Senior Software Engineer

Location: San Jose, United States of America

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

This is a hybrid role in San Jose, CA.

Position Summary

The Senior Software Engineer owns and resolves critical customer escalations across SDKs, connectors, and containerized services. 

This role demands deep debugging expertise, strong systems-level thinking, and a commitment to delivering permanent, production grade fixes—not temporary workarounds. The engineer is expected to drive issues through to durable, code-level resolutions, directly improving product quality, architecture, and reliability.
This is not a support role; it involves debugging, modifying, and shipping production code.

Key Areas of Responsibility 

• Own and resolve complex production issues across SDKs, connectors, and services. Reproduce customer issues and drive root cause to code-level fixes
• Design and implement permanent solutions, not temporary workarounds
• Contribute directly to product codebases (features, bug fixes, reliability improvements)
• Partner with core engineering teams to improve architecture and prevent recurrence
• Build internal tools, diagnostics, and test harnesses for faster issue resolution

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in field with a minimum of 8-12+ years of relevant work experience or master’s degree in field with 6+ years of relevant work experience
• Mandatory - Expert-level coding in at least one (C/C++)
• Hands-on with: Core dumps, memory leaks, thread analysis
• Good to have - proficient in Java/Golang/C#
• Data structures, concurrency, memory management
• Experience integrating with third-party enterprise applications and ecosystems Ability to trace failures across multiple services and integrations
• Have expertise in data security and encryption systems. Experience building enterprise-grade products
• Understanding of: TLS, encryption basics, key management

Use AI tools to accelerate:
• Debugging and RCA
• Test generation and repro scenarios
• Code refactoring and analysis
• Apply AI safely in security-sensitive codebases

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The reference Total Target Compensation(TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is between Total Target Cash (TTC) $165,600 – 207,000 USD Annual.
 

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including – but not limited to – the employee’s career path history, competencies, skills and performance, as well as the company’s annual salary budget, the customer’s program requirements, and the company’s internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.
 

We use artificial intelligence–enabled tools as part of our recruitment process to support activities such as candidate discovery, résumé matching, and interview scheduling. These tools may help screen and assess applications and recommend potential matches based on the requirements within the job description.  All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters. Artificial intelligence does not make hiring decisions on our behalf.

This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

We are an equal opportunity employer, including disability and veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need an accommodation or assistance in order to apply for a position with Thales, please contact us at [email protected].

The reference Total Target Compensation (TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is between

Total Target Cash (TTC) 188,277.00 - 313,795.00 USD Annual

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including – but not limited to – the employee’s career path history, competencies, skills and performance, as well as the company’s annual salary budget, the customer’s program requirements, and the company’s internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.

(For Internal candidate, if you need more information, please reach out to your HR Shared Service, 1st Point) 

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

•Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance

•Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, and with no vesting period

•Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off

•Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being Program