Principal Engineer

Distributed Systems and Deployment Orchestration

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

51-200 employees

Website

Identity & access management security solutions

Company Overview

Xage's mission is to protect critical infrastructure – energy, utilities, defense, manufacturing, logistics & supply chain, and many more. The company has created a security solution, Xage Fabric, that accelerates and simplifies the way enterprises and governments secure, manage and transform digital operations across OT, IT, and cloud.

Crypto & Web3

Energy

Aerospace

B2B

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$93.9M

Founded

2017

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 37%

1 year growth

↑ 63%

2 year growth

↑ 179%

Locations

Palo Alto, CA, USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Agile

AWS

Docker

Google Cloud Platform

Linux/Unix

Microsoft Azure

Puppet

Kubernetes

Python

Ansible

CategoriesNew

DevOps & Infrastructure

Software Engineering

Requirements

Experience building and maintaining distributed deployments of hundreds of nodes
Experience building upgrade systems that handle hundreds of nodes with intermittent connectivity
Must have experience with orchestration and configuration technologies like Ansible, Kubernetes, Nomad, Salt, Puppet, etc
Experience with service mesh and discovery such as Consul, ISTO or similar
Fluent in Go/Python/C++ software development
Must have knowledge and working experience with microservice architecture
Must have extensive knowledge of Docker and Docker-compose
Expert linux system administration skills for OS such as Ubuntu, Alpine, Red Hat Linux, etc
Must have extensive debugging and troubleshooting skills
Must have exceptional communication skills and experience with agile software development methodology
Plus for experience working with cloud providers such Azure, AWS, GCP, etc
Must have 5+ years of software engineering experience

Responsibilities

Design and develop Xage distributed system and deployment projects including health monitoring and visualization
Design and develop Xage high availability and redundancy systems
Design and develop Xage upgrade systems across hundreds of nodes with intermittent connectivity
Define, develop and maintain the deployment process and tools for Xage deployment spanning across both IT, OT and Cloud environments
Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and adopt best practices for highly scalable and distributed systems
Provide ongoing support and improving the system health and reliability

About Xage Security

Xage is the first and only zero trust real-world security company. Powered by the Xage Fabric, the company’s Identity & Access Management (IAM), remote access and dynamic data security solutions allow customers to secure, manage and transform operations. With its distributed, scalable and easy-to-operate Fabric, Xage solves the complex digitization challenges of the real-world operations we rely on. Xage customers include leaders in manufacturing, energy O&G, utilities, Space, logistics and transportation.

Xage Security has been recognized as one of the fastest growing tech companies in North America in the recent CNBC’s Top 100 of the World’s Most Promising Start-Ups, and has raised a total of $62 million in venture capital.

About the role

The Principal Engineer role gives the successful candidate the opportunity of championing the design of path-breaking information security products that address key gaps in security for the Internet of Things. Xage’s product is a unique application of blockchain technology, which leverages the decentralization properties to put adversaries in a position of disadvantage. The role is pivotal to delivering thought leadership, reliability of the product and robustness of its design and architecture.

Responsibilities

Design and develop Xage distributed system and deployment projects including health monitoring and visualization.
Design and develop Xage high availability and redundancy systems.
Design and develop Xage upgrade systems across hundreds of nodes with intermittent connectivity.
Define, develop and maintain the deployment process and tools for Xage deployment spanning across both IT, OT and Cloud environments.
Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and adopt best practices for highly scalable and distributed systems.
Provide ongoing support and improving the system health and reliability.

Skills/Experience

Experience building and maintaining distributed deployments of hundreds of nodes.
Experience building upgrade systems that handle hundreds of nodes with intermittent connectivity.
Must have experience with orchestration and configuration technologies like Ansible, Kubernetes, Nomad, Salt, Puppet, etc.
Experience with service mesh and discovery such as Consul, ISTO or similar.
Fluent in Go/Python/C++ software development.
Must have knowledge and working experience with microservice architecture.
Must have extensive knowledge of Docker and Docker-compose.
Expert linux system administration skills for OS such as Ubuntu, Alpine, Red Hat Linux, etc.
Must have extensive debugging and troubleshooting skills.
Must have exceptional communication skills and experience with agile software development methodology.
Plus for experience working with cloud providers such Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.
Must have 5+ years of software engineering experience.

Perks

Competitive salary and equity
Full health, dental, vision insurance
We will process visa transfers and immigration
Early stage opportunity in a massive sized market with proven traction and growing rapidly

Awards and Recognition

CNBC: 100 of the World’s Most Promising Start-Ups
Forbes: Top 25 IoT Startups to Watch 2019
San Francisco Business Times: Top 10 Best Places to Work for 2019 and 2020
IoT Breakthrough Awards: 2021 Emerging Company of the Year
SC Awards” “Best Identity Management Solution” finalist 2022
Network World: 10 Hot IoT Startups to Watch 2018
Gartner: Gartner Cyber-Physical Systems Protection Platform and OT Security (2022)