Staff Software Engineer - DB Performance Tuning/Query Optimization, Java

Your Role Tenable is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our core product engineering team. Focused on designing, developing, and maintaining cloud-based, state-of-the-art search solutions on top of our customers' ever-evolving infrastructure in a scalable way. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to implement and maintain a highly scalable, highly reliable cloud-native user interface and underlying microservices utilizing modern technologies and programming languages. Your Opportunity Building the Backbone, not just Processing Data: This role centers on crafting the services that enable data ingestion, storage, querying, and retrieval at scale. It involves building the reliable and efficient plumbing that powers the entire data ecosystem. Data Management: responsible for managing the ingestion, storage, and retrieval of data within the platform, ensuring robustness and efficiency. Leadership: as a senior member, architect, design and implement features to drive overall platform architecture. Innovate: contribute to senior engineering teams driving ongoing innovation of our cloud architecture and distributed systems. Learn new things: training budget for conferences or workshops. Raise the bar: continuously improve our tech stack and product features, bringing ideas to impact. Collaborate: work closely with Product Managers, engineers, designers, and stakeholders to iterate on products and drive consensus. What You'll Need Experience in database performance tuning, schema design, query optimization in a distributed microservice architecture. 8+ years of software development experience in enterprise development and a desire to lead. Experience in software development, particularly within a distributed, microservice architecture. B.S. degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience. Experience developing in Java or Kotlin, and willingness to learn new languages. Experience working in containerized microservice architecture in Kubernetes. Experience developing core libraries, infrastructure, and search engines. Cross-platform development is a plus. Accountability for software behavior in production. Experience coaching and leading mid-level and junior staff in highly technical projects. Experience working in an Agile team and enthusiasm for collaboration. The ability to work independently and as part of a team, leading and driving projects. Experience with operational datastores, Kafka, or similar. The desire to continuously learn and be exposed to new technologies. Compensation and Benefits This is the base pay range for this position. Compensation will depend on qualifications and experience and may fall outside the displayed range. Employees are eligible for variable compensation. Tenable offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance; 401(k) retirement savings with company match; employee stock purchase plan; referral program; flexible spending accounts; Employee Assistance Program; education assistance; parental leave; paid time off; company-paid holidays; health and wellness events; and community programs. US Pay Range: $163,000—$217,666.67 USD Equal Employment Opportunity Tenable is committed to promoting Equal Employment Opportunity at Tenable—through all equal employment opportunity laws and regulations at the international, federal, state and local levels. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io for further assistance. #J-18808-Ljbffr Tenable