Principal API Engineer

SonicWallCalifornia, United Stateslast year

This software engineering role is focused on hands-on coding and technical leadership for one of our critical components in the Banyan platform. The API is the control plane of the Banyan Zero Trust product, the central place of orchestration of actions through our distributed system. The role will also include contributing to the overall platform architecture, balancing performance, reliability, and extensibility objectives while delivering features to our customers. This role will also provide technical leadership for our offshore Go engineering team, requiring strong communication and the ability to lead through time zones.

What we are looking for:

Lead our API as a product
Collaborate with engineers on a vision but follow a pragmatic plan
Ensure API security and lead secure coding practices
Ensure API documentation is created and remains up to date
Provide mentorship to a growing team
Provide an opinion on CI/CD/CT

What we need:

API Design
Code reviews
Core Go Code contributor
SaaS application development best practices
Support end-to-end management of the APIs over their entire lifecycle
Be able to distill business objectives into technical solutions through effective system design and architecture.

Education and Experience:

At least 10 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 6 years’ experience; or equivalent experience preferred
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred

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Is the Principal API Engineer position at SonicWall remote?: Yes. This role was posted on Remote Frontend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
When was this Principal API Engineer job posted?: This listing was posted on May 5, 2025 and is still open for applications.
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