering standards that improve system reliability
• Act as a trusted technical advisor and mentor to Staff and Senior Engineers across the organization.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience building large-scale backend and
• Proven experience designing and operating highly available, cloud-native platforms in production
• Deep expertise in distributed systems concepts including consistency models, fault tolerance
• Expert-level proficiency in Java and/or Go, with strong software architecture and design skills.
• Experience building and operating microservices-based architectures at scale.

🎁 Benefits

• Experience building cybersecurity, networking, or Zero Trust products.
• Contributions to open-source projects or participation in engineering communities.
• Experience scaling globally distributed systems supporting enterprise customers.
• Published technical content, conference speaking, or recognized thought leadership within backend