Staff Software Engineer - Go / Golang experience is a must - 6 Years

SonicWall is a cybersecurity forerunner with more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alone in the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization—enterprise, government agencies and SMBs—around the world. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer to join the SonicWall Cloud Secure Edge (CSE) team. In this role, you will drive the design and development of a cloud-native Security Service Edge (SSE) platform that enables secure, Zero Trust access to applications, SaaS, and enterprise resources from any device, anywhere.

You will play a key role in evolving a modern platform that delivers capabilities such as Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), secure web gateway, and VPN-as-a-Service, replacing legacy security architectures with scalable, cloud-delivered solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build scalable systems and APIs
• Lead development of subsystems and core features
• Drive technical decisions and design reviews
• Improve performance, reliability, and security
• Mentor engineers and guide best practices

What You’ll Bring

6+ years of system/software development experience

Expertise in Go, Rust, C or C++ and concurrency.

Strong experience in distributed systems and system design.

Deep knowledge of databases and scaling.

Solid understanding of Linux systems and networking fundamentals

Experience with cloud and microservices architectures.

Strong understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS)

Working experience or strong understanding of secure access and security systems (e.g., authentication, authorization, policy enforcement, Zero Trust / ZTNA / SSE)

Ability to design systems with security, scalability, and reliability considerations.

Ability to guide teams and improve engineering quality.

Strong use of AI tools with engineering judgment.

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SonicWall is an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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