Job Description

SonicWall

is a cybersecurity forerunner with more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alone in the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization--enterprise, government agencies and SMBs--around the world. For more information, visit

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We're looking for a

Principal API Engineer

to drive development of the control plane behind the Zero Trust platform--a highly available, scalable system enabling secure access across global environments.



This is a

hands-on coding and technical leadership role

. You'll architect and own the API layer that orchestrates all activity across our distributed system, while mentoring engineers, ensuring high code quality, and contributing directly to platform scalability, security, and extensibility.



You'll also lead a team of offshore Go developers, so strong communication, time zone flexibility, and collaborative leadership are essential.

What You'll Do:

Lead our API as a product Collaborate with engineers on a vision, but follow a pragmatic plan Ensure API security and lead secure coding practices Ensure API documentation is created and remains up to date Provide mentorship to a growing team Provide an opinion on CI/CD/CT

What You Bring:

Deep expertise in

API design

,

Go programming

, and

distributed systems

Strong experience with

SaaS application development

and secure cloud-native design Proven ability to

translate business objectives into technical architecture

Experience supporting

full API lifecycle

: design, deployment, monitoring, and iteration Passion for

collaborative development

and mentoring across teams Strong opinions (loosely held) on infrastructure, DevOps, and release pipelines Clear, structured thinking and the ability to communicate well across time zones

Qualifications:

10+ years of professional software engineering experience BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field--or equivalent experience Experience in leadership roles, including mentoring or managing distributed engineering teams

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SonicWall is an equal opportunity employer.



We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.



At SonicWall, we pride ourselves on recruiting a diverse mix of talented people and providing active security solutions in 100+ countries.



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