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 seeking a Full Stack Staff Software Engineer to join our core product engineering team, where you will play a key role in designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-native, cutting-edge dynamic application security products. These products operate in an ever-evolving customer infrastructure landscape, requiring scalability, reliability, and performance. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will contribute to building, optimizing, and maintaining a highly scalable, highly reliable cloud-native user interface and microservices architecture. You will leverage modern technologies and programming languages to enable real-time processing and enhance security capabilities.
Your Opportunity:
- Get in on the ground floor: As a staff team member, you will have the opportunity to architect, design, and implement new features while influencing the overall system architecture to meet our scalability and performance goals
- Innovate: Play a key role in the ongoing evolution of our global cloud architecture and distributed systems, ensuring high availability, security, and efficiency in delivering next-gen cybersecurity solutions
- Learn new things: Take advantage of our training budget to attend conferences, workshops, or certification programs to stay ahead of the latest trends in security, cloud computing, and software development
- Raise the bar: We are constantly improving our technology stack, engineering culture, and product capabilities. Bring your innovative ideas and technical expertise to the table to make a lasting impact
- Collaborate: Work cross-functionally with Product Managers, UX designers, fellow engineers, and key stakeholders to iteratively enhance our products
- Additionally, you will mentor and guide engineers across the organization, fostering a culture of engineering excellence
What You’ll Need:
- Able to work at Columbia, MD Headquarters (3 days per week, subject to change)
- 6+ years of experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer in SaaS/cloud-based applications
- 4+ years of Java, Scala and/or Kotlin development experience
- Hands-on experience with modern UI frameworks like Angular, React, or Vue.js.
- Deep knowledge of building and scaling microservices architectures
- Extensive experience with RESTful API development and best practices
- Strong experience with AWS cloud services and distributed system design.
- Proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Elasticsearch
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging systems like Kafka, SQS, or SNS
- Strong expertise in DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Kubernetes, Jenkins, Gradle, Terraform, and Prometheus
- Proven experience with observability and monitoring tools (ELK, Datadog, PagerDuty, Splunk)
- Hands-on experience with GitHub/Git branching strategies
- Ability to lead projects independently, balancing trade-offs and ensuring timely delivery
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on performance, scalability, and security
- Experience working in Agile environments, with a passion for iterative development and team collaboration
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with a proven track record of mentoring engineers and driving best practices
- A passion for continuous learning and innovation, keeping up with emerging technologies and industry trends
And Ideally:
- Prior experience working on on-prem applications or security-focused tools
- Experience migrating services from Scala to Kotlin
- Exposure to web application security scanning (WAS) tools
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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.
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