Staff Engineer

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Job Description:

We are   Omnissa !       Omnissa is the first AI-driven digital work platform, built to support flexible, secure, work-from anywhere experiences. We integrate industry-leading solutions—including Unified Endpoint Management,   Virtual  Apps   and Desktops, Digital Employee Experience, and Security & Compliance—into a seamless, autonomous workspace that ada p ts to how people work. Our platform boosts employee engagement while   optimizing   IT operations, security, and cost.       Guided by our Core Values— Act in Alignment, Build Trust, Foster Inclusiveness, Drive Efficiency, and Maximize Customer Value — we’re   growing rapidly and committed to delivering meaningful impact. If   you're   passionate about shaping the future of work,   we’d   love to hear from you.  

At   Omnissa , we are committed to   maintaining   a fair, consistent, and secure hiring process for all candidates. As part of this approach, we use standard interview and verification practices designed to ensure alignment and protect both candidates and the organization. These practices are applied thoughtfully and with respect   for   candidate privacy.  

What is the opportunity? As a  Staff Engineer , you will play a key role in  designing and building large-scale distributed systems and platform services  that power our core platform. This role goes beyond feature development—you will  own system design, performance, scalability, and operational excellence  of critical services. You will work on  high-throughput, low-latency systems , solving complex problems in  data processing, service orchestration, and reliability engineering , while influencing architectural direction and engineering best practices across teams.

What will you do? • Design and implement scalable, high-performance backend systems  using Go , with a strong focus on reliability, observability, and efficiency. • Own end-to-end architecture and system design , including service decomposition, data modeling, API design, and inter-service communication patterns. • Drive performance optimization initiatives  across services (CPU, memory, I/O, network), and identify bottlenecks using profiling and observability tools. • Troubleshoot complex production issues , including distributed system failures, latency spikes, and resource contention across multi-service environments. • Build and operate systems leveraging  Kafka, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and caching layers (Redis/Valkey)  for high-scale workloads. • Design and operate services in  containerized environments (Docker) orchestrated via Kubernetes or HashiStack (Nomad/Consul/Vault) . • Collaborate with Product, SRE, and Security teams to ensure  resilient, secure, and production-ready solutions . • Contribute to and drive  engineering excellence  through design reviews, code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers. • Participate in  full software lifecycle ownership : requirements, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support. • Champion  DevOps and “You build it, you run it” culture , including CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, alerting, and incident response.

What will you bring to Omnissa? • Strong programming expertise in  Go , with deep understanding of concurrency, memory management, and performance tuning. • Extensive experience building  distributed systems and microservices architectures  at scale. • Strong understanding of  system design principles , including scalability, fault tolerance, consistency models, and trade-offs. • Deep knowledge of  Linux systems , including processes, networking stack, file systems, and performance diagnostics. • Hands-on experience with  containerization ( Docker )  and orchestration using  Kubernetes  or  HashiStack  (Nomad, Consul, Vault). • Strong experience with  event-driven and data-intensive systems  using  Apache Kafka . • Experience with  databases and storage systems , including  PostgreSQL ,  OpenSearch , and caching systems like  Redis . • Solid experience with  cloud platforms , preferably  Amazon Web Services , including managed services (MSK, Aurora, OpenSearch). • Proven ability to  analyze and optimize system performance , including profiling, benchmarking, and capacity planning. • Strong troubleshooting skills across  application, infrastructure, and network layers . • Experience building and maintaining  CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows . • 8–12+ years  of software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend systems and distributed architectures

Location:  Atlanta, GA     Location Type:   hybrid Travel Expectations:   None   Education:   Bachelor's Degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience. Compensation: The typical base salary for this role is between   USD $164,512   – $274,187   per year and it may be eligible for participation in a corporate bonus program. Actual compensation offer may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, skill level, or other relevant factors. In addition to competitive compensation,   Omnissa   offers a variety of benefits such as employee ownership, health insurance, 401k with matching contributions, disability insurance,   paid-time   off, growth opportunities, and more.

Omnissa   is an Equal   Employ ment   Opportunity   company   and   Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind:     Omnissa is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity and to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at   Omnissa   are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, ethnicity, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past, present, or prospective s

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