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About SonicWallSonicWall has been fighting the cyber-criminal industry for over 30 years defending small, medium-size businesses and enterprises worldwide. Backed by research from the Global Response Intelligent Defense (GRID) Threat Network, our award-winning real-time breach detection and prevention solutions, coupled with the formidable resources of over 10,000 loyal channel partners around the globe, are the backbone securing more than a million business and mobile networks and their emails, applications and data. This combination of products and partners has enabled a real-time cyber defense solution tuned to the specific needs of the more than 500,000 global businesses in more than 215 countries and territories.Originally founded in 1991.*U.S. Patents 7,310,815; 7,600,257; 7,738,380; 7,835,361; 7,991,723

firewall • ngfw • application intelligence and control • network security


1001 - 5000 employees


Founded 1991

Principal API Engineer - Platform Architecture
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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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📋 Description
• We’re looking for a Principal API Engineer to drive development of the control plane behind the Zero Trust platform—a highly available, scalable system enabling secure access across global environments.
• This is a hands-on coding and technical leadership role. You’ll architect and own the API layer that orchestrates all activity across our distributed system, while mentoring engineers, ensuring high code quality, and contributing directly to platform scalability, security, and extensibility.
• You’ll also lead a team of offshore Go developers, so strong communication, time zone flexibility, and collaborative leadership are essential.
• Lead our API as a product
• Collaborate with engineers on a vision, but follow a pragmatic plan
• Ensure API security and lead secure coding practices
• Ensure API documentation is created and remains up to date
• Provide mentorship to a growing team
• Provide an opinion on CI/CD/CT

🎯 Requirements
• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field—or equivalent experience
• Experience in leadership roles, including mentoring or managing distributed engineering teams