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Sr. Software Engineer
Proofpoint · Belfast, Northern Ireland · Posted 14 days ago
"Design distributed, multi-tenant backend services for Proofpoint's Threat Response product, solving scalability challenges at high event volumes."
Proofpoint is looking for a highly motivated Sr. Software Engineer to join the Threat Response product engineering team. This role focuses on designing distributed systems, solving scalability challenges, and building high-performance backend services operating at scale.
What You Bring to the Team
- Extensive software development experience building enterprise or SaaS applications
- Excellent programming skills in Java and/or Python, with a demonstrated ability to design, implement, and maintain large-scale production systems
- Experience building and operating large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
- Experience designing scalable distributed systems that process high volumes of events, messages, or transactions
- Experience designing scalable processing frameworks that support parallel execution, tenant isolation, and fair resource utilization
- Experience working with PostgreSQL or other relational databases, including query optimization, performance tuning, and database scalability
- Demonstrated ability to effectively leverage AI-assisted engineering tools as a force multiplier for software design, implementation, testing, debugging, and operational support
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- BSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AWS cloud services and modern cloud application architectures
- Experience with messaging and streaming technologies such as Kafka, SQS, or similar platforms
- Experience optimizing application efficiency, system throughput, and resource utilization in large-scale production environments
- Experience integrating with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Graph, Google Workspace, or other enterprise SaaS platforms
- Experience with modern frontend technologies such as React or TypeScript.
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Career success on your terms
- Flexible work environment
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