Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Alteryx is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Data Plane Transport team within Cloud Platform Engineering. The role builds and operates backend services and APIs that enable secure, reliable communication between Alteryx Cloud, data planes, and customer environments, while leading technical initiatives and supporting other engineers.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems, primarily using Go
- Lead the design and implementation of secure connectivity solutions involving service registration, orchestration, routing, and proxy/relay-based communication
- Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, including solution design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support
- Design and improve cloud-native services across AWS and GCP, with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency
- Contribute to frontend applications and platform management experiences using TypeScript and React when needed
- Investigate and resolve complex issues spanning application code, cloud infrastructure, networking, and multiple distributed services
- Drive improvements in automated testing, system observability, monitoring, and operational readiness
- Lead and contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions while mentoring other engineers
- Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and other engineering teams to deliver cross-functional solutions
- Participate in an on-call rotation, troubleshooting production issues, identifying root causes, and driving improvements that prevent recurring problems
Skills
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent relevant experience
- Strong backend development experience using Go or a comparable backend language, with the ability to become productive in Go
- Experience designing, building, and operating production services using REST APIs, microservices, and distributed system architectures
- Hands-on experience developing and operating cloud-native applications in environments such as AWS or GCP
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including HTTP/TLS, TCP/IP, DNS, and service-to-service communication
- Experience designing systems for scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, and failure recovery
- Ability to independently investigate and troubleshoot complex issues spanning application code, infrastructure, and multiple services
- Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern software development practices
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to independently drive technical decisions and complex engineering work
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with TypeScript, React, or similar frontend technologies
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or other cloud-native tooling
- Experience with cloud networking technologies such as AWS PrivateLink, GCP Private Service Connect, VPC networking, proxies, or secure tunneling
- Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging technologies such as Kafka, Redis, or Pub/Sub
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog, metrics, logging, and distributed tracing
- Experience with security concepts such as authentication, certificates, secrets management, and encryption
- Experience building cloud platform services involving provisioning, orchestration, resource lifecycle management, or secure connectivity
- Experience with multi-cloud environments, multi-tenant SaaS platforms, or enterprise security requirements
Benefits
- Target annual bonus of 15% of base salary, based on individual and company performance
- Monthly Connectivity Plus stipend of $150 to support remote work-related expenses
- Annual $200 home office reimbursement
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid parental leave, caregiver leave, and flexible time off
- Mental health support and wellness reimbursement
- Career development and education assistance
- Remote-friendly position
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