Principal Software Engineer

Candidate Profiles- Radware API security
We look for "Product Engineers" rather than just "Coders." For a hybrid, cross functional squad in the Cyber/API Security space, the profile needs to emphasize ownership and architectural empathy.
Expert Software Engineer (Cyber & API Security)
The Role Mission
We are looking for a high-autonomy Senior Engineer to join our hybrid squad. You will be a core contributor to our API Security suite, moving seamlessly across the stack from frontend interfaces to complex backend data pipelines. In a distributed team spanning India, Israel, and Europe, you aren't just writing code; you are designing secure, scalable systems and communicating complex ideas across borders.
Core Technical Competencies
The ideal candidate is a "Generalist Specialist" expert in the backend, but fluent across the entire infrastructure.
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Language Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Go and Python (specifically FastAPI but not only).
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Data & Cloud Infrastructure:
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Deep experience with AWS ecosystems
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Hands-on experience with Big Data processing using Spark and AWS Glue. Advantage)
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Strong grip on MongoDB.
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DevOps & Modern Tooling:
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Infrastructure as Code IaC) via Terraform.
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Container orchestration with Kubernetes K8s and ECS.
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CI/CD using GitHub Actions.
AI Development: Early adopter of AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor to accelerate delivery and maintain code quality. Spec driven design
Soft Skills & "The Hybrid Mindset"
Since we operate across different time zones, these "human" skills are non negotiable:
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Async Communication Pro: You excel at "Push Communication." You don't wait to be asked; you provide proactive updates, documentation, and Loom videos to ensure the team can move forward while you are offline.
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Extreme Ownership: You thrive in a "Squad" environment where you own a feature from the Jira ticket to the Terraform deployment.
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The "Out of the Box" Hacker: In the Cyber world, you need to think like an attacker. You don't just build APIs; you anticipate how they can be broken.
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Rapid Self-Learning: You have a proven track record of picking up new frameworks or technology in days, not weeks.

Desired Experience Profile
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8+ years of professional software development experience.
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A proven track record of building and maintaining systems that serve thousands of concurrent users or process millions of events per hour.
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The ability to identify and resolve bottlenecks across the stack whether itʼs an unoptimized DB query, a slow API response, or a saturated message queue.
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Cybersecurity Background: Previous experience in Cyber is a massive plus
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Cross-Continental Collaboration: Experience working for a global startup or a product-based company where the headquarters were in a different country.
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Full-Stack Fluency: Ability to jump into the frontend React when the squad needs to ship a complete end-to-end feature.
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Observability Mindset: You don't just "deploy and pray." You are proficient in using monitoring, logging, and tracing to proactively manage system health before a customer reports an issue. 3 Candidate Profiles- Radware API security