Sophos
Senior Software Engineer (Java and Networking)
TLDR
Develop features and enhance a cloud-based network security platform while ensuring high availability and performance in an agile environment.
About Us
Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.
Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.
Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
Role Summary
Our Sophos Central Management (CM) Team is looking for developers who possess excellent programming skills and have prior experience in the network security field. We are looking for a backend developer for managing and advancing our cloud-based network security platform that handles tens of thousands of devices and customers. You will build features from the ground up using sound design principles around security and scale.
Sophos CM team builds a cloud-based management solution for Sophos Firewalls, enabling customers to securely configure, monitor, and manage distributed firewall deployments individually or in groups. The team is responsible for designing and delivering highly available, performance-driven microservices, ensuring seamless integration with Sophos Central, and providing enterprise-grade visibility and control. We work in an agile environment, driving innovation in network security and cloud management.
What you will do
Be able to interact with product managers and Senior Leads to define the feature and write clear functional specs.
Work with the frontend team to define the API contracts for the backend services. Work on critical field escalations and drive closure.
Work on features for the product roadmap.
Work with Junior developer as a lead to ensure timely delivery and technical assistance
What you will bring
- 7+ years of overall experience
- Hands-on experience developing commercial software using Java and Spring Boot.
- Experience with Golang is a plus
- Strong design expertise with a focus on reusability, modularity, and scalability
- Solid understanding of data structures and algorithms
- Good knowledge of microservices architecture, along with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience in the network security domain and protocols is required
- Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure is preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
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Ready to Join Us?
At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
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Sophos builds advanced security solutions designed to protect against cyberattacks, delivering comprehensive services like Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and endpoint, network, and email security. Targeting organizations across the globe, Sophos serves over 600,000 clients, utilizing the expertise of their combined technologies following the acquisition of Secureworks. Their unique offerings interoperate through the Sophos Central platform, fortified by real-time threat intelligence from their dedicated threat teams.
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- Founded 1985
- Employees
- 500+ employees
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Senior Software Engineer