Senior Software Engineer

Role

Tanium seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Connect team. Connect exports endpoint data and events to external systems, including SIEMs, data warehouses, ticketing systems, cloud storage, and email. You will build the services behind these exports, shape technical direction, and mentor engineers. The role is suited to someone progressing toward Staff Engineer.

Location

• Hybrid in Durham, NC or Emeryville, CA, with at least three days per week in the office.
• Candidates must be US-based.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, reliable backend services in Node.js and Go to collect, transform, and deliver large volumes of endpoint data.
• Design and evolve APIs with clear contracts, versioning, and backward compatibility.
• Build third-party connectors that handle different authentication methods, rate limits, payload formats, and failure behavior.
• Implement retries, backoff, deduplication, and back-pressure to prevent data loss or duplication.
• Build event-driven workflows with NATS and durable multi-step jobs with Temporal.
• Lead technical design, drive decisions across teams, and write actionable design documents.
• Improve metrics, logs, tracing, and alerting to detect export problems before customers do.
• Write unit tests and partner with QA and automation engineers on integration and end-to-end coverage.
• Debug production issues, identify root causes, and implement preventive fixes.
• Mentor engineers and establish standards for design, testing, and operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Computer Science or a related technical field preferred.
• At least eight years building and operating production backend services, including leading designs and influencing technical direction beyond your team.
• Strong proficiency in Go or Node.js and willingness to work in both.
• Experience designing APIs using REST, GraphQL, or gRPC; building event-driven systems using NATS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar; and implementing multi-step workflows.
• Experience integrating third-party APIs and SaaS products, including OAuth.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Azure or AWS.
• Experience with SQL or NoSQL data stores, Git, and CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools, such as Claude or GitHub Copilot.
• Must be eligible to obtain FedRAMP clearance at a minimum.
• Sound judgment balancing delivery speed with long-term maintainability and supportability.
• Commitment to shared quality ownership and writing tests alongside code.
• Ability to debug production incidents under pressure and address root causes.
• Comfort mentoring colleagues and improving team standards.

Preferred Experience

• NATS, Temporal, or similar workflow orchestration tools.
• SIEM or ITSM platforms such as Splunk and ServiceNow, or security and endpoint data.
• React, TypeScript, or multi-tenant SaaS services.

Compensation and Benefits

• Annual base salary: $191,000–$293,000 for this full-time position. Actual offers depend on factors including location, education, skills, training, and experience.
• Equity awards; medical, dental, and vision coverage; family planning benefits; health, flexible spending, and transportation savings accounts; and a 401(k) with company match.
• Life, accident, disability, and business travel accident insurance; employee assistance programs; and other well-being benefits.
• Five days of volunteer time off.

Application and Interview Information

• Contact accommodations@tanium.com for accommodations during the application, interview, or pre-employment process.
• Tanium employees communicate only through @tanium.com email addresses, conduct video interviews, and never ask candidates for money.