This role pays more than
62%
of similar roles. Most pay
$158,762–$222,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$205k
versus about
$190k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Proofpoint
Proofpoint is a cybersecurity company specializing in email security, threat protection, data loss prevention, and compliance. Privately held by Thoma Bravo since 2021, it serves over 500,000 organizations including 87 of the Fortune 100.
Proofpoint currently has
11 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$166,500–$244,200
across 7 roles with salary data.
Sr. Software Engineer, Threat Intelligence joins the threat intelligence team to build and maintain full-stack applications and backend services while managing large SQL databases for internal systems. This high-autonomy role involves owning database schema design, query optimization, and migrations, alongside maintaining AWS infrastructure including VPC, ECS, Aurora/RDS, EC2, and CDK. The engineer will proactively address reliability and performance issues by improving runbooks, dashboards, and automation. Key technologies include Python, TypeScript, React, Go, and PostgreSQL, with preferred experience in FastAPI, ClickHouse, and knowledge graphs. The role requires managing infrastructure via GitHub Actions, Docker, and CloudWatch/Grafana to support the production of actionable intelligence from large volumes of raw telemetry. Candidates should possess substantial experience in enterprise Python environments and be comfortable using AI-assisted tooling to accelerate implementation while maintaining high engineering judgment.
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