About this role.
This is a future-opportunities talent-pool posting for Product Engineering roles at Tenable, a cybersecurity and exposure-management company. Potential openings may span software architecture, product development, site reliability engineering, DevOps, testing, and QA within agile scrum teams. Candidates generally need a Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related background and experience collaborating in team-focused agile environments. Individual openings may be hybrid or fully remote, with requirements and location eligibility defined for each role. The role emphasizes building reliable, innovative cybersecurity products at scale.
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I would explain how I clarified user and technical requirements, broke the work into deliverable increments, partnered with product and QA, implemented and reviewed the solution, and monitored the release using measurable reliability and adoption outcomes.
I treat security and reliability as design requirements rather than final checks. I use threat modeling, secure coding and review practices, automated tests, observability, and staged releases to identify risk early while maintaining a predictable delivery cadence.
I would outline the incident context, how I used logs, metrics, traces, and recent-change analysis to isolate the cause, how I communicated status to stakeholders, and the corrective and preventive actions taken after restoration.
I contribute to clear story refinement, surface dependencies and risks early, keep work visible, participate constructively in reviews and retrospectives, and focus on delivering small, testable increments that create customer value.
I rely on clear interfaces, peer review, automated unit and integration testing, static analysis, documentation for important decisions, and incremental refactoring. I also prioritize observability and backward-compatible changes so the team can release confidently.
Who is Tenable?
Tenable® is the Exposure Management company. Over 40,000 organizations around the globe rely on Tenable to understand and reduce cyber risk. Our global employees support 65 percent of the Fortune 500, 50 percent of the Global 2000, and large government agencies. Come be part of our journey!
What makes Tenable such a great place to work?
Ask a member of our team and they’ll answer, “Our people!” We work together to build and innovate best-in-class cybersecurity solutions for our customers; all while creating a culture of belonging, respect, and excellence where we can be our best selves. When you’re part of our #OneTenable team, you can expect to partner with some of the most talented and passionate people in the industry, and have the support and resources you need to do work that truly matters. We deliver results that exceed expectations and we win together!
If you are interested in a position in Engineering but don’t see what you are looking for, please send us your resume. We will keep it on file and reach out when we find a match.
Tenable’s Engineering Department is the company’s heartbeat. Our scrum teams work in locations around the globe, building architectures and developing code for our innovative products, fulfilling SRE and DevOps roles, providing testing and QA services — insuring that Tenable brings it’s best to the market every day!
Positions in Engineering generally require a background in Computer Science, Software Engineering (or similar) and some experience working in an agile, team focused organization.
In the United States, we typically hire in one of our hub locations – Columbia, MD; Boston, MA; and the San Francisco, CA Bay Area. Globally, Engineers are hired in Dublin, Ireland; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Paris, France. Some positions require a hybrid work schedule (2 days a week in the office) and others are fully remote. Required location(s) are posted for each individual opening.
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We’re committed to promoting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) at Tenable – through all equal employment opportunity laws and regulations at the international, federal, state and local levels. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please contact Recruiting@Tenable.com for further assistance.
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