Senior/Staff Software Development Engineer
Fortinet
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This role pays less than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $124,400–$194,735 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $137k versus about $160k for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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.
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JOB TITLE: Software Development Engineer (GUI) The Software Development Engineer (GUI) joins the FortiWeb team to develop and maintain the web-based management interface for a Web Application Firewall solution. This role involves leading the migration strategy from legacy frameworks to modern Angular 21+ and React 18+ while designing a micro-frontend architecture for multiple sub-applications. Key responsibilities include building scalable state management solutions, establishing frontend best practices, and collaborating on API contracts and enterprise design systems. The candidate must utilize TypeScript, RxJS, MobX, Redux, SCSS, Webpack, Vite, Jasmine, Karma, and Jest. Core competencies include managing legacy and modern framework coexistence, implementing role-based access control, and ensuring CSRF/XSS prevention. The work focuses on network security infrastructure management interfaces and large-scale application modernization within a cybersecurity product domain.
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