Staff Software Engineer

3 weeks ago

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States Proofpoint Full time

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing

We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

As a Staff software engineer on the Tenant Connectors team, you will be focused on the back-end systems that power our industry leading products focused on integrating via API with external mail providers. You will be responsible for designing and developing new features as well as fixing bugs within our back-end infrastructure. You will also be influencing the technical direction of our products you grow into our team and become a core contributor.

Your day-to-day


• Designing additions to our technology stack


• Developing new features as we add to our industry-leading solutions.


• Investigating issues and developing fixes where appropriate.


• Working within the engineering team as a whole to understand our system and help build for scale.


• Learning new APIs and integrating new data sources into our product suite

What you bring to the team

When it comes to hiring, we value attitude and aptitude over number of years of experience with any specific tool or technology. We assume you know how to code; we're much more interested in how you design and deliver.

Having said that, we are generally looking for the following skills and experience:


• At least 7 years of demonstrated experience delivering code into production cloud applications in a team environment


• Production experience with at least one interpreted language like Ruby, Perl, PHP or Python and at least one strongly typed language like Java or Golang


• Solid understanding of the architecture of database-backed web applications, including web process architectures, threading, ORMs


• An innate desire to work on difficult problems and learn new systems


• Basic understanding of system administration in a Linux, Apache, MySQL environment


• Solid understanding of MySQL and relational databases


• Exposure to the basics of Enterprise-class product development: comfort with process and tools including bug tracking, IDE's, compilers, debuggers, profilers, version control systems, code coverage tools, automated testing tools, usability


• Intrinsic motivation: you fix things because they are broken and need fixing


• AWS or similar cloud infrastructure experience

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us

Consistent with Proofpoint values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets as set out below. Pay within these ranges varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. The range provided may represent a candidate range and may not reflect the full range for an individual tenured employee. This role may be eligible for variable pay and/or equity. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes flexible time off, a robust well-being program that provides for 4 global wellbeing days per year, and a 3-week work from anywhere option.

Base Pay Ranges:

SF Bay Area, New York City Metro Area:

Base Pay Range: 189, ,300.00 USD

California (excludes SF Bay Area), Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Washington DC Metro, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, Washington, Virginia, and Alaska:

Base Pay Range: 158, ,320.00 USD

All other cities and states excluding those listed above:

Base Pay Range: 144, ,410.00 USD

Proofpoint has been honored with five Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.

To view additional awards, please visit

Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.

We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers' sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.

Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today's advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

  • Build and enhance our proven security platform
  • Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
  • Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
  • Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That's why we're a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.


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