Senior Principal Engineer – Go / Golang experience is a must
SonicWall is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead the technical vision for its Cloud Secure Edge platform in Pune. This role involves designing large-scale distributed systems for Zero Trust access and cloud-native security. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Go and networking protocols, with a track record of org-level technical leadership. You will drive long-term architecture strategy and champion AI-first engineering practices across the organization.
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Experience
12+ years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Onsite, India
Company
Tier 2
What you will work on
SonicWall is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to lead the technical vision for its Cloud Secure Edge platform in Pune. This role involves designing large-scale distributed systems for Zero Trust access and cloud-native security. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Go and networking protocols, with a track record of org-level technical leadership. You will drive long-term architecture strategy and champion AI-first engineering practices across the organization.
TAL's take
High-level architectural role at an established cybersecurity firm with clear, well-defined scope and technical leadership responsibilities.
The JD provides a very clear scope, expected stack, and specific domain expertise required for the platform leadership role.
Salaries at SonicWall
17.0 LPA average
Based on 1 Grapevine salary entries for SonicWall.
Other roles
6 - 8 years
17 LPA average
Range: 17 - 17 LPA
Must haves
- 12+ years experience building large-scale distributed systems
- Deep expertise in Go, C, C++, or Rust
- Strong knowledge of networking protocols including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS
- Proven experience designing cloud-native architectures and scalable APIs
- Deep expertise in secure access and Zero Trust architectures
Tools and skills
Nice to have: copilot, claude.
About the company
Established cybersecurity company with over 30 years of history, though not a Tier 1 global or India-specific startup.