Staff Software Engineer | Security

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Perimeter Cyber Security team in Hyderabad. This role is central to the design, development, and maintenance of our perimeter-focused software stack, which supports our global edge defenses. You will work on CDN, web application firewall (WAF) automation, caching systems, observability tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure integrations—driving automation and resilience at the edge.

This position works closely with our Traffic Delivery and Perimeter Security teams, with a strong focus on intelligent automation, data modeling, and CDN-scale engineering. You’ll be instrumental in building systems that allow our security teams to detect, respond, and adapt quickly using compute-aided intelligence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement perimeter security applications in Golang, with a focus on scalability, automation, and observability.
• Configure and Automate edge defenses, CDN solutions, and WAF configurations using APIs from major CDNs such as Akamai, Cloudflare, or Fastly.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Engineer enterprise level caching and delivery systems,
• Engineer telemetry and logging systems that enhance visibility and incident response capabilities.
• Integrate and operationalize SOAR platforms such as Cortex, Tines, Splunk SOAR, or Chronicle for automated threat detection and response workflows.
• Develop tools and pipelines for traffic data modeling, policy automation, and proactive mitigation.
• Partner with Application, Cloud, and SOC teams to deliver resilient and secure edge systems.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on infrastructure, platform, or security engineering.
• Proficient in Golang, or other system-level languages.
• Experience working with CDN security tooling and automation (Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly).
• Solid understanding of data modeling and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with:
  • SOAR platforms: Cortex, Tines, Splunk SOAR, Chronicle
  • Logging/SIEM tools: Splunk, Elastic, SQL-based analytics
  • Cloud & container platforms: AWS, Kubernetes, Linode
  • Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD: Terraform, GitOps workflows
• Strong written, spoken, and visual communication skills in English are a fundamental requirement.
• Proven ability to clearly articulate technical designs, decisions, and workflows to diverse stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Background in CDN management, WAF engineering, bot mitigation, or edge access control.
• Fundamental experience with AWS Infrastructure and Management
• Experience with security orchestration and automated response pipelines.
• Familiarity with real-time detection logic and alert tuning in high-scale environments.

Why Join Us?
You’ll be at the forefront of securing our edge infrastructure, with real ownership over systems that impact global defense and performance. We prioritize automation, scale, and elegant solutions—giving you space to innovate and drive change alongside talented teams.