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[Cloud Service] Principal Engineer

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Keywords: Principal Engineer, Cloud Security, Data Security, Network Security, AI/ML Applications, Secure Service Mesh Our client is a market-leading cloud security company, redefining the boundaries of Cloud, Network and Data Security. They are looking for a Principal Engineer to join their Secure Service Mesh team. In this role, you will be instrumental in designing and developing security services to protect generative AI/ML applications and services. This is an opportunity to work with a company that values openness, honesty, and transparency and promotes partnerships, collaboration, and teamwork. * Market-leading cloud security company * Opportunity to work on AI/ML applications * Company culture promoting collaboration and teamwork

What you'll do:

As a Principal Engineer, your role will be pivotal in setting the architectural design and strategic technical directions for the Secure Service Mesh team. You will be responsible for understanding requirement specifications, designing high-quality features that ensure reliability, sustainability, scalability, and observability for data plane. Your expertise in building scalable services using advanced data structures and algorithms in C, C++, Golang will be crucial in inspecting various network protocols at line rate. Furthermore, you will integrate these services with other features like IPS, DLP, Threat protection, and other ML services.

  • Setting and driving the overall architectural design and strategic technical directions for the Secure Service Mesh team.
  • Understanding requirement specs and designing and implementing high-quality features that ensure reliability, sustainability, scalability and observability for data plane.
  • Working with Product Management to understand customer requirements and provide architectural guidance.
  • Providing technical leadership by sharing and adapting industry leading practices for the benefit of the company.
  • Building scalable and performant services that inspect various network protocols at line rate using advanced data structures and algorithms in C, C++, Golang.
  • Integrating with other features like IPS, DLP and Threat protection and other ML services.

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for the Principal Engineer role brings a wealth of experience in building high-performance networking software and cloud services. You possess expertise in datapath high efficient packets processing or high performant service mesh in C++ or Golang. Your experience extends to building high throughput and low latency data systems. A strong understanding of computer architecture – multi-threading, CPU scheduling, memory management with practical knowledge of Linux at system/kernel level is essential. Your strong communication skills and ability to handle complex customer issues will be key in this role. Furthermore, your willingness to work with a globally distributed team in different time zones will be highly valued.

  • 15+ years of overall experience including 10+ years of experience building high-performance networking software and cloud services.
  • Expertise in datapath high efficient packets processing or high performant service mesh in C++ or Golang.
  • Experience in building high throughput and low latency data systems.
  • Strong understanding of computer architecture – multi-threading, CPU scheduling, memory management with practical knowledge of Linux at system/kernel level.
  • Experience handling complex customer issues.
  • Strong communication skills with ability to negotiate skillfully.
  • Willingness to work with a globally distributed team in different time zones.

What sets this company apart:

Our client is a market-leading cloud security company that has been redefining the boundaries of Cloud, Network and Data Security since 2012. They have built an award-winning culture powered by hundreds of employees spread across offices worldwide. Their core values are openness, honesty, and transparency, and they purposely developed their open desk layouts and large meeting spaces to support and promote partnerships, collaboration, and teamwork. They strive to keep work fun, supportive and interactive.

What's next:

If you're ready to take on the challenge of setting new standards in cloud security, apply now!

Apply today by clicking on the link!

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Software

Focus: Backend Development

Industry: IT

Salary: TWD3,000,000 - TWD4,200,000 per annum

Workplace Type: Remote

Experience Level: Senior Management

Location: Taipei

Job Reference: LPR2N7-5BBD7E15

Date posted: 16 April 2025

Consultant: Yuan Hsiao