Senior Software Engineer - Platform Development

The Basics (Hybrid Role - Part-time in office) As a Tanium Senior Software Engineer focused on platform development, you will build and maintain best-of-breed services that power products as part of a nimble development team. Tanium focuses on a customer engagement model and feedback process to ensure our products are designed the right way from the beginning. When new product ideas are identified, our software engineers design, develop, test, and deploy the products and supporting services from the ground up, while iterating with product management and customers for feedback and input. This position follows the Company’s hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the Durham, NC office three days per week. What you’ll do Build and maintaining Tanium's servers and client alongside a highly agile development team Focus on a strong customer engagement model and feedback process to ensure our products are designed the right way from the beginning Design, develop and test new product ideas from the ground up while working with product management for feedback and input We’re looking for someone with Education Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience CS Degree or related technical field preferred Experience 7+ years industry experience, 10+ preferred Advanced knowledge of C++ Experience designing and building high-performance, secure, scalable, observable, supportable, and maintainable backend services and APIs Experience with public cloud technologies (e.g. AWS or Azure) Experience with cryptographic primitives, TLS, PKI Experience with HTTP API design and development Experience with modern software engineering development and automation tools like git, GHA and Jenkins Other Demonstrates sound judgment for balancing between rapid development, and long-term code maintainability and supportability Communicates effectively, both technically and non-technically, as well as in written and oral forms Believes in the power of and the need for writing automated tests as part of development Skilled debugger who can put out fires under pressure when things go wrong in production environments Has knowledge of a variety of modern software frameworks (server side browser side) and the versatility to learn new tools Detail-oriented and passionate for creating an awesome user experience About Tanium Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. Driven by AI and real-time endpoint intelligence, Tanium Autonomous IT empowers IT and security teams to make their organizations unstoppable. Many of the world’s leading organizations trust Tanium’s single, unified platform for endpoint management and security to innovate faster, stay resilient and move business forward with confidence, at scale. To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business – visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X . On a mission. Together. At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions. As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things. Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work. Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most. What you’ll get The annual base ... (truncated, view full listing at source)