Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure (Bay Area)

About Fortanix:  

In today's world, where data spreads across various clouds and devices, traditional security measures aren't enough. Businesses need a dynamic approach to defend against constant cyber threats and ensure agile data security. Fortanix leads the way in data-centric cybersecurity for hybrid multicloud environments, using advanced cryptography, encryption, and confidential AI solutions.  

As data breaches become more frequent and traditional defenses fall short, we focus on data exposure management to keep your information safe. Our unified data security platform addresses vulnerabilities in hybrid multicloud environments, defends against threats, and makes it easier to discover, assess, and fix data exposure risks. Whether implementing a Zero Trust model or preparing for the post-quantum computing era, we help businesses worldwide protect their most sensitive data, wherever it is. 

Our commitment to solving the world’s toughest data security challenges has earned Fortanix multiple Cybersecurity Excellence and Innovation Awards, as well as recognition from industry giants such as Microsoft, Intel, ServiceNow, and Snowflake. 

Our team includes industry leaders and cryptography experts, creating a culture of trust, innovation and collaboration where every voice is valued. Recognized as a Great Place to Work, we're looking for passionate individuals to help us shape the future of data security and work towards a safer digital future. 

Why work with us? 

We're seeking passionate people to work with us to change the very idea of how people use cloud computing. We take pride in making Fortanix a great place to work. Coworkers recognize that great ideas can come from anyone, and everyone is encouraged to jump in, contribute, and ask questions.  

In tackling the hardest problems, we believe that working together will produce better solutions. 

We are looking to hire for a Staff Software Engineer - DevOps role based in the Bay Area with responsibilities that include: 

• Working with customers and product management to design/architect operational requirements of new product/solutions.  

• Automating and accelerating the testing, release and deployment of applications into a runtime environment quickly and reliably  

• Providing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery solutions for each of the Fortanix projects on-prem or in the cloud.  

• Contributing to defining security best-practices, and working on "Shift Left" security to guarantee application security at the earliest stages of development.  

• Providing best-in-class experience to customers via deployment automation and continuous monitoring.  

• Mentoring junior engineers in the team. 

• Contributing to a friendly and helpful company culture  

The ideal candidate is someone who: 

• Is able to work with a globally distributed team. 

• Leads the team in the right technical direction and work on roadmap. 

• Exhibits uncompromising integrity 

• Pays attention to detail 

• Thinks critically about complex technical problems 

• Can work independently, while also being an effective member of a team 

• Enjoys programming and embraces cloud technologies 

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.  

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in development, operations, and full stack implementations.  

• Solid experience with Linux  

• Proficient with various programming languages such as Python/Go/Ruby/Rust for automation and integrations.  

• Experience with the core suite of tools used to manage infrastructure and deployment of application in different cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)  

• Experience with industry Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CD/CI) patterns  
• Able to research, architect, and drive complex technical solutions in multiple environments, cloud or onprem.  

• Able to lead and impart knowledge effectively to junior resources.  

• Experience with one or more of:·  

• Virtualization or container environments like VMWare, KVM and Docker  

• Orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes  

• Configuration and provisioning management tools like Chef, Ansible, and Puppet  
• Continuous integration systems like Jenkins or similar  

Preferred technical experience with: 

• Rust, C/C++, Java, Python
• Jenkins  

• Chef, Ansible, Terraform  

• Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud  
• Elasticsearch 

Benefits

• We offer a collaborative work environment, amazing equity, great benefits, competitive salary, and the opportunity to redefine cloud computing.  

• Unlimited PTO (it’s between you and your work!) 

• Quarterly recharge days 

• 40 hours of Volunteer Time Off/year 

• Internet stipend 

• Friendly culture that brings the best out of everybody 

• 401k (no matching) 

Fortanix is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and teammates. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, religion, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other status. If you’re interested in working in a fast growing, exciting working environment – we encourage you to apply!