5 months ago
Base Salary
$186k - $252k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable backend systems using Go and Python.
- Develop and evolve high-throughput data pipelines for network flow and DNS telemetry.
- Architect systems for real-time and near-real-time data processing.
- Improve the performance, scalability, and cost efficiency of platform services.
- Lead design and code reviews and establish high engineering-quality standards.
- Drive cross-team architecture and platform alignment.
- Partner with product and detection teams to deliver shared platform capabilities.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to technical excellence and ownership.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building distributed systems at scale.
- Strong proficiency in Go and experience with Python.
- Experience with streaming or data-intensive systems such as Kafka, Kinesis, or Flink.
- Solid understanding of network telemetry, including flow logs and DNS.
- Experience with cloud platforms, with AWS preferred.
- Strong background in systems design, performance, and reliability.
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across teams.
- Cybersecurity or network detection experience is preferred.
- Experience with real-time analytics systems is preferred.
- Expertise in data warehousing technologies such as Elasticsearch, Hadoop, or Druid is preferred.
Benefits
- Comprehensive total rewards package including health care insurance, income protection and life insurance, retirement savings plans, behavioral and emotional wellness services, generous time away from work, and an employee recognition program.
- Eligibility for an incentive plan and participation in the employee equity plan.
- Work on high-scale, real-time systems that process massive volumes of network data.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About Vectra
Vectra builds an AI-driven threat detection and response platform (NDR/XDR) for enterprises operating hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Its software correlates signals across network, cloud, identity, and SaaS systems to surface attacker behavior, prioritize incidents, and automate response, sold as a subscription platform. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Vectra is privately held and serves security teams in regulated and large-scale organizations.