Senior Software Engineer - Client, Windows

Location: Remote

The Company

Bowtie is a cybersecurity company rethinking enterprise networking and security. Using cutting-edge technology, we are building a decentralized secure edge without compromise. With our vision fully executed, Bowtie will be the new network fabric upon which all companies operate. Today, Bowtie delivers Private Network Access and Secure Web Gateway functions on our local-first, distributed data plane. What will you help build next?

We are a seed stage company, backed by Mercato Partners, Aviso Ventures, 8bit Capital, and O’Reily AlphaTech Ventures.

Company culture at Bowtie isn’t a top-down mandate: we orient ourselves around our mission to help customers solve their problems in an environment that lets smart, capable people do their best work. We collaborate together every day to foster a culture that trusts motivated employees to design and build solutions with peers who value both autonomy and the unique experience that each of us bring. Being an early-stage employee means that each of us exercise a high degree of agency to bring order and confidence to the rapidly-changing environment of a startup.

Bowtie is a remote-first company that has been oriented to support remote collaboration from day one. We understand that life happens between (and sometimes during!) work. We’re flexible when it comes to where and when you work with the mutual understanding that your efforts contribute significantly to our success.

About the Role

Join our team as a Senior Software Engineer focusing on Windows client development. You will play a crucial role in optimizing our platform for Windows, focusing specifically on Windows daemons and applications. While this position is Windows-specific, an understanding of cross-platform development is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Windows-based client applications focusing on network related applications such as traffic tunneling, name resolution, traffic policy enforcement, and platform health measurement.
• Collaborate on cross-platform client solutions and architecture.

Requirements

• Advanced knowledge of networking concepts, with a focus on client networking.
• In-depth knowledge of Windows internals, including event-driven patterns, service management, packaging, effective troubleshooting, and creating the structures to enable such troubleshooting
• Strong experience using low level languages such as Rust and C++
• Expertise in Windows network stack, traffic management, and packet manipulation
• You are startup-minded, comfortable with taking initiative and ownership and can operate in a self-directed manner
• Good communication skills
• An understanding of VPN technologies and security protocols
• 4 hour workday overlap with US/Pacific

What We Offer

• An innovative and collaborative work environment.
• Get in early and have a real impact
• Opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology in cybersecurity and networking.
• Competitive compensation/equity and benefits package.
• Salary range: $90,000 to $175,000 USD annually