Offer summary

Qualifications:

10+ years of professional software engineering experience., BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience., Deep expertise in API design, Go programming, and distributed systems., Experience in leadership roles, including mentoring or managing distributed engineering teams..

Key responsibilities:

Lead the development and ownership of the API layer for the Zero Trust platform.

Mentor and lead a team of offshore Go developers, ensuring high code quality.

Architect and ensure the security, scalability, and extensibility of the API system.

Collaborate with engineers to develop a pragmatic vision and maintain API documentation.

Job description

SonicWall is a cybersecurity forerunner with more than 30 years of expertise and is recognized as a leading partner-first company, ensuring our partners and their customers are never alone in the fight against cybercrime. With the ability to build, scale and manage security across the cloud, hybrid and traditional environments in real-time, SonicWall provides relentless security against the most evasive cyberattacks across endless exposure points for increasingly remote, mobile and cloud-enabled users. With its own threat research center, SonicWall can quickly and economically provide purpose-built security solutions to enable any organization—enterprise, government agencies and SMBs—around the world. For more information, visit www.sonicwall.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.

Responsibilities:

We’re looking for a Principal API Engineer to drive development of the control plane behind the Zero Trust platform—a highly available, scalable system enabling secure access across global environments.

This is a hands-on coding and technical leadership role. You’ll architect and own the API layer that orchestrates all activity across our distributed system, while mentoring engineers, ensuring high code quality, and contributing directly to platform scalability, security, and extensibility.

You’ll also lead a team of offshore Go developers, so strong communication, time zone flexibility, and collaborative leadership are essential.

What You'll Do:

Lead our API as a product
Collaborate with engineers on a vision, but follow a pragmatic plan
Ensure API security and lead secure coding practices
Ensure API documentation is created and remains up to date
Provide mentorship to a growing team
Provide an opinion on CI/CD/CT

What You Bring:

Deep expertise in API design, Go programming, and distributed systems
Strong experience with SaaS application development and secure cloud-native design
Proven ability to translate business objectives into technical architecture
Experience supporting full API lifecycle: design, deployment, monitoring, and iteration
Passion for collaborative development and mentoring across teams
Strong opinions (loosely held) on infrastructure, DevOps, and release pipelines
Clear, structured thinking and the ability to communicate well across time zones

Qualifications:

10+ years of professional software engineering experience
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience
Experience in leadership roles, including mentoring or managing distributed engineering teams

#LI-Remote

#LI-KB7

#LI-USA

SonicWall is an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

At SonicWall, we pride ourselves on recruiting a diverse mix of talented people and providing active security solutions in 100+ countries.

Applicant Privacy Notice

Required profile