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# Staff Software Engineer

- **Company:** Vectra AI
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $186,000.0 - $252,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Data Warehousing, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Elasticsearch, Apache Hadoop, Python (Programming Language), Data Streaming, Real Time Systems, Build Management, Druid, Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, Stream Processing, Data Pipelines, Golang
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-software-engineer-vectra-9638803

## About the Role

* 8+ years of experience building distributed systems at scale

 * Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) and experience with Python

 * Experience with streaming or data-intensive systems (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, Flink)

 * Solid understanding of network telemetry (e.g., flow logs, DNS)

 * Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred)

 * Strong background in systems design, performance, and reliability

 * Proven ability to lead technical initiatives across teams

Nice to have:

 * Background in cybersecurity or network detection

 * Experience with real-time analytics systems

 * Expertise in data warehousing technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, Hadoop, Druid)

## Description

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Fusion engineering team, focused on building systems that ingest, process, and analyze network cloud telemetry such as flow and DNS logs.

This is a high-impact, hands-on technical leadership role. You will design and scale distributed systems that power real-time detection, while influencing architecture, standards, and engineering practices across teams.

What You'll Do

 * Design and build scalable backend systems using Go and Python

 * Develop and evolve high-throughput data pipelines for network flow and DNS telemetry

 * Architect systems for real-time and near real-time data processing

 * Improve performance, scalability, and cost efficiency of platform services

 * Lead design and code reviews, setting a high bar for engineering quality

 * Drive cross-team architecture and platform alignment

 * Partner with product and detection teams to deliver shared platform capabilities

 * Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence and ownership


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