Software Engineer - Cloud Security at Illumio
Sunnyvale, CA
$141,000–$162,000
Jul 12, 2026
Sunnyvale, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend engineering role focused on building and operating containerized microservices for a distributed, multi-tenant cloud security platform. Day-to-day work involves processing real-time network telemetry from public clouds, designing and owning service architecture end-to-end, writing primarily in Go with SQL-based data pipelines on Kubernetes infrastructure, and mentoring junior engineers. Suits engineers with distributed systems experience and at least one major cloud platform under their belt.
Mid level · 2+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,150 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 850–1,450
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052).
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Why we read it this way (8)
The role is titled simply 'Software Engineer' (or similar — no level word appears in the posting body), so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 2+ years requirement and scope (owning features, mentoring juniors) support a Mid-level classification.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's in computer science or equivalent degree' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, this is treated as no hard degree gate.
Cloud platform experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) is framed as 'extensively used one of these platforms at the API/programming level' under the toolkit section, making it a hard gate; AWS is listed as the primary name with Azure and GCP as named alternatives.
Kubernetes is described as 'desired' ('experience delivering a containerized service is desired') but sits in the toolkit/requirements block alongside other hard gates; classified as required given the explicit statement that 'our platform is K8s based'.
CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible are explicitly called 'nice to have' — listed as preferred. Because all three are named as interchangeable options in the same bullet, each is emitted separately with the other two as alternatives.
Networking/security controls experience is explicitly flagged as 'a plus' — listed as preferred.
Master's degree is noted as 'a plus' — not captured as a skill per schema guidance on degrees.
The posting notes U.S. export control compliance as a contingency for any offer, but does not gate on a formal security clearance.
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