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WatchGuard Technologies · 1 hour ago

Staff Software Engineer

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date5+ years exp

WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to enhance their MDR solution by delivering new features and improvements. The role involves building analytics dashboards, serverless backend services, and big data ingestion and processing pipelines.

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Responsibilities

Gather requirements, design, develop, test, and ship services and features while collaborating in a dynamic and results-driven environment
Work at all levels of the stack, from building cohesive customer experiences to scaling ML pipelines
Take an active role in mentoring junior engineers
Make a direct impact on the success of WatchGuard as a company
Participate in on-call rotation approximately once every 2 months

Qualification

PythonAWSCI/CD pipelinesInfrastructure as codeSQLMicro-servicesUnit testingIntegration testingEnd-to-end testingAgile practicesMentoring

Required

5+ years of experience with Python in a production environment
2-4 years of experience with AWS, in particular Lambda functions and serverless development
3+ years of experience working with CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Serverless, or Ansible
Experience with SQL and a relational database such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
A proven track record of success building cloud-based, highly automated, micro-services
A desire to contribute to a collaborative engineering culture through mentoring and knowledge sharing
An innovative and passionate spirit, an ability to overcome technical issues in a cooperative environment, a commitment to ship quickly, and familiarity with agile software development practices
The ability to deal with ambiguity, communicate well with partner teams, and a compassionate understanding of the customer experience
Proficiency in writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests for both front-end and back-end applications
A passion for building scalable and maintainable code that supports growth and futureproofing of systems

Company

WatchGuard Technologies

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WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. is a global leader in unified cybersecurity.
dateFounded in 1996
location
Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
http://www.watchguard.com

H1B Sponsorship

WatchGuard Technologies has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (2)
2024 (2)
2023 (5)
2022 (4)
2021 (3)
2020 (4)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
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2022-04-27Acquired
2006-08-17Private Equity
1999-07-30IPO

Leadership Team

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HoJin Kim
Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer
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Dave McNamara
Vice President, Global Sales Strategy
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