WatchGuard embraces a Flexible Work Philosophy. Most of our employees can choose to work from the office, at home, or any combination of the two. We\xe2\x80\x99ve built a global workforce of outstanding team members and a flexible culture built on trust, collaboration, and belonging.

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  This role can be located remote anywhere in USA or Canada

Position Overview
WatchGuard is looking for an experienced Software Engineer accustomed to working in a cross-platform environment. The successful candidate will need to be comfortable developing embedded applications and kernel extensions in C. Expertise in networking and VPN system and infrastructure design, development and maintenance is highly desirable.


A Day in the Life
Most days at WatchGuard are fast-paced and dynamic, and your ability to thrive in an ever-changing environment will give you the outlook to determine daily priorities. A typical day could be any combination of the following activities:

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software features and enhancements, related (but not limited) to Branch Office VPN and Mobile User VPN system and infrastructure
• Participate in feature design meetings, may assume leadership roles in proposing solution and reviewing other\xe2\x80\x99s design and code
• Create/perform unit tests for new feature deliverables
• Estimate size and scope of development tasks
• Investigate problems reported by QA or support engineers and develop solutions to the problems
• Document feature specification and conduct presentation for new feature tech transfers

Qualifications

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience
• Mid-Level experience in C/C++ Language
• Good working knowledge and experience in multi-process/multi-thread programing in embedded Linux environment
• Knowledge of VPN software development
• Familiarity and experience in IKE/IPsec, SSL technologies
• Good working knowledge of TCP/IP stack, and networking protocols
• Familiarity and experience with Python, XML, JavaScript is a Plus
• Experience in using source control tools (e.g. Perforce) and debugging tools (e.g. gdb)
• A self-motivated team player and be able to jump-start development from the initial concept with a `can-do\' attitude.
• Experience in communicating with users, other development teams, and management to collect requirements, describe product features, and designs

Why Work for WatchGuard?


WatchGuard is a global leader in network security and intelligence, advanced endpoint protection, multi-factor authentication, and secure Wi-Fi. Our award-winning products and services are trusted worldwide by more than 18,000 security resellers and service providers to protect more than 250,000 customers. Our technology keeps our customers ahead of increasingly sophisticated hackers and has fueled record revenues at WatchGuard.

WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with team members working remotely and in offices worldwide.

Our company culture places an intense focus on our customers and employees. From the newest employee to our CEO, you\'ll find that each person at WatchGuard embodies our Core Values: Accountability, Community, Belonging, Action, Innovation, and Customer-Centric. Learn more about our company culture at www.watchguard.com/wgrd-careers.

WatchGuard provides equal employment opportunities for all qualified employees, regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, age, sex, sexual orientation (including gender expression or identity), marital status, mental or physical disability, honorably discharged veteran or military status or any other category protected by federal, state or local laws. Our equal employment opportunity (or EEO) policy focuses solely on the talent, hard work, contributions, and actual results achieved by each WatchGuard employee and on the potential of employment candidates to make such contributions. We consider focusing on an employee\'s protected characteristics rather than on talent, hard work, and actual work results to violate our EEO policy. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to a diverse workforce. WatchGuard participates in E-verify.

WatchGuard is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.