Staff Software Engineer - (Data) - Query Optimization, Schema Design

Tenable, Inc.Columbia, MD
$163,000 - $217,667Remote

About The Position

Tenable is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our core product engineering team. Focused on designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based, state-of-the-art search solutions on top of our customers' ever-evolving landscape of infrastructure in a scalable way. As a Staff Software Engineer on the team, you will have the opportunity to be part of implementing and maintaining a highly scalable, highly reliable cloud-native user interface and underlying microservices which utilize modern technologies and programming languages.

Requirements

  • Experience in Database performance tuning, schema design, query optimization in a distributed microservice architecture
  • 8+ years of software development experience in enterprise development and a desire to lead
  • Experience in software development, particularly within a distributed, microservice architecture
  • B.S. degree in Computer Science or a directly related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Experience developing in Java or Kotlin, and a willingness to learn new languages as needed
  • Experience of working in containerized microservice architecture in Kubernetes
  • Experience in developing core libraries, infrastructure, and search engines
  • Accountability for the behavior of your software in production
  • Experience coaching and leading mid-level and junior staff in the design, implementation, and execution of highly technical development projects
  • Experience in working in an Agile team, and an enthusiasm for working collaboratively within and across product teams
  • The ability to work independently and as a part of a team, and to lead/drive projects as necessary
  • Experience with operational datastores, Kafka, or similar
  • The desire to continuously learn and be exposed to new technologies

Nice To Haves

  • Cross-platform development is a big plus

Responsibilities

  • Building the services that enable data ingestion, storage, querying, and retrieval at scale.
  • Building the reliable and efficient 'plumbing' that powers the entire data ecosystem.
  • Building and managing services around data handling.
  • Managing the ingestion, storage, and retrieval of data within the platform, ensuring the robustness and efficiency of these processes.
  • Architecting, designing, and implementing features to help drive the overall architecture of our platform.
  • Driving on-going innovation of our global cloud architecture and distributed systems.
  • Collaborating closely with Product Managers, other engineers, designers, and stakeholders to continuously iterate on our products and drive consensus.
  • Supporting and mentoring peers inside and outside your team.

Benefits

  • medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance
  • 401(k) retirement savings with company match
  • an employee stock purchase plan
  • an employee referral program
  • flexible spending accounts
  • an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • education assistance
  • parental leave
  • paid time off (PTO)
  • company-paid holidays
  • health and wellness events
  • community programs
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