
Staff Software Engineer
Who is Tenable?
Tenable® is the Exposure Management company. 44,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. Our global employees support 65 percent of the Fortune 500, 45 percent of the Global 2000, and large government agencies. Come be part of our journey!
What makes Tenable such a great place to work?
Ask a member of our team and they’ll answer, “Our people!” We work together to build and innovate best-in-class cybersecurity solutions for our customers; all while creating a culture of belonging, respect, and excellence where we can be our best selves. When you’re part of our #OneTenable team, you can expect to partner with some of the most talented and passionate people in the industry, and have the support and resources you need to do work that truly matters. We deliver results that exceed expectations and we win together!
Your Role:
Tenable is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Nessus development team. Nessus is the core of the Tenable network security product line, enabling organizations to address the ever-evolving challenge of understanding and mitigating their cybersecurity risk. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will contribute towards designing, developing and maintaining the full Nessus product stack, from our Enterprise Cloud solution to our on-premises Nessus Professional product used by thousands of consultants worldwide.
Your Opportunity:
- Work cross-functionally with other developers, front-end designers, product owners and various Tenable teams to design, develop and maintain new features for the Nessus product line
- Promote clear and simple software design while actively driving the team toward better practices and solutions
- Support a true DevOps / CICD software delivery model
- Promote high quality aimed at areas such as security, reliability, testability and maintainability
- Drive innovation by contributing new ideas for our processes, tools, and technologies
- Call out issues and help us fix them as we continuously improve
- Coach and mentor mid-level and junior staff
What You'll Need:
- 10+ years of relevant engineering experience
- Experience architecting and building high volume, fault-tolerant, highly available, and globally distributed systems in a cloud-native environment
- Experience developing in multiple languages such as: C/C++, Groovy, Node.js, Java, Javascript, Python, and a willingness to learn new languages as needed
- Experience designing and developing Restful API’s.
- Excellent understanding and working knowledge of SQL
- 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
- The desire to continuously learn and be exposed to new technologies
And Ideally:
- Experience with technologies such as Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, AWS
- Use of automated environment management using Kubernetes, Docker, and/or Helm
- Familiarity with CI/CD process and tools for building, testing and delivering software with quality in a scalable fashion:
- Build Pipelines using Jenkins, Bamboo, etc
- Unit, Component, Integration, and other Testing with Spock, JUnit, Postman, or PyTest Logging and Metrics (Splunk, Datadog, Coralogix)
- Staying abreast of new technologies and methods to building software to high standards. (books, conferences, meetups, etc)
- Comfortable working on a team that experiments with its processes and practices as well as evolving them when necessary
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This is the base pay range for this position. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, location and experience, and may fall outside of the range shown. Employees are also eligible for variable compensation in addition to base pay (commission for sales roles, bonus for non-sales roles), depending on company and individual performance. Tenable also offers a variety of comprehensive and competitive benefits which include: 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; and community programs.
US Pay Ranges
$161,500 - $215,500 USD
We’re committed to promoting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Tenable - through all equal employment opportunity laws and regulations at the international, federal, state and local levels. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact Recruiting@Tenable.com for further assistance.
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