Principal Software Engineer, Expel
Device Detections & Tasking
$163.3-236.8k
Plus bonus and equity
More information about location
Cyber security threat detection & management
Open for applications
Cyber security threat detection & management
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$163.3-236.8k
Plus bonus and equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Expel is on a mission to make security easy to understand, easy to use, and easy to continuously improve.
Role
Who you are
- Experience building and scaling data-centric software solutions and data pipelines using message bus / queue frameworks (e.g. PubSub)
- Experience with database architecture (e.g. PostGres, Cloud SQL, BigQuery or Bigtable) and orchestration, including deep understanding of SQL and/or NoSQL
- Experience implementing microservices (e.g. Go, Node, Python) & APIs (e.g. REST, RPC, HTTP, JSON)
- Experience managing and optimizing large datasets (e.g. Spark, Iceberg)
- Experience writing tests at different levels (unit, integration, smoke, etc.)
- Familiarity with running systems and using services of a cloud platform (e.g. Google Cloud, AWS, Azure)
- Experience with one or more front-end frameworks (e.g. React, Ember, Angular)
- Ability to code in a readable, reliable, extensible, compiled and well scripted manner in multiple programming languages. Can easily identify patterns and incorporate leading practices
- Working knowledge of logging, monitoring, query, analysis, and metrics (e.g. Google Logs, Loggly, Splunk, Stackdriver, and/or Datadog)
What the job involves
- Give you sophisticated, real world problems on which to use your skills and experience
- Evolve your expertise in large scale application design and development using current technologies like Kubernetes, GCP, Postgres, React.js, Node.js, Go, and Python
- Increase your exposure to the information security space and security products
- Experience a growing, highly transparent startup environment
- Identify, prioritize and implement tasks in the software development lifecycle, in conjunction with the product owner to deliver on business goals
- Exemplify structured software development, testing, and deployment behaviors
- Collaborate respectfully as part of your immediate team and with adjacent teams through pair programming, design sessions, and reviewing pull requests
- Contribute to defining project level requirements based on your experience in software development and your understanding of the customer and business needs
- Produce high-quality, modular, and extensible software designs and architecture with occasional oversight
- Set an example for balancing high quality, technical excellence with focused, timely execution through planning, pair programming, and code reviews
- Provide guidance and mentorship to less experienced engineers
- Research and evaluate new technologies in support of business, technical, or delivery needs
- Present, demo, or author blogs, for technical and non-technical audiences, as required internally and externally
- Participate in your team’s 24x7 support for the applications you build and run
- Establish and encourage a culture of belonging on your team
Our take
As ransomware and hacking threats rise, identifying and resolving breaches in security must be done quickly. Lack of transparency in cyber-security makes it difficult for engineers to detect, understand, and fix the issues as fast as possible. Expel is aiming to redefine what a security operations center and managed detection service looks like in the modern age.
Though the company faces competition from the vast number of cybersecurity platforms, Expel positions itself as a viable alternative to the service delivery model of managed security service providers (MSSPs) by offering a comprehensive management platform that connects to its customers’ tech remotely through APIs, providing fast detection and clear solutions.
Having reached unicorn status, the company is establishing a stronger presence in the European and Asia-Pacific markets, capturing business in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Singapore. Its 2022 funding is being used to accelerate sustainable growth, continue the company's international expansion, and push forward with go-to-market initiatives.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Oct 2022
$31m
SERIES E
Nov 2021
$140.3m
SERIES E
Total funding: $288.8m
Company benefits
- Flexible work hours and locations
- Unlimited time off - includes vacation, personal days, and an annual company-wide restorative day
- 24 weeks parental leave when you, your spouse or your domestic partner gives birth to a child, adopts a child or becomes a foster parent (first 12 weeks paid)
- Military leave
- Paid annual conference - we reimburse you up to $2,500 to attend at least one conference every year that helps you move your career forward
- One month sabbatical after hitting your 5 year anniversary
- Zero-meetings week each quarter - where all Expletives are challenged to reduce the number of internal meetings on their calendar all the way to zero
- Medical insurance through the Cigna Open Access Plus HRA plan
- Dental & vision insurance through Guardian
- Team touchdowns - Expel Teams are encouraged to come together quarterly for planning, for connecting, for energizing and maybe a little fun
- Fitness stipend
- Cell phone stipend
- Employee Assistance Program
- Telemedicine (Cigna’s Telehealth Connection)
- Access to the popular mental health platforms, Ginger and Talkspace
- BenefitHub - a web portal where Expel employees can enjoy discounts, cash back rewards and perks on thousands of brands in a variety of categories!
- Retirement 401(k) account provided by Principal
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (Cigna)
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Student loan refinancing
Company values
- Treat people like people - This starts with being honest, consistent, and authentic and results in strong relationships built on trust. We gain a stronger sense of personal responsibility when we’re treated well and this enables strong performance.
- Get it done. Do it together - When we’re doing it right we’re in the same boat, rowing at the same speed, and going in the same direction. Win or lose, we do it together. So let’s win.
- Improve continuously - Everything must get a little bit better “the next time.” We improve by experimenting, getting curious and trying new things, all the while we “measure what matters.”
- Intentionally transparent - Success here means we have the info we need to make good decisions. We’re also aware we don’t have the right to know everything, and that’s neither reasonable nor desirable.
Company HQ
Herndon, VA
Articles
Leadership
Dave Merkel
(CEO & Co-Founder)Previous CTO of both FireEye and Mandiant (also VP, Products and Threat Management Services). Previously worked as the Senior Technical Director at America Online and for the US Air Force as an Assistant Chief of Intrusion Invasions.
Justin Bajko
(VP of Strategy & Business Development & Co-Founder)Previous Managing Director (MCIRT Operations) at Mandiant and Senior Manager of Global Security Analysis at Symantec. Previously worked as a Network Administrator at Clinical Trial Management Services, and was a Network and Systems Administrator at MiniFibers.
Yanek Korff
(Chief of Staff & Co-Founder)Previous COO at Expel. Current Board Member at ThreatSwitch and Investor at Berg Capital Group. Previous Member of the Technical Advisory Board at Ntrepid Corp and CP an CTO at FireEye.
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