Staff Developer - Endpoint - Cloud

At Arctic Wolf, you won’t just watch the cybersecurity industry evolve – you'll help lead the change. Our global Pack is made up of people who thrive on solving hard problems, moving fast, and building technology that protects organizations around the world. We’re proud to be recognized by Forbes, CNBC, Fortune, CRN, Gartner Peer Insights and IDC MarketScape – but what matters most is the work behind it: delivering real outcomes for customers through award winning innovation like our Aurora Platform.

If you’re looking for meaningful work, smart teammates and the chance to make a real impact in a high-growth company that’s redefining security operations, Arctic Wolf is the right place for you!

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. We’re looking for a Staff Developer to be part of making this to happen.   

Position Overview and Objective

Lead the technical vision for Arctic Wolf's cloud security platform while architecting scalable backend systems that protect thousands of organizations from cyber threats.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll drive technical excellence across our cloud engineering teams, leading the design and implementation of mission-critical backend services that power Arctic Wolf's endpoint security solutions. This role combines deep technical expertise with strategic leadership to shape our cloud architecture and mentor engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of scalable, resilient backend services supporting endpoint security

• Drive architectural decisions for distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure

• Design and implement complex backend systems for cybersecurity data processing

• Build high-performance APIs and services handling millions of security events

• Lead implementation of cloud-native architectures using AWS, microservices, and containers

• Mentor Senior and Mid-level engineers on technical design and best practices

• Lead technical discussions across multiple engineering teams

• Drive engineering standards, practices, and tooling adoption

• Lead proof-of-concepts for new architectural approaches and technologies

• Drive adoption of AI-powered development tools and AI-assisted engineering practices to enhance developer productivity, code quality, and system design

Experience & Requirements 

• 9+ years in backend engineering with 3+ years in technical leadership roles

• Expert Programming: Advanced proficiency in Go, Python, or Java for backend development; C#/.NET experience is a nice-to-have

• Cloud Architecture: Deep expertise in AWS including Lambda, ECS/EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, distributed systems, and cloud-native design patterns

• Security Domain: Understanding of security architecture, cybersecurity principles, threat detection, and security data processing

• Observability: Monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, and system reliability practices.

• Performance: Experience with high-throughput systems, caching strategies, and optimization

• DevOps: CI/CD, automation, and production system management

• Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code practices

• Data Systems: Experience with databases, data streaming, and large-scale data processing

On-Camera Policy

To support a fair, transparent, and engaging interview experience, candidates interviewing remotely are expected to be on camera during all video interviews. Being on camera fosters authentic connection, improves communication, and allows for full engagement from both candidates and interviewers. We understand that technical, bandwidth, or location-related challenges may occasionally prevent video use. If this applies, candidates are required to notify us in advance so we can explore appropriate accommodations.

About Arctic Wolf

At Arctic Wolf, we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that thrives on diversity of thought, background, and culture. This is reflected in our multiple awards, including Top Workplace USA (2021-2025), Best Places to Work – USA (2021-2025), Great Place to Work – Canada (2021-2024), Great Place to Work – UK (2024-2026), and Kununu Top Company – Germany (2024-2026). Our commitment to bold growth and shaping the future of security operations is matched by our dedication to customer satisfaction, with over 10,000 customers worldwide and more than 2,000 channel partners globally. As we continue to expand globally and enhance our technology, Arctic Wolf remains the most trusted name in the industry.

Our Values  

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people’s and organizations’ sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.  

We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.   

We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.  

All India wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including:  

Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our entire experience asaccessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodation by emailing recruiting@arcticwolf.com.  View our Hiring Page to learn more about our application process.

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