Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Platform & Data Plane Transport
About The Position
Alteryx is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its Data Plane Transport team within Cloud Platform Engineering. The team builds and operates foundational services that enable secure, reliable communication between Alteryx Cloud, data planes, and customer environments. Its work includes Data Bridge, which enables customers to securely access private data sources, and shared platform services for connectivity, networking, registration, and orchestration across distributed cloud environments. This is a hands-on, backend-focused engineering role, primarily developing services and APIs in Go, with opportunities to contribute to frontend applications using TypeScript and React. The engineer will own complex technical initiatives from design through production, influence technical decisions, and mentor and support other engineers. The position is remote-friendly and includes participation in an on-call rotation.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent relevant experience.
- Strong backend development experience using Go or a comparable backend language, with the ability to become productive in Go.
- Experience designing, building, and operating production services using REST APIs, microservices, and distributed-system architectures.
- Hands-on experience developing and operating cloud-native applications in environments such as AWS or GCP.
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including HTTP/TLS, TCP/IP, DNS, and service-to-service communication.
- Experience designing systems for scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, and failure recovery.
- Ability to independently investigate and troubleshoot complex issues spanning application code, infrastructure, and multiple services.
- Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern software development practices.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to independently drive technical decisions and complex engineering work.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with TypeScript, React, or similar frontend technologies.
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or other cloud-native tooling.
- Experience with cloud networking technologies such as AWS PrivateLink, GCP Private Service Connect, VPC networking, proxies, or secure tunneling.
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging technologies such as Kafka, Redis, or Pub/Sub.
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog, metrics, logging, and distributed tracing.
- Experience with security concepts such as authentication, certificates, secrets management, and encryption.
- Experience building cloud platform services involving provisioning, orchestration, resource lifecycle management, or secure connectivity.
- Experience with multi-cloud environments, multi-tenant SaaS platforms, or enterprise security requirements.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems, primarily using Go.
- Lead the design and implementation of secure connectivity solutions involving service registration, orchestration, routing, and proxy/relay-based communication.
- Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, including solution design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
- Design and improve cloud-native services across AWS and GCP, emphasizing scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.
- Contribute to frontend applications and platform management experiences using TypeScript and React when needed.
- Investigate and resolve complex issues spanning application code, cloud infrastructure, networking, and multiple distributed services.
- Improve automated testing, system observability, monitoring, and operational readiness.
- Lead and contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions while mentoring other engineers.
- Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and other engineering teams to deliver cross-functional solutions.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, troubleshoot production issues, identify root causes, and drive improvements to prevent recurring problems.
Benefits
- Target annual bonus of 15% of base salary, based on individual and company performance.
- Monthly Connectivity Plus stipend of $150 for remote work-related expenses.
- Annual $200 home office reimbursement.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Paid parental leave and caregiver leave.
- Flexible time off.
- Mental health support and wellness reimbursement.
- Career development and education assistance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
