Cloud Software Engineer, Lacework
Cloud Efficiency
$190-300k
+ Bonus and Equity
Data driven cloud-native application protection platform
Job no longer available
Data driven cloud-native application protection platform
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$190-300k
+ Bonus and Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To be the security platform for the cloud.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a software engineer who knows how to apply engineering principles to infrastructure and is business-minded
- You are a leader and team player with a transformational mindset
- You can adapt seamlessly into the organization, are technically savvy, work cross-functionally, and enjoy diving deep into a system to understand and optimize it
- You keep up with the major cloud providers’ product offerings and have the hands-on expertise to design, deploy, and optimize cloud services
- 12+ years of relevant experience in a large-scale, cloud-native business
- Hands-on expertise to design, deploy and optimize cloud services and expenditure, preferably both in AWS and GCP
- Software development background and demonstrated proficiency in at least one of the following: Python, Go, or Java
- Experience with data visualization, SQL, and building dashboards using large datasets
- Deep understanding and proficiency with common IaaS services/components and architectures
- Passion for optimization and curiosity to deeply understand how systems work
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Desire to build systems and computers that reason for us
- Cloud certifications or other demonstrable cloud domain knowledge
- Experience with monitoring & observability systems like Prometheus or DataDog and tools or frameworks like telegraf and OpenTracing
- Believe everything should be “as code”
What the job involves
- This is part engineering role and part BI role that will partner with Engineering and Finance to help model, forecast and correlate cloud usage and spend
- You will dig deep into cloud costs to help provide deeper meaning to Lacework’s cloud spend and leverage those learnings to drive and implement those optimizations across service teams
- Develop an in-depth understanding of the Lacework platform and the cloud technologies it’s built on
- Identify bottlenecks and/or improvements in our architecture, algorithms, infrastructure, and other areas to improve efficiency and reduce cost
- Implement cost optimization improvements for our infrastructure on Snowflake, AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Develop and/or identify strategies to efficiently use and optimize cloud technologies and services
- Analyze data patterns deriving insights to inform and influence architecture and technology decisions and present solutions to engineering and product leadership
- Establish and track key performance and cost metrics as service level objectives (SLOs) that Engineering and Operations can track towards
- Work with our cloud vendors to identify changes, alternative implementations, and drive new features that will drive cost savings and/or increase efficiency
- Drive projects/technical initiatives and architectural/service improvements
- Drive regular operational and cost reviews with leadership
Our take
Lacework is a cloud security startup that simplifies cloud security, reduces incident noise, and cuts down on the number of interfaces that businesses need to use. It helps businesses reduce their expenses and the time spent manually tracking issues.
Lacework offers a full package of cloud security services for its customers, covering security for infrastructure as code, scanning for vulnerabilities in build-time and run time, runtime security for cloud-native environments, and configuration and compliance.
The company faces competition from businesses like Threat Stack, Prisma Cloud, and Aqua Platform. However, as more companies move online and the need for secure cloud-native services continues to grow, Lacework has ample opportunity to see continued growth as the leading CNAPP solution.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Nov 2021
$1.3bn
SERIES D
Jan 2021
$525m
SERIES D
Total funding: $1.9bn
Company benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Employer contribution to health savings account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible vacation time
- Parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
- Recharge days
- Paid holidays
- 401(k) for eligible employees & competitive global retirement plans
- Life insurance for eligible employees
- Short term disability
- Long term disability
- Flexible health and mental wellness stipend
- Home internet & cell phone stipend
- Commuter benefits
Leadership
Vikram Kapoor
(CTO)Studied Computer Science at Indian Institute of Technology, and University of Minnesota. Worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Valicert Inc; Kuokoa Networks; and Pillar Data Systems. Worked for over 6 years at Oracle Corporation in Development Management. Was Senior Director of Engineering at Bromium. Was Entrepreneur in Residence at Sutter Hill Ventures.
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