Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Platform & Data Plane Transport

Meet the Moment with Alteryx

We're living through a once-in-a-generation shift in how work gets done. Data, automation, and AI are quickly becoming the center of every business decision - and Alteryx is leading the transformation.

You'll be working on the challenges that sit at the heart of modern business. No matter your role, the work you do will help organizations move faster, see more clearly, and tackle questions that used to feel impossible.

If you're ready to meet the moment with innovation, curiosity, and excellence, there's a place for you here.

Meet the Moment with Alteryx

At Alteryx, we're building technology that helps organizations connect to, manage, and work with their data securely and efficiently. As data, automation, and AI continue to evolve, our cloud platform plays an important role in helping customers solve complex problems and make better decisions.

We're looking for engineers who enjoy meaningful technical challenges, value collaboration, and want to build technology that makes a real difference.

Alteryx is seeking a Senior Software Engineer. This position is remote-friendly.

Position Overview

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Data Plane Transport team within Cloud Platform Engineering. Our team builds and operates foundational services that enable secure, reliable communication between Alteryx Cloud, data planes, and customer environments.

Our work includes Data Bridge, which enables customers to securely access private data sources, along with shared platform services for connectivity, networking, registration, and orchestration across distributed cloud environments.

This is a hands-on, backend-focused engineering role, primarily developing services and APIs in Go, with some opportunities to contribute to frontend applications using TypeScript and React.

You'll take ownership of complex technical initiatives, drive solutions from design through production, influence technical decisions, and help mentor and support other engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems, primarily using Go.

Lead the design and implementation of secure connectivity solutions involving service registration, orchestration, routing, and proxy/relay-based communication.

Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, including solution design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.

Design and improve cloud-native services across AWS and GCP, with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, security, and operational efficiency.

Contribute to frontend applications and platform management experiences using TypeScript and React when needed.

Investigate and resolve complex issues spanning application code, cloud infrastructure, networking, and multiple distributed services.

Drive improvements in automated testing, system observability, monitoring, and operational readiness.

Lead and contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions while mentoring other engineers.

Collaborate closely with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and other engineering teams to deliver cross-functional solutions.

Participate in an on-call rotation, troubleshooting production issues, identifying root causes, and driving improvements that prevent recurring problems.

Required Qualifications

5+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent relevant experience.

Strong backend development experience using Go or a comparable backend language, with the ability to become productive in Go.

Experience designing, building, and operating production services using REST APIs, microservices, and distributed system architectures.

Hands-on experience developing and operating cloud-native applications in environments such as AWS or GCP.

Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including HTTP/TLS, TCP/IP, DNS, and service-to-service communication.

Experience designing systems for scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, and failure recovery.

Ability to independently investigate and troubleshoot complex issues spanning application code, infrastructure, and multiple services.

Experience with automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern software

development practices.

Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to

independently drive technical decisions and complex engineering work.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with TypeScript, React, or similar frontend technologies.

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, or other cloud-native tooling.

Experience with cloud networking technologies such as AWS PrivateLink, GCP Private Service Connect, VPC networking, proxies, or secure tunneling.

Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging technologies such as Kafka, Redis, or Pub/Sub.

Familiarity with observability tools such as Datadog, metrics, logging, and distributed tracing.

Experience with security concepts such as authentication, certificates, secrets

management, and encryption.

Experience building cloud platform services involving provisioning, orchestration, resource lifecycle management, or secure connectivity.

Experience with multi-cloud environments, multi-tenant SaaS platforms, or enterprise security requirements.

Alteryx is committed to fair, equitable, and transparent compensation. Final compensation is determined by several factors, including but not limited to relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location. 

The base salary range for this role in the United States is $140,000 to $160,000.   

This role is also eligible for a target annual bonus of 15% of base salary, based on individual and company performance.

In addition to base pay and bonus eligibility, this role includes clear forms of additional compensation, such as: 

• A monthly Connectivity Plus stipend of $150 to support remote work-related expenses
• An annual $200 home office reimbursement

Alteryx offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and overall well-being, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid parental leave, caregiver leave, and flexible time off
• Mental health support and wellness reimbursement
• Career development and education assistance

Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Benefits & Perks:

Alteryx has amazing benefits for all Associates which can be viewed here.

This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.