Senior Software Engineer

• Build and maintaining Tanium's servers and client alongside a highly agile development team
• Focus on a strong customer engagement model and feedback process to ensure our products are designed the right way from the beginning
• Design, develop and test new product ideas from the ground up while working with product management for feedback and input

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• CS Degree or related technical field preferred

• 7+ years industry experience, 10+ preferred
• Advanced knowledge of C++
• Experience designing and building high-performance, secure, scalable, observable, supportable, and maintainable backend services and APIs
• Experience with public cloud technologies (e.g. AWS or Azure)
• Experience with cryptographic primitives, TLS, PKI
• Experience with HTTP API design and development
• Experience with modern software engineering development and automation tools like git, GHA and Jenkins
• Demonstrated experience integrating AI tools and technologies into software development, including AI-assisted coding and prompt engineering.

• Demonstrates sound judgment for balancing between rapid development, and long-term code maintainability and supportability
• Communicates effectively, both technically and non-technically, as well as in written and oral forms
• Believes in the power of and the need for writing automated tests as part of development
• Skilled debugger who can put out fires under pressure when things go wrong in production environments
• Has knowledge of a variety of modern software frameworks (server side & browser side) and the versatility to learn new tools
• Detail-oriented and passionate for creating an awesome user experience

About Tanium 

On a mission. Together. 

At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.  

As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.

Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work.

Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.  

What you’ll get 

The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $191,000 to $293,000  This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience.

In addition to an annual base salary, team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan, family planning benefits, health savings account, flexible spending account, transportation savings account, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, life, accident and disability coverage, business travel accident insurance, employee assistance programs, disability insurance, and other well-being benefits.