Senior Software Engineer, Barracuda Networks
Cybersecurity solutions
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Cybersecurity solutions
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To protect and support its customers for life.
Role
Who you are
- Intermediate Software Engineer (3–5 years):
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Strong programming skills
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/HTTP/HTTPS, TLS basics)
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- Senior Software Engineer (5+ years):
- Advanced proficiency in Go, Rust, or C/C++ with strong system design skills
- Deep understanding of Layer 4–7 protocols and secure networking concepts
- Experience building and operating scalable, cloud-native systems
- Proven ability to design, optimize, and refactor complex systems
- Strong mentorship and cross-team collaboration skills
Desirable
- Nice to Have (Both Levels)
- Experience with Windows or macOS systems programming
- Background in security products, Zero Trust, or network security
- Familiarity with performance tuning and low-level system debugging
What the job involves
- Barracuda Networks is seeking a talented individual to join us as a Software Senior Engineer (Intermediate or Senior level) to work on our Zero Trust products and cloud services
- The individual will become a member tasked with the development of innovative solutions to protect endpoints from emerging web-based threats
- Primary responsibilities will include the creation of a cloud policy enforcement engine, integration with other data plane services and network troubleshooting
- Design and implement core components of Barracuda’s Zero Trust platform
- Build and enhance a cloud-native policy enforcement engine
- Integrate services across distributed data plane and security systems
- Analyze and improve system performance, scalability, and reliability
- Troubleshoot networking and system-level issues in production environments
- Collaborate with engineers, technical leads, and cross-functional teams
- Senior level:
- Lead design initiatives and drive architectural decisions
- Mentor and guide junior engineers
- Own complex features end-to-end (design → implementation → optimization)
- Influence best practices in performance, scalability, and security
- Tech Stack Exposure:
- Programming: GoLang, Rust, TypeScript, and/or C/C++
- Networking: TCP, HTTP/HTTPS
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- Data formats: JSON, XML, ProtoBuf
- Tooling: Git, CMake, Conan, Cargo
- Debugging: GDB, LLDB
Our take
In an increasingly online world, with email hacks and data leaks becoming more and more common, cyber security is more important than ever. Barracuda aims to provide this with its comprehensive suite of security software.
It offers a number of packages, focusing on email security, app and cloud protection, network security and data protection. By investing heavily in R&D and product development, Barracuda is able to keep on top of new (and increasingly prevalent) email phishing scams. Its incorporated XDR capabilities also close security gaps generated by the rise in hybrid and remote working.
Barracuda is an established player within the cyber security market, boasting over 200,000 enterprise customers including the likes of Shiseido, Carrefour and Accor. It was acquired in 2022 by KKR, a global investment firm, which has allowed it to further improve its product, grow its team and expand its marketing reach.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2017
$0.8m
GRANT
Oct 2009
$5.6m
LATE VC
Total funding: $72.4m
Company benefits
- High-quality health benefits
- Retirement Plan with employer match
- Career-growth opportunities
- Flexible Time Off and Paid Time Off benefits
- Volunteer opportunities
- Equity, in the form of non-qualifying options
Company HQ
San Tomas, Campbell, CA
Leadership
Zachary Levow
(Co-Founder, Executive VP & CTO)Previously co-founded Affinity Path and Spinway, as well as working in Software Development and Architectural Software Design for Sun Microsystems, Cadence Design Systems and Motorola.
Rohit Ghai
(CEO)Independent Board Member at MHC Software. Former CEO and Board Member at RSA Security, Independent Board Member at Everbridge, COO then President of the Enterprise Content Division of Dell Technologies.
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