Senior Software Engineer | Middleware

Job Description

ExtraHop is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Middleware team. The successful candidate will help build a fault-resilient, highly available, and customer-centric platform. This role involves working with the team to build a scalable and secure platform and customer-facing features that enable security and engineering teams to stop threats. Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain services written in Go and Python powering ExtraHop’s products.
• Lead and participate actively in agile development processes, code reviews, and technical strategy discussions.
• Provide technical leadership to junior team members and leverage design and mentorship experience to help enable the team
• Act as a technical expert, fostering a culture of excellence, curiosity and collaborative problem solving.
• Address technical debt proactively, continually improving our codebase and technical stack

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• 7+ years of professional backend development experience
• Solid knowledge of Go, Python, or an equivalent programming language
• Experience in API development, PostgresQL database design or SQL query performance optimization
• Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems
• Strong problem-solving skills, a self-starter mentality, and a track record of technical ownership.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in fast-paced, agile environments.

The role offers:

• Opportunity to work on a cutting-edge network detection and response (NDR) technology.
• Chance to build a scalable and secure platform.
• Involvement in agile development processes, code reviews, and technical strategy discussions.
• Flexible PTO, Sick Time and All Federal Holidays.
• Educational Reimbursement.