Principal Software Development Engineer

Do you enjoy analyzing complex problems? Do you thrive on the challenge of experimenting with new research or technologies to find creative solutions? Are you looking for career and learning opportunities within a dynamic work environment with an innovative company experiencing high growth? Then joining our Fortinet team is the right move for you!

Here at Fortinet, we are looking for a highly motivated individual who can thrive in a fast-paced environment and successfully contribute to the team. The ideal candidate will have a can-do attitude, passion for technology, extensive development experience, and will be able to learn quickly.

The FortiSOAR R&D team is looking for a Principal Software Development Engineer to help improve and expand our SOAR capabilities in the platform. As a member of the team, you’ll be responsible for designing and implementing the core platform services and defining the architecture of the system.

Responsibilities

• Research, investigate, and define new areas of technology to enhance existing features or new product directions; re-evaluate the design and implementation of current source code.
• Design, build and enhance the API framework and Workflow Engine for FortiSOAR platform.
• Participate in functional spec, design, and code reviews. 
• Work on cross-team platform-level initiatives and projects
• Maintain and document code using source control system
• Develop high quality, secure, scalable software solutions based on technical requirements specifications and design artifacts within expected time and budget
• Help define and execute the long-term technical strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or equivalent education. 
• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• High level expertise programming in Java or Python programming.
• Hands-on experience with popular Java/Python Framework (Spring Boot, Django)
• Excellent knowledge of PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, ES Stack, NGINX and application deployment is required.
• Experience in building REST API based microservices is required.
• Broad knowledge of web standards for authentication such as OAuth2, SAML2, SSL, CORS, JWT, REST/SOAP etc.
• Stronghold of data structures and multiple-threading/multiple-processing programming
• Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills is required
• Ability to communicate and discuss technical topics with both technical and business audiences.
• Excellent understanding and knowledge of Software Engineering Concepts and Methodologies is required. 

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