The Role This is a hands-on, high-autonomy role spanning the full development lifecycle. The primary focus is software development, with additional responsibility for database management and infrastructure as needed to support the team's systems.
Your day-to-day - Build and maintain full-stack applications and backend services using Python, TypeScript, React, and Go.
- Own and manage large SQL databases backing applications and services used by the Threat Intelligence team, including schema design, query optimization, migrations, and operational health.
- Proactively identify problems before they become incidents: Seek out reliability, performance, and correctness issues. Improve runbooks, dashboards, alert quality, and automation.
- Collaborate closely with other engineering teams and threat intelligence stakeholders to deliver outcomes that strengthen the team's ability to produce actionable intelligence.
- Help manage and maintain AWS infrastructure supporting the team's services: VPC configuration, ECS, Aurora/RDS, EC2, Networking, SNS/SQS, CDK
- Adhere to best practices when it comes to CI/CD, observability, and monitoring: GitHub Actions, CloudWatch/Grafana, Docker
What you bring to the team- Substantive Python experience in production or enterprise environments - we're looking for engineers who have designed, built, and maintained Python systems with real operational accountability, not solely scripting or automation.
- PostgreSQL experience is required. Candidates without direct PostgreSQL experience will be considered where they can demonstrate equivalent depth with a comparable relational database system.
- Hands-on AWS infrastructure management experience, including provisioning and operating resources such as EC2 instances, RDS databases, VPCs, and related services.
Preferred Qualifications- Experience with FastAPI.
- Experience with ClickHouse or other columnar/analytical datastores.
- Experience working in a security vendor environment, with exposure to large volumes of raw telemetry.
- Understanding of knowledge graphs and graph databases.
- Comfort using AI-assisted tooling thoughtfully - for example, to accelerate implementation backed by sound planning and detailed design - paired with strong engineering judgment about when and how to apply it.
Nice to Have - Experience managing, maintaining, and tuning PostgreSQL databases at scale.
- Familiarity with building modern CLI/TUI tooling.
- Familiarity working with Agentic/MCP technologies.
Why Proofpoint?At Proofpoint, we believe that an exceptional career experience includes a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. Here are just a few reasons you'll love working with us:
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Career success on your terms
- Flexible work environment
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Our Culture:Our culture is rooted in values that inspire belonging, empower purpose and drive success-every day, for everyone.
How to ApplyInterested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can't wait to hear from you!
Base Pay Ranges:SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:
Base Pay Range: 166,500.00 - 244,200.00 USD
California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:
Base Pay Range: 136,200.00 - 199,760.00 USD
All other cities and states excluding those listed above:
Base Pay Range: 124,100.00 - 182,050.00 USD
