Software Engineer, Tenable
Event Sourcing & Stream Processing
$114.5-152.5k
+ Bonus + Employee stock purchase plan
Cybersecurity & exposure management
Open for applications
Cybersecurity & exposure management
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$114.5-152.5k
+ Bonus + Employee stock purchase plan
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower organizations to understand and reduce cyber risk.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of software development experience in enterprise-level, backend systems
- Solid experience with distributed systems and microservice architectures deployed in a cloud environment
- Proficiency in a JVM language, Kotlin is ideal, and a willingness to learn new languages as needed
- To be considered for this role, you must meet one of the following criteria: Hybrid with the ability to commute to our Columbia, MD/Northern VA office, Hybrid with the ability to commute to our Boston, MA office, or Remote: Currently reside in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- Hands-on experience with Kafka for building real-time data pipelines
- Experience with AWS services, including S3, DynamoDB, EC2, and Aurora
- Experience designing features end to end, including rollout and monitoring
- A good understanding of SQL and experience with relational databases
- Experience with REST API best practices
- Knowledge of dependency injection frameworks like Guice
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins
- Proficiency with Git for version control
- Accountability for the behavior of your software in production
- Experience coaching and leading mid-level and junior staff in the design, implementation, and execution of highly technical development projects
- Experience in working in an Agile team, and an enthusiasm for working collaboratively within and across product teams
- The ability to work independently and as a part of a team, and to lead/drive projects as necessary
- The desire to continuously learn and be exposed to new technologies
Desirable
- Prior experience working on on-prem applications or security-focused tools
- Exposure to web application security scanning (WAS) tools
What the job involves
- Tenable is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Data Processing team, a core component of our product engineering organization
- This team is focused on the complex and critical backend systems that power Tenable's Vulnerability Management solutions
- You'll be working on designing, developing, and maintaining the distributed, cloud-based services responsible for ingesting and processing massive amounts of data from all of Tenable's products
- As a Software Engineer on the team, you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on our most central and highly scaled systems
- You'll be tackling the challenge of processing and analyzing huge volumes of data to provide our customers with critical insights into their security posture
- Our team is responsible for the core logic of Tenable VM, including asset/finding state calculation, asset identification, VM asset age out, finding recast, and more
- While our primary focus is the VM business, we have elements of a platform team, handling traffic from all of our products and providing foundational services
- Become a key member of an engineering team, driving the ongoing innovation of our global cloud architecture and distributed systems that serve our broad customer base with the latest cybersecurity technologies
- We provide a training budget for you to attend conferences or workshops to continue to grow your skills
- We are always looking for ways to improve ourselves, our tech stack, and our product’s features. Bring your ideas and experiences to the table and help make a lasting impact
- Work closely with Product Managers, other engineers, designers, and stakeholders to continuously iterate on our products and drive consensus. You will have the opportunity to support and mentor your peers inside and outside your team
Our take
Tenable is a cybersecurity company delivering a comprehensive suite of products for cloud security, vulnerability management, identity exposure and more. It provides these through its exposure management platform, "Tenable One", which is designed to anticipate attacks and reduce cyber risk.
As cyber-attacks get more sophisticated, businesses need a range of tools to proactively combat threats. By providing all these tools in one place, Tenable solidifies itself as a strong option in the market. This is reflected in it winning a number of industry recognitions.
One of the company's latest moves was to acquire Eureka Security, which has enabled it to add data security posture management to its offering. If it continues to broaden its platform and meet the changing cybersecurity needs of its clients, then Tenable should remain on the path to success.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2015
$250m
SERIES B
Sep 2012
$50m
SERIES A
Total funding: $300m
Company benefits
- Health: Comprehensive benefits to support physical and mental wellbeing and family-forming plans.
- Work/Life Balance: Generous paid time off with hybrid or remote opportunities available for most positions.
- Financial Savings and Security: Retirement plans, employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), equity incentives, life and disability insurance.
- Professional Development: Customizable opportunities, including learning courses, mentorship, leadership programs and tuition reimbursement.
Company HQ
Town Center, Columbia, MD
Leadership
Jack Huffard
(Co-Founder)Former COO and President of Tenable, they now serve as a Board Member. They are also a Board Member of Norfolk Southern Corporation, Chair of the Board of Directors at Immersive Labs and Exec Chairman of the Board of Directors at Strivacity.
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