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This role pays less than
68%
of similar roles. Most pay
$124,400–$185,884
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$137k
versus about
$155k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Fortinet
Fortinet is a US-based cybersecurity company best known for its FortiGate next-generation firewalls. It sells a broad security platform spanning network security, SD-WAN, endpoint protection, cloud security, and SIEM/SOC operations.
Fortinet currently has
102 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$140,000–$183,000
across 77 roles with salary data.
The Software Development Engineer will join the team to develop and maintain software components for current and future networking products. The role involves designing and implementing highly scalable software features and infrastructure for a next-generation security platform ready for cloud native deployment. Daily responsibilities include hands-on bug fixing, profiling, optimizing, and tuning systems software for management, control, and dataplane efficiency. The candidate must utilize Python for programming and debugging while working with Docker, Kubernetes, and other container orchestration or traffic steering platforms. Core competencies include understanding microservice architectures, distributed systems, load balancing, and networking protocols like IPSec, SSL, DNS, and TCP/IP. Experience with Go and C/C++ is also valued as the engineer addresses complex cloud-based product design considerations and global network infrastructure requirements.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn in California?
Median $197750 from 81 postings across 10 companies.
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