What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems position at Censys?
At Censys, our mission is to bring internet visibility and intelligence to the world's security teams. Our platform not only identifies potential threats, but provides actionable insights and enables proactive defense strategies. Founded by researchers and practitioners, we are deeply committed to the quality, trustworthiness, and transparency of our data and results. As our own strongest critics, we continuously innovate to better understand the Internet and empower our customers with the visibility they need to succeed.
Role Summary :
We're seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems to join our team. Our Internet Intelligence Platform™ (IIP™) is the growth product for Censys and it relies on us processing and analyzing billions of internet telemetry data points. The candidate will have experience in data pipelines, stream / batch processing at scale, and building out APIs. Having a solid understanding of internet inter-workings is a big plus.
We expect all of our employees to consider customer happiness as our primary goal and a willingness to come to work every day with a great attitude, both eager to learn and educate, which helps to make us a better organization every day.
What You'll Do :
- Build and maintain data pipelining solutions including both streaming and batch workloads.
- Scale systems to handle hundreds of billions of data points with cost efficiency in mind.
- Use and explore multiple technologies, often being the first to try a new platform or architectural design.
- Deliver quality changes, including automated tests, metrics and monitoring.
- Maintain a strong customer focus, prioritizing customer feature requests and helping define our roadmap.
What You'll Bring :
Bonus Points :
Our target salary range for this role is between $190,000 - $246,000 USD bonus eligibility and equity.
In addition to our great compensation package, our benefits are effective on day one and include but are not limited to 401k match, health, vision, dental, and more! Please see our careers page for more details.
Our roots are in Ann Arbor, Michigan with location hubs in Seattle, the Bay Area, and Tysons, VA. Our innovation is fueled by the team's global perspectives. For this role, we are looking for candidates based in one of our four hub locations : Seattle, WA, Los Altos, CA, Tysons, VA, or Ann Arbor, MI and will be required to go into one of the offices on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third day of choice.
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Salary : $190,000 - $246,000
