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Principal Engineer — Python is a must

SonicWall · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
81 days
SonicWall's roles stay open a median of 82 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of SonicWall's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at SonicWall
high
44 stale, 2 reposted of 44 open
Hiring momentum
73 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-24

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from SonicWall's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for SonicWall.

About this role

The Principal Software Engineer will lead the architecture and development of a large-scale malware analysis and cybersecurity platform, focusing on Python-based analysis pipelines and message-driven job orchestration systems. Responsibilities include designing advanced detection capabilities, ensuring platform scalability and reliability, and mentoring senior engineers. The role requires hands-on development skills and ownership of the complete software delivery lifecycle.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Minimum of 10 years of software engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or 8 years with a Master's degree; or 6 years with a PhD; or equivalent professional experience
  • Expert-level Python development experience, including asynchronous programming (asyncio, aiohttp, FastAPI), multithreading, and distributed task processing architectures using RabbitMQ, Taskiq/Redis, Celery, or similar technologies
  • Strong proficiency in C and C++ with experience owning and maintaining compiled software components
  • Experience with KVM/libvirt or comparable virtualization and hypervisor technologies
  • Deep understanding of malware analysis, sandbox technologies, cybersecurity platforms, or related security software
  • Hands-on experience deploying and managing machine learning inference workloads in production using frameworks such as PyTorch, LightGBM, scikit-learn, or ONNX

Nice to have

  • Experience building or supporting production-scale headless browser automation pipelines
  • Strong knowledge of MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Redis, MongoDB, and Consul, along with experience managing containerized applications using Docker and Docker Compose

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Role involves working with legacy platforms and modernization initiatives
  • Expectations for mentorship and technical leadership may require significant experience and expertise

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Listed by SonicWall on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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