Software Engineer – Bot Detection & Traffic Management

Location: Sunnyvale CA - 
Company: Fortune 100 Technical Client
Durationa; 11 Months

About the Role

The Traffic Management Team at our Fortune 100 Technical Client is responsible for a critical software layer that accepts, filters, and routes all web traffic from the public Internet to its many websites. This software plays a vital role in:

• Routing and managing traffic efficiently.

• Detecting and blocking security threats such as bots.

• Enabling businesses to launch new websites and expand into new countries quickly and securely.

Our team is launching new projects in Bot Detection to enhance security and innovation. If you have a passion for building high-performance software focused on best-in-class architecture, data processing, and security, this is the opportunity for you.

About the Team

We are developing the next generation of website traffic management software to protect customer experiences at scale. Our work is highly visible and instrumental in supporting record-breaking traffic volumes, including major events for client. If you love working with networking, data processing, security, and AWS technologies, you’ll thrive in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance software solutions for traffic management and bot detection.

• Improve quality, consistency, maintainability, performance, and security with every code commit.

• Contribute elegant, practical solutions to complex technical challenges.

• Lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of engineering excellence.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.

• 5+ years of experience programming with at least one software programming language.

• 5+ years of experience leading design or architecture, including design patterns, reliability, and system scaling.

• Experience mentoring, leading as a tech lead, or managing an engineering team.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).

If you’re ready to build groundbreaking solutions that impact millions of users, apply today!

 

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
 
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
 
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LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer. 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $70.00/hr.