It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Staff Software Engineer - Sunnyvale or Remote The Role At Proofpoint, you will find an environment where innovation comes from creative collaboration and where everyone is empowered to go fast and have fun. If you find joy in making the impossible possible you will feel right at home with our team! The Security Products Group is the core of Proofpoint’s success, and you will be contributing to our efforts to do what we do, even better. If you are excited about delivering high performance scalable solutions that protect Fortune 500 companies and stop the bad guys, this is the place for you. We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who is an outstanding team player with a positive attitude, and high energy, to help us deliver state-of-the-art products. Someone that wants to challenge themselves, the product, and the team. We are looking for someone with the ability to drive complex product deliveries across multiple orgs, work independently and communicate clearly and effectively with team members. Your day-to-day Be part of vibrant, high performing team with high-visibility impact You understand the complexities and tradeoffs for building systems with 99.999% availability. Take day-to-day responsibility for architecting, developing, deploying, and maintaining new features and services. Champion best engineering practices, code-excellence to be led by example. Solid understanding of algorithms & data structures along with their runtime complexities. Work collaboratively to solve real customer needs and design systems for ever changing threat-landscape Excellent verbal and written communication skills. What you bring to the team BS Degree in CS, or similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience 7 years software development experience Authoritative level understanding and hands-on experience micro-service architecture design patterns and challenges. Excellent coding experience with OO and scripting language (Java, Go, Python, Perl) and ability to mentor others on best practice. Practical understanding of pros/cons of picking the right tech for the right job Security background (a big plus!): Ability to address CVEs vulnerabilities, understand code-coverage scans, and write secure code. Familiarity with verity of deployment methodologies (kubernetes, terraforms, puppet, AWS) High accountability and a track record of delivering high quality game changing products Challenges status quo and looks for continuous improvement in systems and processes #remore #LI-AB1 If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! At Proofpoint, our people – and the diversity of their lived experiences and backgrounds, thinking and perspectives, and work skills and experiences – are the driving force behind much of our success. We hire the most innovative talent in the world to help defend our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property from threat actors and malicious or careless employees. Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure could threaten access to energy, water, transportation, health care, banking accounts and financial information, and other essential goods and services which is why our employees work every day to deliver world-class cyber resilience to approximately 8,000 enterprise customers around the world. We embrace and foster the diversity of our team members, customers, stakeholders and consumers. Everyone is valued and appreciated for their unique backgrounds, experiences, thoughts and talents, all of which contributes to the growth and sustainability of our business. At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to: Build and enhance our proven security platform Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner. Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.