Principal Software Engineer

Dublin - Ireland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 14 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Vectra is the leader in AI-driven threat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises.

The Vectra AI Platform delivers integrated signal across public cloud SaaS identity and data center networks in a single platform. Powered by patented Attack Signal Intelligence it empowers security teams to rapidly prioritize investigate and respond to the most advanced cyber-attacks. With 35 patents in AI-driven threat detection and the most vendor references in MITRE D3FEND organizations worldwide rely on the Vectra AI to move at the speed and scale of hybrid attackers. For more information visit .

About the Role

Were looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead the design development and operation of our Cloud Ingestion Platform which powers data collection transformation analytics and access across major cloud providers and cloud-native environments. You will play a key role in ensuring that high-volume high-fidelity data from diverse sources is efficiently ingested normalized and made accessible for behavioral detections investigations and advanced analytics while also maintaining the performance and scalability of our underlying data infrastructure.

This role blends architectural leadership with hands-on technical depth. Youll design systems that are secure resilient scalable and cost effective while mentoring teams and guiding the evolution of our cloud data ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Architect and implement scalable ingestion and transformation platforms in our cloud environment
Lead technical design for ETL systems that normalize diverse telemetry into clean queryable data models
Manage and optimize cloud database infrastructure including workload tuning cost optimization scaling strategies and automation for high availability and resilience
Collaborate with data and infrastructure teams to implement observability capacity planning and proactive performance management
Build APIs and services enabling investigative workflows including federated query capabilities
Ensure data integrity security and governance across cloud-native environments
Drive technical excellence through mentorship design reviews and architectural guidance
Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies in cloud data engineering analytics and infrastructure automation
Participate in on-call rotations and deploy highly available production-grade services

Qualifications

Required:

10 years of software engineering experience with 5 years in distributed systems or large-scale data platforms
Strong proficiency in Python Rust Java or Go
Expertise in ETL data modeling and stream/batch processing frameworks
Deep hands-on experience with AWS Azure or other major cloud ecosystems
Proven ability to manage and optimize cloud databases (e.g. Snowflake Trino Delta Lake Iceberg RDS or similar)
Expertise in workload optimization scalability and query performance tuning
Experience deploying workloads using infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation or Helm)
Track record of technical leadership including mentorship and architectural ownership
Strong understanding of security privacy and compliance in cloud data environments

Preferred:

Experience managing data lakes and federated query engines (Trino Presto or equivalent)
Passion for enabling customers to extract value from data we store on their behalf
Experience building microservices and APIs focused on customer lifecycle management entitlements and data acquisition
Familiarity with security telemetry (CloudTrail O365 Azure Activity Logs etc.)
Experience with observability frameworks (Prometheus Grafana Datadog etc.)
Background in cybersecurity threat detection or security analytics
Contributions to open-source or cloud data infrastructure projects

Education

B.S or M.S or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)

Vectra provides a comprehensive total rewards packagethat supports the financial physical mental and overall health of our employees and their families. Compensation includes competitive base pay incentive plan eligibility and participation in the employee equity plan (stock options). Specific benefits offered varies by location but commonly include health care insurance income protection / life insurance access to retirement savings plans behavioral & emotional wellness services generous time away from work and a comprehensive employee recognition program.

Vectra is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status.

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Vectra is the leader in AI-driven threat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises.The Vectra AI Platform delivers integrated signal across public cloud SaaS identity and data center networks in a single platform. Powered by patented Attack Signal Intelligence it empowers securit...