Senior Software Development Engineer

Fortinet•Santa Clara, CA

4d•$150,000 - $183,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer to join our FortiWeb team, responsible for developing and maintaining the web-based management interface of our industry-leading Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution. This role requires expertise in modern Angular/React development combined with experience migrating legacy enterprise applications.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
8+ years of professional frontend development experience
5+ years of hands-on experience with Angular (v14+) / React and TypeScript
Proven track record of leading large-scale application modernization projects
Experience with legacy and modern framework coexistence
Proven ability to migrate legacy applications without service disruption
Hands-on experience with micro-frontend frameworks
Understanding of application isolation, state sharing, and routing coordination
Permission-based routing and role-based access control (RBAC)
HTTP interceptor chains for cross-cutting concerns
Multi-tenant architectures
CSRF/XSS prevention implementation
Bundle splitting and lazy loading strategies
Memory optimization for large-scale applications
Angular 14+, AngularJS 1.x, React 18
TypeScript 5+, JavaScript ES2022+
RxJS 7+, Observables, MobX/Redux
SCSS, CSS Variables, Design Systems
Webpack, Vite, Angular CLI
Jasmine, Karma, Jest
Git, pnpm/Yarn, ESLint, Prettier

Nice To Haves

Web Application Firewall (WAF) or cybersecurity product experience
Network security infrastructure management interfaces
ToB/Enterprise admin interface design patterns
Enterprise design systems (Material UI, etc.)
Data visualization libraries (D3.js)
CI/CD pipeline configuration
Container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
Open source contributions
Technical blog posts or conference speaking experience

Responsibilities

Lead the migration strategy from legacy frameworks to modern Angular 21+ and React 18+
Design and implement micro-frontend architecture for multiple sub-applications
Build scalable, observable state management solutions using RxJS and MobX/Redux
Establish frontend best practices and architectural patterns for the engineering team
Collaborate with backend teams to define API contracts and integration patterns
Work with UX/UI teams to implement enterprise design systems
Partner with DevOps to optimize CI/CD pipelines and build performance
Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical guidance