Sr. Software Engineer

Life at Plume

At Plume, we believe that technology isn't about moving faster, it's about making life’s moments better. Which is why we’ve built the world's first, and only, open and hardware-independent service delivery platform for smart homes, small businesses, enterprises, and beyond. Our SaaS platform uses WiFi, advanced AI, and machine learning to create the future of connected spaces—and human experiences—at massive scale.

We now deliver services to over 50 million locations globally and have managed over 2.5 billion devices on our platform. We’re expanding rapidly, pioneering a new category, and we achieved our Series F funding in just four years. Our customers include many of the world's largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs) who look to Plume to help them evolve their smart home offerings while gleaning insights from their own data. 

With a bias for action and a love for being trailblazers, the team at Plume embodies a combination of relentless curiosity and imaginative innovation. We challenge ourselves to think in ways that other companies don't, work to do what should be done (rather than what can), and if we can’t do it exceptionally well, we don’t do it. It’s how we've assembled a team of world-class builders, thinkers, and doers. And it’s how we’re reinventing what’s possible every day.

Plume’s Security Services team is looking for a bright and ambitious Senior Software Engineer to continue rapidly delivering industry-leading innovation. Due to the massive scale requirements of our platform and services, you will solve challenging problems that help protect networks for tens of millions of homes and small businesses.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to the development of end-to-end security solutions. You'll work with cutting-edge technology and advanced architectural patterns to design and optimize high-performance distributed systems.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll make a significant contribution to both Plume’s success and the global community’s security.

About the Customer Security Services Team

The Customer Security Services team is responsible for delivering core security features such as Guard, Shield, and Control for the HomePass and WorkPass apps. These features offer a comprehensive suite of network threat protection, content filtering, and access control capabilities to protect, inform, and empower users to better align their network usage with the needs of their homes or businesses. Some of our highly scalable cloud microservices handle > 15 billion requests per day and stop threats under a second. 

Responsibilities:

As a Senior Software Development Engineer (SDE), your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating across teams: Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle while working in multi-disciplinary teams spanning cloud, embedded systems, front-end web/mobile, etc.
• Code quality: Write clean, maintainable code, and actively participate in peer code reviews.
• Innovation & R&D: Lead research and development activities to drive security feature set innovation and ideation.
• Deployment & Operations: Deploy, operate, test, and troubleshoot applications within a Kubernetes ecosystem.
• Problem ownership: Take ownership of problems and develop solutions end-to-end, including designing and implementing highly reliable and scalable distributed systems.
• Technical leadership: Provide technical ownership of products, contributing to product capabilities and fostering a knowledge base that enables rapid product delivery at scale.
• Independent work: Work with minimal technical supervision while responding efficiently to multiple program priorities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, (or) a related technical field, (or) equivalent experience with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience developing cloud security-focused solutions (e.g., Firewall, DPI, Intrusion Detection/Protection, Anomaly Detection, etc).
• Technical Skills:
• Developing microservices for a SaaS product, in one of the following object-oriented languages: Java, Scala, etc. 
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, and object-oriented programming principles.
• Deep understanding of computer networking, network protocols, and network traffic