Senior Software Engineer
The Basics
As a Tanium Senior Software Engineer, you will be tasked with building and maintaining best-of-breed products as part of a small and nimble development team. Tanium focuses on a strong customer engagement model and feedback process to ensure our products are designed the right way from the beginning. When new products ideas are identified, our software engineers are responsible for designing, developing, testing, and deploying the products from the ground up, while continuously iterating with product management and customers for feedback and input.
This position follows the Company’s hybrid schedule which currently requires employees to work in the office at one of the following locations a minimum of three days per week: Addison, TX; Bellevue, WA; Durham, NC; or Emeryville, CA.
What you’ll do
Design and develop robust, scalable, and maintainable software features and systems across the full software development lifecycle
Architect technical solutions that meet complex product requirements while balancing performance, reliability, and security considerations
Collaborate with product management, UX, and peer engineers to define requirements, estimate effort, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule
Lead code reviews and provide constructive technical feedback to elevate engineering standards and promote best practices across the team
Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex software defects and performance bottlenecks in both development and production environments
Mentor and support the growth of junior and mid-level engineers through knowledge sharing, pairing, and technical guidance
Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes, tooling, and development practices to increase team velocity and code quality
Partner with security and infrastructure teams to ensure software is developed and deployed in alignment with Tanium's security and compliance standards
We’re looking for someone with
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
Experience
8–12 years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production-quality software
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing distributed systems or large-scale, high-availability applications
Experience with the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, and deployment
Preferred: Experience working in a cybersecurity, SaaS, or enterprise software environment
Preferred: Familiarity with cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
Other
Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages such as Go, C++, Java, Python, or similar
Strong understanding of software design patterns, data structures, and algorithms
Experience with version control systems, particularly Git, and collaborative development workflows
Preferred: Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
Preferred: Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks
About Tanium
Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. As Al accelerates both innovation and risk, Tanium Atlas, the company's autonomous operating system, puts the full depth of the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform behind every IT and security operator - human and agentic. Tanium provides the real-time intelligence, agentic decision-making, and autonomous execution operators needed to detect, decide, and remediate at machine speed across their endpoint estate.
The company is recognized as a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Management Tools, as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Client Endpoint Management Software for Windows Device Management 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment, and as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™. Endpoint Management Platforms, Q2 2026.
To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business, visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.
On a mission. Together.
At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions.
As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things.
Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work.
Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most.
What you’ll get
The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $191,000 to $293,000. This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience.
In addition to an annual base salary, team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan, family planning benefits, health savings account, flexible spending account, transportation savings account, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, life, accident and disability coverage, business travel accident insurance, employee assistance programs, disability insurance, and other well-being benefits.