Senior Software Engineer (Python)

The Senior Software Engineer will join the Correlation team within the Axonius platform group, focusing on developing and enhancing the patented, proprietary correlation engine. This critical backend role involves leading the research, design, and implementation of algorithms and infrastructure central to the platform’s high-scalability data capabilities. The team’s mission is to drive innovation in cybersecurity asset management by fortifying the platform's core data intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end implementation and architecture of core platform technologies, specifically the proprietary correlation engine.
• Conduct hands-on research and Proofs of Concept (POCs) to solve complex engineering challenges and inform algorithm design.
• Implement engineering efforts focused on achieving and maintaining high scalability and performance within the distributed backend architecture.
• Establish and contribute best practices and architectural leadership to the development of backend applications.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience as a backend software developer.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python programming.
• Demonstrated experience designing and working with high-scale, distributed, cloud-based architectures for big data.
• Practical experience utilizing and integrating NoSQL databases (e.g., Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Redis, or Cassandra).
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience in diagnosing and resolving complex performance issues in distributed systems.
• Familiarity with network architecture, tunneling, and common networking protocols.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure services (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Prior professional experience within the Cybersecurity industry.
• Familiarity with the Celery distributed task queue system.
• Demonstrated ability to use data for solution research and design.
  
  

About Axonius

Axonius transforms cyber asset intelligence into actionability. With the Axonius Asset Cloud, customers preemptively tackle high-risk and hard-to-spot threat exposures, misconfigurations, and overspending. The integrated platform brings together data from every system in an organization’s IT infrastructure to optimize mission-critical risk, performance, and cost measures via actionable intelligence.

Covering cyber assets, software, SaaS applications, identities, vulnerabilities, infrastructure, and more, Axonius is the one place to go for Security, IT, and GRC teams to continuously drive actionability across the organization. Cited as one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity startups, with accolades from CNBC, Forbes, and Fortune, Axonius supports millions of assets for leading customers across industries and around the world.

Axonius makes it a priority to invest in our people with competitive compensation and benefits, growth opportunities, community-building, and so much more. Learn more about benefits at Axonius.

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