Staff Software Engineer

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:  

Anvilogic is a Palo Alto-based AI cybersecurity startup founded in 2019 by security veterans and data scientists from Fortune 500 companies. 

Our mission is to democratize threat detection and hunting for today’s SOC teams to easily be done across hybrid, multi-clouds and security data lakes without needing to centralize data or rip and replace tools. Further, with our investments in AI-powered automation of detection-as-code to create, test, tune and deploy detections, SOC users can implement high-efficacy detection and hunting techniques without writing a single line of code nor manually wrangling data.

Anvilogic raised $45M Series C funding in April 2024 and is backed by top-tier VC firms and prominent industry executives. Anvilogic’s AI-powered Multi-Data Platform SIEM is used by many of the industry’s most advanced security teams. 

Learn about our customers: anvilogic.com/customers 

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead cross-team technical initiatives for revenue-impacting features in our enterprise cybersecurity platform. You’ll set architectural direction, drive engineering standards, and deliver reliable systems. This is an individual contributor role with influence across our product and teams.

Role Responsibilities

• Lead architecture designs and technical specifications ensuring scalability, maintainability and performance
• Design and build robust, scalable services and APIs
• Take ownership of software development initiatives from coding and testing to deployment and maintenance
• Perform thorough code reviews to maintain quality, consistency and adherence to coding standards
• Mentor senior engineers providing supportive feedback and promoting a positive and innovative culture within the team
• Collaborate closely with product managers and cross-functional teams to turn business requirements into production solutions

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience with demonstrated leadership on large scale, distributed systems
• Proficient in at least one modern programming language (e.g. Python, Java, Go)
• Ability to hit the ground running with Python 3 service development (FastAPI/Flask), data modeling (Pydantic/SQLAlchemy/Alembic) and testing (Pytest) on AWS
• Strong experience designing, implementing and operating REST APIs at scale
• Deep expertise across relational and non-relational databases including table and schema design and migration management
• Extensive experience with software design principles, architectural patterns and best practices
• Hands-on experience with AWS (e.g. Lambda, SQS, ECS, and EKS) and containerized deployments
• Experience leading projects with a team of engineers and effectively managing resources to meet delivery deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Some experience with LLMs, implementing standard patterns (Agents, RAG, Tools), and leveraging popular frameworks.

• Competitive salary with equity in the company
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance 
• Unlimited paid time off policy for work life balance 
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match 
• Monthly stipend for home internet and cell phone expenses