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Senior MTS - Software Development at Aviatrix in Champaign, IL
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Job Description
WHO WE ARE:
For enterprises struggling to secure cloud workloads, Aviatrix® offers a single solution for pervasive cloud security. Where current cybersecurity approaches focus on securing entry points to a trusted space, Aviatrix Cloud Native Security Fabric (CNSF) delivers runtime security and enforcement within the cloud application infrastructure itself – closing gaps between existing solutions and helping organizations regain visibility and control. Aviatrix ensures security, cloud, and networking teams are empowering developer velocity, AI, serverless, and what’s next. For more information, visit www.aviatrix.com.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Senior MTS - Software Development Engineer
The Observability team delivers performant, resilient, and scalable solutions that power our observability platform. This infrastructure spans the full data lifecycle — collection, transmission, processing, storage, and analysis — underpinning Aviatrix's end-to-end multi-cloud networking solution.
We are looking for a Sr. Member of Technical Staff (Sr. MTS) to join the Observability team. In this role, you will independently solve technically difficult problems, contribute to platform architecture, and deliver impactful improvements to the security, quality, reliability, and performance of our observability systems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Technical Execution
- Design and implement solutions to a wide range of technically difficult problems across observability plane modules, using primarily Golang, Javascript and Python
- Deliver features and improvements independently; demonstrate initiative and sound technical judgment throughout the development lifecycle
- Write clean, testable, and maintainable code consistent with objectives set by Engineering leadership
- Develop imaginative, thorough, and practicable solutions that incrementally improve product security, quality, reliability, performance, and ease of operations for customers
Project Ownership & Planning
- Set milestones for assigned tasks and prioritize work to meet release schedules
- Proactively identify risks and communicate progress at critical checkpoints, ensuring soundness of technical judgment and overall accuracy of deliverables
- Work effectively under general supervision, with the ability to drive tasks to completion with minimal day-to-day guidance
Architecture & Design
- Apply and advance core technical standards, principles, and best practices in data pipeline development and observability infrastructure
- Participate actively in design and code reviews, providing constructive feedback that improves quality and shares knowledge across the team
- Evaluate and recommend approaches for collecting, transmitting, processing, and storing large-scale observability data in multi-cloud environments
Collaboration & Communication
- Engage frequently across organizational boundaries, representing the team in providing solutions to technical issues associated with specific projects or customer escalations
- Contribute actively to team and Engineering meetings; may participate in cross-functional teams
- Communicate technical decisions clearly — both in written documentation and verbal discussion — to engineering peers and stakeholders
Quality & Operational Excellence
- Contribute to improving test coverage, potentially beyond core project areas
- Participate in on-call rotations; take ownership of diagnosing and resolving production issues in observability systems
- Drive incremental improvements to engineering practices, including testing standards and operational runbooks
REQUIREMENTS
- 3+ years of relevant software development experience with a BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- Demonstrated ability to independently solve defined but technically difficult problems end-to-end
- Proficiency in Golang (strongly preferred) and/or Python
- Experience building and operating microservice-based architectures
- Strong knowledge of data pipeline development and ETL best practices
- Excellent software engineering fundamentals: clean, testable, well-documented code
- Strong communication skills — able to represent the team in technical discussions and customer-facing escalations
- Collaborative team player who thrives in startup-style environments
Preferred
- Prior experience with one or more Cloud Service Providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Alibaba Cloud)
- Experience with nodejs and javascript backend UI development.
- Experience deploying and managing big data or streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Spark, ClickHouse) on Kubernetes
- Familiarity with observability tooling and standards (e.g., OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing)
US Pay Range
The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $XXX,XXX-$XXX,XXX + benefits + 401(k) match + equity and is bonus eligible. The pay range is determined by the role, work location, job-related skills, level, experience and relevant education. The range displayed is applicable only for new hires for the listed position located in the US. Your Talent Advisor can share more details regarding salary ranges, benefits, and equity for your location during the hiring process.
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BENEFITS
US: We cover 100% of employee premiums and 88% of dependent(s) premiums for medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k) match, short and long-term disability, life/AD&D insurance, $1,000/year education reimbursement, and a flexible vacation policy.
Outside the US: We offer a comprehensive benefits package which, (subject to regional variations) could include pension, private medical for you and dependents, generous holiday allowance, life assurance, long-term disability, annual wellbeing stipend
Your total compensation package will be based on job-related knowledge, education, certifications and location, per our aligned ranges.
About Aviatrix
Aviatrix® is the cloud network security company trusted by more than 500 of the world’s leading enterprises. As cloud infrastructures become more complex and costly, the Aviatrix Cloud Network Security platform gives companies back the power, control, security, and simplicity they need to modernize their cloud strategies. Aviatrix is the only secure networking solution built specifically for the cloud, that ensures companies are ready for AI and what’s next. Combined with the Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE) Program, the industry’s leading secure multicloud networking certification, Aviatrix unifies cloud, networking, and security teams and unlocks greater potential across any cloud.
WE WANT TO INCLUDE YOU
We embrace the fact that not everyone’s journey took the same route or started at the same place. If your experience doesn’t quite meet the requirements but the opportunity excites you and you believe you could be great, don’t let that hold you back from applying. Tell us what you CAN bring and what makes you special.
Aviatrix is a community where everyone's career can grow and we want to help you achieve your goals and be “your best YOU,” however that looks. If you're seeking an opportunity where you can be excited to start work every morning with enthusiastic people, make a real difference and be part of something amazing then let’s talk. We want to get to know you and how we could grow together.
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