
Senior Software Engineer, Threat Intelligence
Proofpoint
2h ago • Remote
Senior
Remote
124,100 - 244,200 USD/yr
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Quick Facts
Role: Senior Software Engineer, Threat Intelligence
Focus: Full-stack development, backend services, database management, and infrastructure
Description
This is a hands-on, high-autonomy role across the full development lifecycle for Threat Intelligence systems. You will build and maintain applications and services, own and optimize large PostgreSQL databases, and improve reliability, performance, and correctness. You will also operate AWS infrastructure and ensure strong CI/CD, observability, and monitoring.
Responsibilities
Build and maintain full-stack applications and backend services using Python, TypeScript, React, and Go
Own and manage large SQL databases (schema design, query optimization, migrations, operational health)
Proactively identify and fix reliability, performance, and correctness issues; improve runbooks, dashboards, alert quality, and automation
Collaborate with engineering and threat intelligence stakeholders to deliver actionable intelligence outcomes
Manage AWS infrastructure supporting services (VPC, ECS, Aurora/RDS, EC2, networking, SNS/SQS, CDK)
Implement best practices for CI/CD, observability, and monitoring (GitHub Actions, CloudWatch/Grafana, Docker)
Requirements
Substantive Python experience in production or enterprise environments with real operational accountability
PostgreSQL experience required; consider candidates with equivalent depth in a comparable relational database
Hands-on AWS infrastructure management experience with EC2, RDS, VPC, and related services
Benefits
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits
Flexible work environment
Annual wellness and community outreach days
Recognition for contributions
Career success on your terms
Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Work from Anywhere option (three weeks)
Flexible time off and well-being program (two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year)
Base Pay Ranges (examples by market)
SF Bay Area / NYC Metro: $166,500–$244,200
California (excluding SF Bay Area), CO, CT, IL, DC Metro, MD, MA, NJ, TX, WA DC, VA, AK: $136,200–$199,760
Other cities/states: $124,100–$182,050
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