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Software Engineer (Data Platform)

  • Full Time
  • Anywhere

Sophos

About Us

Sophos is a cybersecurity leader defending 600,000 organizations globally with an AI-driven platform and expert-led services. Sophos meets organizations wherever they are in their security maturity and grows with them to defeat cyberattacks. Its solutions combine machine learning, automation, and real-time threat intelligence with frontline human expertise from Sophos X-Ops to deliver advanced, 24/7 threat monitoring, detection, and response.
Sophos offers industry-leading managed detection and response (MDR) alongside a comprehensive portfolio of cybersecurity technologies — including endpoint, network, email, and cloud security, extended detection and response (XDR), identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and next-gen SIEM. Together with expert advisory services, these capabilities help organizations proactively reduce risk and respond faster, with the visibility and scalability needed to stay ahead of evolving threats.
Sophos goes to market with a global partner ecosystem, including Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), resellers and distributors, marketplace integrations, and cyber risk partners, giving organizations the flexibility to choose trusted relationships when securing their business. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.

Role Summary

As a member of the Sophos Central Data Platform team, you will work closely with software engineers, architects, product management, and cross‑functional partners to design and build the future state of the Sophos Central platform.

The Data Platform team is responsible for building and operating robust backend data pipelines that ingest, store, and serve large‑scale data from Sophos products such as Email, Firewall, and Endpoint solutions. The team ensures secure, reliable, and high‑performance data ingestion and enables fast, scalable data retrieval. They also develop frameworks that empower Sophos operations and threat research teams to deploy analytical and detection models that automatically identify potential threats for our customers.

We are looking for a high‑performing software developer with strong technical depth, a passion for scalable systems, and the confidence to contribute meaningfully to this critical platform. The ideal candidate is a customer‑focused, team‑oriented problem solver with experience building highly scalable cloud platforms for small businesses and enterprise environments.

What you will do

    • Design and implement frameworks and features for the next generation of the Sophos Central platform, powered by the Taegis Data Platform
    • Build, maintain, and optimize large‑scale data pipelines to improve performance, reliability, and scalability
    • Participate in architecture, planning, and design discussions with engineering leaders, architects, and team leads
    • Collaborate closely with operations and site reliability teams to ensure solutions are production‑ready, observable, and supportable
    • Contribute to the ongoing evolution of platform standards around security, resiliency, and operational excellence

What you will bring

    • 4–6 years of professional software development experience
    • Strong hands‑on experience designing and building cloud‑native platforms on AWS
    • Proficiency in Java with Spring Boot
    • Experience building and operating distributed systems and streaming platforms such as Kafka and Apache Spark
    • Experience with Apache Hudi is highly preferred, along with technologies such as AWS EKS, S3, Glue, and Athena
    • Solid understanding of scalable system design, including API design, authentication, messaging, logging, monitoring, and testability
    • Experience building and operating high‑volume data platforms, including Data Lake ingestion, storage, and query systems
    • Familiarity with Agile development methodologies
    • Strong Linux/Unix systems experience and comfort troubleshooting large‑scale cloud applications
    • Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
    • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field
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Ready to Join Us?

At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don’t check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don’t let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.

What’s Great About Sophos?

· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. While we are a remote first organization, applicants must have legal authorization to work in the jurisdiction where the position is posted, without requiring employer sponsorship.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing

Our Commitment To You

We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

Data Protection

If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. For more information on Sophos’ data protection practices, please consult our Privacy Policy Cybersecurity as a Service Delivered | Sophos

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