Senior Software Engineer, Synack
$150-180k
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Security testing platform
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Security testing platform
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-180k
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To create technology that unleashes the best cybersecurity talent to secure our digital world.
Role
Who you are
- Are you ready to leverage your software development skills to build a platform that is transforming cybersecurity?
- If you enjoy pivoting between different problems and meeting new challenges every day while developing solutions that are mission critical to the organization, this role is for you! Sounds interesting? Keep reading…
- 7+ years of experience in distributed-systems and backend software engineering
- Strong Golang Required: 4+ years of experience minimum
- Strong experience and understanding of microservices, REST API design, gRPC, unit testing, BDD testing
- Strong design skills required – UML is a bonus; exposure to Domain Driven Design desirable
- Experience with asynchronous messaging technologies such as Google PubSub, Kafka
- In depth knowledge of NoSQL and RDBMS technologies
- Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Environments (GCP preferred)
- Experience working on agile teams
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in all mediums
- Experience developing scalable and observable microservice-based applications
- Experience with GitOps and DevOps principles, practices and tools
- A proven ability to thrive in a collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts
Desirable
- Interest in security / penetration testing
- Interest in GenAI and LLM technologies
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend you will be part of a fast-paced, collaborative team developing our attack surface intelligence capabilities
- You will be a critical contributor to the development and integration of reconnaissance technologies and products while also moving forward the state of engineering best practices in our cybersecurity platform
- Develop and integrate cybersecurity testing and analysis systems with best-in-class cybersecurity platform
- Build high-performance, resilient, scalable cloud-based software, microservices architecture and containers
- Take software through CI/CD all the way to production and own its quality and availability
- Utilize GCP platform to build and run highly-available software systems
- Identify and resolve performance issues across systems and components
- Collaborate on a cross-functional team, working with Product, Operations, and Platform Engineering
- Integrate monitoring and alerting capabilities with backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times
- Design, implement and deliver well-tested, scalable, highly available systems
- Own and ideate technical solutions for product requirements and user stories
- Actively engage and participate in design and code reviews
- Offer guidance and support to junior team members, encouraging and cultivating a culture of continuous learning within the team
Our take
As the cyberthreat landscape continues to get more complex, there is a need for sophisticated solutions. Fuelled by expertise in countering kinetic and cyber threats, Synak was founded to deliver on-demand security testing to meet this need.
Synack fosters an ecosystem where world-class security researchers collaborate to provide continuous penetration testing and vulnerability management. This allows the company not only to supply actionable results but also to cultivate a community-based approach to knowledge sharing.
In 2022, Synack was integrated into Microsoft Intelligence. This allowed it to bolster its innovation through collaboration with Microsoft's vast resources and expertise. As a result, Synack has fortified its position at the forefront of cutting-edge security solutions, and continues to launch new capabilities to address the evolving challenges of cybersecurity.
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Insights
-23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
May 2020
$52m
SERIES D
Apr 2017
$21.3m
SERIES C
Total funding: $107.3m
Company benefits
- Ample Holidays and Time Off: Depending on where you are in the world, we offer the best and most accommodating time off policies, bar none. We believe in working hard to play hard
- Paid Parental Leave: Proud parent-to-be? We are thrilled for you and recognize this is a time you don't want to miss. Synack provides team members with a generous paid parental leave policy
- 100% Covered Health Plan Benefit: Our people are our greatest asset, and that's why we invest in high-quality healthcare coverage for our employees with comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits in the U.S.
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Jay Kaplan
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from the George Washington University with an MS in Engineering Management. Previously worked as a Computer Scientist at the Defense Information Systems Agency and as a Senior CNO Analyst at the National Security Agency.
Mark K.
(Co-Founder & CTO)Graduated from Auburn University with a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Previously worked as an Advisor at CloudKnox Security and as a CNE Analyst at Novetta.
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