Senior Software Engineer, Sophos
Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
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Cybersecurity-as-a-Service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To develop powerful and intuitive products and services that provide the world's most effective cybersecurity for organizations of any size.
Role
Who you are
- Degree in Computer Science or other numerate discipline, or equivalent experience
- Experience in full stack software development using Java and JavaScript/TypeScript
- Ability to put together well thought-through designs for software components
- Ability to write high quality code
- Experience with agile development methodologies
- Technical problem solving and strong debugging skills
- Good communicator, ‘can do’ attitude and a team player
- Ability to learn new skills quickly and apply them to the role
Desirable
- Demonstrable expertise in building cloud scale software solutions on the AWS platform
- Use of Angular for building single page web applications
- Experience with microservices and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with NoSQL databases, ideally MongoDB, Dynamo or Elasticsearch
- Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL
- Experience with Docker
What the job involves
- We are looking for an outstanding software engineer to join our growing cloud development team and help us deliver high quality software for computer security
- We follow an Agile methodology with frequent, iterative releases to our live AWS environment
- The team develops cloud management for Sophos’ endpoint security products, all implemented in our Sophos Central platform
- We have an exciting roadmap of new features to develop and continuously release to our Cloud-based customers
- In this role you will have the opportunity to work with the latest cloud technologies, working across the full software stack and contributing to infrastructure, data storage, microservices, front end UI and test automation
- Drive the design and implementation of new features across the full software stack, leveraging modern design patterns
- Drive high quality standards through appropriate test automation coverage
- Perform code reviews and ensure design and coding adhere to Sophos standards
- Participate in security reviews of features to ensure that products comply with Sophos’ security requirements and industry best practice, including analysing product security concerns and presenting security documentation
- Work with UX, PM, QA and other developers in project planning, to achieve high-value and high-quality solutions which meet business needs
- Contribute to daily stand-ups, kick-offs, collaborative estimation and retrospective meetings
- Mentor more junior members of the team through pair programming and code reviews
Our take
Due to the fast-evolving nature of cybercrime, companies can struggle to keep their security up-to-date and resilient. Sophos provides managed cybersecurity services to identify and resolve cyberthreats within all sizes of organisations, combining cutting edge cybersecurity tech with expert support teams.
Leveraging AI and machine learning, Sophos' system automates the detection and blocking of over 99% of threats, meaning its analysts only have to hunt down and stop the most sophisticated attackers. As well as its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) product - which, serving over 15,000 customers, is the most-used on the market - the company also delivers Incident Response Services for those experiencing an active threat.
Sophos is not a new player in the cybersecurity space, but has demonstrated its dedication to innovation with continued product launches, updates, and acquisitions such as that of BAE spinout SOC.OS that have kept its tech at the front of the market. Alongside many of its peers, the effects of the economic climate have caused Sophos to cut staff as it focusses on achieving “the optimal balance of growth and profitability", but this recent hiccup does not take away from its position as a market leader continuously leading adaption in the space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$2.6m
SEED
Total funding: $2.6m
Company benefits
- Remote-first working model & hybrid options
- We encourage teams to get together in person periodically to help facilitate teamwork
- Flexible start and end times for many roles
- Leadership development program
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Global internal coaching program (Coach Match)
- Periodic Sophos wellness days off for all Sophos to help employees relax and recharge
- Global wellbeing program, which offers a range of wellbeing resources, including Sophos Wellbeing Webinars, Stress Management Toolkits, and Developing Resilience Courses
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for confidential advice and counseling on a wide range of work and personal issues
- Free annual subscription to the Calm app
- Paid parental leave, caregiver leave & bereavement/compassion leave available
- We host some unforgettable social experiences for our global teams including our music festival SOPH-Fest, go-karting, Sophmudder, and incredible holiday parties!
- Our annual global fitness challenge, SOPH-Fit, sees thousands of employees taking part in our virtual global race around the world
- Each quarter, we celebrate our exceptional global team by running the Sophos Values Awards, which recognizes and rewards employees who embody the Sophos values and who we are as a company
- Health care benefits available worldwide
Company HQ
Abingdon, UK
Leadership
Kris Hagerman
(CEO, not founder)Former CEO of Corel Corporation, who previously served as Group President of Data Center Management at Symantec. Was also Executive VP and GM of Storage and Server Management at Veritas Software, as well as CEO and Founder of both Bigbook and Affinia.
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