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[Remote] Security Software Engineer

Work from home Full-time role Hiring

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Proofpoint is a global leader in human- and agent-centric cybersecurity, dedicated to safeguarding the digital world. They are seeking a Security Software Engineer to build and maintain systems that support threat research and analysis against advanced malware and intrusion techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and support changes to our Threat Analysis environment
  • Analyze needs and create and support internal tools where appropriate
  • Support a team researching new and past threats, including malware, exploit kits, and vulnerabilities

Skills

  • Experience with network traffic inspection tools, such as Wireshark, tcpdump, Moloch, etc
  • Familiarity with virtualization technologies, such as VMware products, VirtualBox, KVM, etc
  • Experience with one or more scripting languages
  • Experience with regular expressions/PCRE
  • Creativity, enthusiasm for the network threat space, and a willingness to collaborate with the team
  • Must be able to work under broad strategic guidance
  • Experience building web applications
  • RESTful API design and implementation
  • Database experience (PostgreSQL, ES, or MongoDB)
  • Data pipeline and ETL experience
  • Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Lua and Python proficiency preferred
  • React preferred

Benefits

  • 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
  • Variable compensation and/or equity
  • Flexible time off
  • A comprehensive well-being program with two paid Wellbeing Days and two paid Volunteer Days per year
  • A three-week Work from Anywhere option

Company Overview

  • Proofpoint provides cloud-based email security, e-discovery, and compliance solutions for companies to protect sensitive business data. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.proofpoint.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Proofpoint has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7 in 2026, 51 in 2025, 52 in 2024, 47 in 2023, 103 in 2022, 71 in 2021, 54 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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