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Corporate Overview

Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web. We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity. Protection Starts with People.

About this role 

 As a Principal Software Engineer, you will have an opportunity to architect and build the next generation cloud and data security solutions. You will lead a team of excellent engineers to develop efficient cloud data security solutions for large cloud infrastructures to analyze risks and vulnerabilities. You will have an opportunity to learn the internals of major public cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) and put that into action developing product features. You will lead, design and develop features on our scalable microservices based infrastructure for solving data security problems, and deliver using the newest CICD technologies. If you want to be at the forefront of cloud data security and want to work with an excellent engineering team to learn and grow your career, this may be THE opportunity you are looking for. 

Requirements: 

6+ years of experience in building applications and services in one of AWS, GCP, and Azure 

6+ years of experience in cloud security is preferred 

4+ years of experience in Python or NodeJS is preferred 

14+ years of experience building system or application software with modern technologies 

Prior experience building SaaS products is a plus 

Strong software design, complexity analysis, development and debugging skills 

Strong verbal and written communication skills 

Excellent knowledge of cloud infrastructure, and security is preferred 

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EECS or similar. Master or Ph.D. degree in CS preferred. 

 Our culture encourages and respects people who are hands-on, honest, focused and committed. For this role, it entails: 

A deep understanding of whatever you are working on 

An intuitive understanding of ROI for your tasks 

Taking end-to-end ownership 

Strong ability to work independently and meet goals/ deadlines with minimal direction/ guidance 

Being extremely curious and hungry to make an impact 

Learning quickly, enjoy and taking pride in both identifying and solving problems 

Cautious confidence in building a product for tech savvy users 

Moving fast without compromising quality and future ability to scale 

Keeping things simple 

Why Proofpoint

As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and developing great teams is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in many countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint’s amazing culture!  #LI-AN1

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.

Base Pay Ranges:

SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:

Base Pay Range: 240,640.00 - 330,880.00 USD

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:

Base Pay Range: 197,760.00 - 271,920.00 USD

All other cities and states excluding those listed above:

Base Pay Range: 177,200.00 - 243,650.00 USD