Senior Embedded Software Developer
Fortinet · Burnaby, Canada · Embedded SW/Firmware Engineering
About this role
Fortinet is hiring a senior-level Embedded Software Engineer in the software engineering function based in Burnaby, Canada. The posting calls out experience with C, SQL, PostgreSQL, Linux. Compensation is listed at $100,000–$120,000 per year.
- Role
- Embedded Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Burnaby, Canada
- Department
- Embedded SW/Firmware Engineering
- Posted
- May 26, 2026
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Job description
from Fortinet careersAs a senior Embedded Developer at Fortinet, you will be responsible for the full development cycle of newer and award winning flagship Fortinet products. You will be given the opportunity to participate in the development cycle from troubleshooting and testing to participation in the design and development of new features. You will work with the latest technologies for our next generation high performance distributed security systems.
The team we are hiring for is focused on developing key components of FortiAnalyzer, which deals with performance and scalability for data analysis of security log data.
Job Responsibilities:
- Development, design and test the software for Fortinet products
- Hands on in bug fixing
- Maintain and document code using source control system
- Maintenance, performance tuning, and support of implemented software or firmware products
- Implement new features according to identified specs
Skills Required:
- 5+ years of projects/industry experience with development focus on C/C++ programming
- Experience in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system development
- Knowledge in database, data warehouse, data mining
- Knowledge in database API and SQL language
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or ClickHouse
- Experience in analysis and tune up performance for database
- Knowledge in network and socket programming
- Software development experience in Unix/Linux environment
- Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills