Senior Software Engineer, Pointclickcare
Product Security
$112.5-125k
Technology for long-term care providers
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Technology for long-term care providers
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$112.5-125k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To advance healthcare technology and make a meaningful impact on the lives of millions.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. Certifications are not required however being a Certified Ethical Hacker is a plus
- Experience: Minimum of 10-15 years of experience in software engineering,
- Technical Skills: Expert level understanding of software engineering skills with Java, C#, or other OOO languages with focus on app security best practices. Proficiency in using security tools and technologies such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, EDR, network analysis tools, and OWASP Top 10 knowledge is desirable but not required. Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell) are also highly desirable
- Security Skills: Appreciation and eagerness to learn about account security, app security, threat hunting, security detection, incident response, or related areas
- Analytical Skills: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and creatively to identify and mitigate threats
- Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Team Player: Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
What the job involves
- The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for proactively building systems, identifying, and mitigating product security level issues while working with the overall product team to detect potential issues in production
- This multi-faceted role involves engineering solutions, guiding product teams on best practices, performing reviews, conducting thorough investigations, creating detection rules, monitoring security alerts, and collaborating with other security teams to enhance the organization’s overall security posture
- The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in software engineering, cyber security, excellent analytical skills, and a proactive approach to threat detection and response
- System Development & Management: Solution, develop, and maintain custom scripts, tools, and techniques to enhance threat detection and response capabilities. Manage and optimize security detection tools and platforms
- Data Analysis: Analyze security data from various sources, including logs, SIEM(s), network traffic, and endpoint data, to identify patterns, trends and anomalies indicative of potential threats
- Collaboration: Work closely with other cyber security professionals, product teams, and external partners to share threat intelligence and improve overall security posture
- Continuous Improvement: Stay up-to-date with the latest cyber threats, trends, and technologies to continuously improve threat hunting and detection methodologies and tools
- Product Advisement: "Shift-left" to work with existing product teams to identify, remediate, and fix new or existing product deficiencies
- Detection Rule Development and Stewardship: Create and maintain detection rules and signatures for various security tools (e.g., SIEM, IDS/IPS) to identify potential threats and anomalies
- Incident Response: Collaborate with the incident response team to analyze and respond to security incidents, ensuring timely and effective mitigation
- Threat Intelligence: Integrate threat intelligence feeds and data into detection mechanisms to improve the accuracy and relevance of alerts
- Reporting: Understand the nature of threats, potential impact, response actions taken, and recommended mitigation strategies
Our take
The demand for long-term support for the elderly is growing, putting pressure on the already overstretched age care industry. PointClickCare aims to solve this problem by providing care providers with a suite of cutting-edge software tools.
PointClickCare's software gives caregivers access to immediate, point-of-care data insights into their patients. This is proven to improve patient outcomes, ease care transitions and improve efficiency. Having been founded in 2000, PointClickCare is now one of the biggest names in care tech and its software is used by over 26,000 care facilities.
PointClickCare has made a series of partnerships - such as with pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer, and ChartPath, a leading EHR solution for care practices - alongside acquiring the connected care platform Audacious Inquiry. These partnerships and acquisitions aim to improve its adaptability in the market. The company has demonstrated strong ambition and performance, showcased by its being named the top long-term care software provider by KLAS four times in a row.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2024
$0.1m
GRANT
Feb 2018
$141.6m
LATE VC
Total funding: $226.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive Wages and Bonus Program
- Comprehensive Benefits
- Onsite Cafeteria
- Onsite Gym
- RRSP/401K program with employer matching
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Work From Home Policy
- Maternity & Paternity Top Up
- Training and Development Programs
- Corporate Discounts Program
- Games Room and Employee Lounge
- Onsite Wellness Services (dental, massage, optometry, etc.)
Company HQ
Mississauga, ON
Leadership
Mike Wessinger
(Executive Chair)Board Member at C100. Was appointed by the Ministry of Health to the Ontario Health Data Council.
Dave Wessinger
(CEO)Previously served as PointClickCare's COO.
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