Key Facts

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Full time

English

Hard Skills

Systems Architecture Endpoint Security Application Programming Interface (API) Computer Networks Code Analysis Productivity Improvement Observability Release Builds Cloud-Native Applications Reliability Engineering Internet Protocols Suite Scalability Performance Improvement Secure Coding Application Programming Interface (API) Domain Name System Systems Design Managed Extensibility Framework (.NET Framework) Technical Leadership

Other Skills

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Decision Making
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Distributed Team Management
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Mentorship

Roles & Responsibilities

12-15 years of backend engineering experience with strong API ownership
Deep expertise in Go (Golang) with significant production experience
Proven experience designing scalable distributed systems
Strong understanding of API security, authentication, and secure coding principles

Requirements:

Own the API as a product, defining technical direction, scalability strategy, and long-term evolution
Design and build high-performance, secure, production-grade Go services
Architect distributed systems that balance performance, reliability, and extensibility
Lead code reviews and elevate engineering quality across the team

SonicWall

Cybersecurity

About SonicWall

SonicWall has been fighting the cyber-criminal industry for over 30 years defending small, medium-size businesses and enterprises worldwide. Backed by research from the Global Response Intelligent Defense (GRID) Threat Network, our award-winning real-time breach detection and prevention solutions, coupled with the formidable resources of over 10,000 loyal channel partners around the globe, are the backbone securing more than a million business and mobile networks and their emails, applications and data. This combination of products and partners has enabled a real-time cyber defense solution tuned to the specific needs of the more than 500,000 global businesses in more than 215 countries and territories. *U.S. Patents 7,310,815; 7,600,257; 7,738,380; 7,835,361; 7,991,723

Company type: Large

Industry: Cybersecurity

Founded: 2018

Company size: 1001 - 5000

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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.

About the Role

We’re looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to own and evolve the API that powers the control plane of our Zero Trust platform. This API is the central orchestration layer across a distributed system and is critical to product performance, security, and scalability. This is not a people-manager-only role. You will be a core Go contributor while setting architectural direction, raising engineering standards, and mentoring a distributed team. If you enjoy building high-scale APIs, care deeply about secure system design, and like leading through influence rather than hierarchy, this role is for you.

What You’ll Do

Own the API as a product — defining technical direction, scalability strategy, and long-term evolution
Design and build high-performance, secure, production-grade Go services
Architect distributed systems that balance performance, reliability, and extensibility
Translate business and product requirements into clean, scalable system designs
Lead code reviews and elevate engineering quality across the team
Drive secure coding practices and API security standards
Guide CI/CD/CT best practices and improve developer productivity
Mentor and provide technical leadership to a distributed offshore Go engineering team
Ensure API documentation is accurate, clear, and continuously maintained
Manage the API lifecycle end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration

What We’re Looking For

12-15 years of backend engineering experience, with strong API ownership
Deep expertise in Go (Golang) with significant production experience
Proven experience designing scalable distributed systems
Strong understanding of API security, authentication, and secure coding principles
Experience in SaaS environments and cloud-native architectures
Demonstrated ability to lead technically while remaining hands-on
Experience working across time zones and mentoring remote engineers
Strong communication skills and pragmatic decision-making ability
Knowledge of networking, TCP/IP, and DNS
Experience in building and scaling cloud-delivered networking services would be advantageous

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience
Master’s degree with 8+ years; or PhD with 6+ years; or Equivalent practical experience
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred

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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.

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