Principal Software Engineer (Data Integration / Backend Engineering)

ABOUT THIS ROLE
As a Sr Staff engineer you will work on complex data pipelines dealing with petabytes of data. Balbix platform is used as one of the critical security tools by the CIOs, CISOs, and the sec-ops teams of small, medium and large sized enterprises including Fortune 10 companies around the world. You will solve problems related to massive cybersecurity and IT data sets. You will collaborate closely with our data scientists, threat researchers and network experts to solve real-world problems plaguing cybersecurity. This role requires excellent algorithm, programming and testing skills as well as experience in large-scale data engineering projects.

You Will

• Design and implement the features and own the modules for ingesting, storing and manipulating large data sets for a variety of cybersecurity use-cases
• Write code to provide backend support for data-driven UI widgets, web dashboards, workflows, search and API connectors
• Design and implement web services, rest APIs, and microservices
• Build production quality solutions that balance complexity and meet acceptance criteria of functional requirements
• Work with multiple-interfacing teams, including ML, UI, backend and data engineering

You Are

• Driven to experience and learn more about design, architecture, and take on progressive roles
• Collaborative and comfortable working with across teams including data engineering, front end, product management, and DevOps
• Responsible and like to take ownership of challenging problems
• An effective communicator, including good documentation practices and articulating thought processes in a team setting
• Comfortable with working in an agile environment
• Curious about technology and the industry, and a constant learner

You Have

• MS/BS 7+ years in Computer Science or a related field
• Expert programming experience with Python, Java, or Scala
• Good working knowledge of SQL databases such as Postgres and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis
• Experience with search engine database such as ElasticSearch is preferred
• Time-series databases such as InfluxDB, Druid, Prometheus
• Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems

This role represents a unique opportunity to join a hyper-growth company in a key role where you can make a big impact on the trajectory of the company and its products alongside great professional journey. 
Life @ BalbixWork life at Balbix is very rewarding! We are developing the world's most advanced platform to address what is perhaps the most important (and hardest) technology problem facing mankind today. Our team is collaborative, fast moving and fun-loving, a combination not always seen in cutting-edge B2B startups. Working with clarity of goals in a culture of alignment and bottom-up innovation, Balbix team members see an opportunity for rapid career growth. We encourage experimenting and continuous learning, a can-do attitude, excellence and ownership. We work hard, take great pride in our work, and have loads of fun along the way! 
More information at https://www.balbix.com/join-us
Please reach out if you want a seat on our rocket-ship and are passionate about changing the cybersecurity equation.