Federal Software Engineer - Remote
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 26, 2026.
Description
Company Overview
iboss is a cloud security company that enables the modern workforce to connect securely and directly to all applications from wherever they work. Built on a containerized cloud architecture, iboss delivers security capabilities such as SWG, malware defense, RBI, CASB and data loss prevention to all connections via the cloud, instantaneously and at scale. This eliminates the need for traditional network security appliances, such as VPNs, firewalls and web gateway proxies, which are ineffective at protecting a cloud-first and mobile world. Leveraging a purpose-built cloud architecture backed by 230+ issued and pending patents and more than 100 points of presence globally, iboss processes over 150 billion transactions daily, blocking 4 billion threats per day. More than 4,000 global enterprises trust the iboss Cloud Platform to support their modern workforces, including a large number of Fortune 50 companies. To learn more, visit https://www.iboss.com/
Job Description
As a C++ Software Engineer at iboss, you will have the opportunity to work on multiple technologies at a fast growing cybersecurity company. This is an excellent opportunity to become a leading member of a rapidly growing software development team. There are many exciting projects on which to work. iboss software developers excel at solving tough problems, collaborating well, and working with customer teams to rapidly deploy solutions.
Responsibilities
- Ability to design and develop clean and maintainable code for high-volume production applications
- Experience coding in C/C++ and other technologies
- Experience working with large data sets
- Experience developing distributed software product architectures
- Quickly understand and extend engineering architectural patterns
- Deep understanding of the concepts behind solid software design: Abstraction, Modularity, Design Patterns, Representation Invariants,
- Networking, wireless, and/or security experience or knowledge preferred
- Document engineering designs
- Strong database knowledge of SQL constructs, and data modeling
Qualifications
- 7+ years of software development experience in large scale commercial networking-oriented applications
- TCP/IP protocol stack, HTTP, DNS, and other related protocols
- Experience developing distributed software product architectures
- Strong analytical capability and record of independent contributions
- Must have a good sense of engineering tradeoffs, within the contexts of extendibility, scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Working knowledge of database technologies and SQL
- Comfortable working on a Unix environment
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to listen, articulate, facilitate and advocate
- Master's or Bachelor's degree in either Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering
- Security Clearance is a MUST
Benefits
- Health, Vision, Dental, Chiropractic - open to domestic partners
- 401K plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Company paid holidays
- Optimistic, supportive, and fun work environment
- Fantastic quarterly company events
The duties and responsibilities described above are essential functions of the job.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran or as an individual with a disability.
*This position is not eligible for sponsorship of work visas