About Us:

Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity. We protect how people, data, and AI agents connect across email, cloud, and collaboration tools. Over 80 of the Fortune 100, 10,000 large enterprises, and millions of smaller organizations trust Proofpoint to stop threats, prevent data loss, and build resilience across their people and AI workflows. Our mission is simple: safeguard the digital world and empower people to work securely and confidently. Join us in our pursuit to defend data and protect people.

How We Work:

At Proofpoint you’ll be part of a global team that breaks barriers to redefine cybersecurity guided by our BRAVE core values:

Bold in how we dream and innovate

Responsive to feedback, challenges and opportunities

Accountable for results and best in class outcomes

Visionary in future focused problem-solving

Exceptional in execution and impact

Corporate Overview

Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity. Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint.

The Role

Senior Software Engineer

Are you curious, analytical and motivated by new challenges and willing to prove it? Do you want to deliver enterprise-wide solutions that promote flexibility, scalability and high performance to millions of users? Do you want to learn and apply new skills on an ongoing basis? If so, we would like to hear from you! We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer who would be working across the Proofpoint product teams to build on top of a world class platform and shared services suite of solutions. This position involves architecture, design, implementation and operation of large- scale cloud-based services that form the backbone of Proofpoint’s product suite. Your day-to-day You would be expected to act independently to drive the requirements for and own large components within the platform and shared services systems throughout their lifecycle: participate in requirement discussions, gathering and analysis, architecture/design, implementation, testing and deployment rollouts and production support. For this position you would need to exhibit strong technical leadership and communication skills, define and successfully execute engineering roadmap initiatives within an agile application development environment.

What you bring to the team

• 10+ years of strong server-side development experience.

• Expertise in Go Lang, REST/JSON APIs, Linux.

• Experience with containers and deploying them in Kubernetes.

• Strong Object-Oriented Analysis and design concepts.

• Good understanding of Relational and Timeseries databases.

• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus and Splunk

• Exposure to modern DevOps methodologies with CI/CD pipelines.

• Proven hands-on expertise in developing software in an Agile manner.

• Experience with scalability/high availability and distributed data services.

• Experience building, deploying and monitoring large scale cloud services. AWS preferred.

• Ownership of high value product features and technical initiatives.

• Ability to act independently as a lead on complex projects and collaborate with the team.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Play well with others! Be a great teammate and help us maintain our positive culture

• Share knowledge with the team both formally and informally.

• Ready to adapt and contribute across the wider team as needed.

• Provide mentoring and thought leadership to other team members.

Why Proofpoint

As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and developing great teams is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in many countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint’s amazing culture!

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.

We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, please reach out to accessibility@proofpoint.com.

How to Apply

Interested? Submit your application along with any supporting information- we can’t wait to hear from you!