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The Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer will join the team to drive the architecture of distributed systems powering Web Application Firewall features, including threat detection, bot mitigation, and API protection. You will lead the delivery of cloud-scale backend services, designing highly available policy management and traffic inspection systems that process high volumes of HTTP/HTTPS traffic with low latency. Key responsibilities include establishing observability through metrics and tracing, leading automation via CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code, and mentoring engineers. The role requires proficiency in Java, Go, Python, C++, or Rust, alongside expertise in Kubernetes, REST APIs, and TLS. You will solve complex technical problems regarding application-layer attacks, ensuring the reliability and scalability of the application security portfolio while maintaining high performance across globally distributed services.
Lead the architecture and delivery of cloud-scale backend services for the Web Application Firewall platform.
Design highly available services for policy management, rule evaluation, traffic inspection, and bot mitigation.
Build scalable distributed systems to process high volumes of HTTP/HTTPS traffic with low latency.
Establish robust observability through metrics, logging, tracing, alerting, and performance monitoring.
Lead automation initiatives for CI/CD, testing frameworks, deployment automation, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
Drive reliability through capacity planning, incident response, and root cause analysis.
Mentor engineers and influence technical strategy through design reviews and technical leadership.
What we're looking for
Applicants must be able to read, write, and speak English.
4+ years of experience building production software systems, including large-scale distributed services in cloud or SaaS environments.
Strong proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Java, Go, Python, C++, or Rust.
Deep expertise in distributed systems design, including scalability, resiliency, concurrency, fault tolerance, service communication, and API design.
Strong understanding of HTTP/HTTPS, REST APIs, TLS, reverse proxies, caching, load balancing, and web application architectures.
Proven experience with cloud-native technologies, including containers, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated testing frameworks.
Experience building observability solutions using metrics, distributed tracing, centralized logging, dashboards, and alerting systems.
Experience building or operating WAF, API Security, Bot Management, CDN, or Edge Computing products (preferred).
C/C++
DPDK
Linux
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Distributed Systems
Cloud Infrastructure
Data Plane
Device Drivers
Performance Testing
Telemetry
Encryption
Circuit Breakers
Distributed Debugging
High-Concurrency Systems
C/C++
DPDK
Linux
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Distributed Systems
Cloud Infrastructure
Data Plane
Performance Testing
Circuit Breakers
Telemetry
Encryption
High-Concurrency Systems
Device Drivers
Load Testing
DPDK
C++
C
Linux
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Distributed Systems
Cloud Infrastructure
Data Plane
Performance Testing
Circuit Breakers
Telemetry
Encryption
High-Concurrency Systems
Device Drivers