Principal Software Engineer, Snyk
Developer security platform
Open for applications
Developer security platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower businesses to develop fast and stay secure.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in technical leadership roles in software engineering
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred
- Proficiency in software development, system architecture, and operational practices
- Familiarity with modern software development methodologies and tools
- Excellent leadership and influencing skills to collaborate effectively with senior technical and managerial stakeholders
- Strong analytical abilities to support technical decisions with data-driven metrics
- Exceptional communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Proven track record of driving consensus among stakeholders while making difficult decisions
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop emerging technical talent
Desirable
- Profound understanding of systems of complexity and scale comparable to the Snyk technical stack and their operational nuances
- Ability to identify and resolve complex technical challenges across multiple domains
- Proficiency in data analysis and decision-making to drive technical initiatives
- Hands-on experience in coding, system design, and operations
- Knowledge of cutting-edge software development practices and technologies
What the job involves
- Joining Snyk means embracing our core values: One Team, Care Deeply, Customer Centric, and Forward Thinking
- As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment where fostering collaboration, leading with empathy, driving business impact, and inspiring trust are at the heart of everything we do
- The Principal Engineer role at Snyk plays a fundamental role in advancing the company's technical capabilities
- . They are expected to collaborate across divisions to establish fundamental technical frameworks that unify Snyk’s technical stack
- These Snykers possess crucial knowledge encompassing a significant portion of the company's technical landscape - and then leverage this expertise to drive coherence, consistency, and efficiency in our products and services
- Principal Engineers are expected to be able to influence organizational decisions and spearhead innovative, new initiatives, prioritizing global benefits and department-wide growth
- Demonstrate profound technical proficiency to shape the trajectory of the entire Snyk stack through strategic technical leadership
- Cultivate emerging technical talent within Snyk, nurturing the next generation of senior technical leaders
- Foster a collaborative environment among senior technical leaders, driving a unified approach towards achieving organizational objectives
- Maintain hands-on technical involvement, contributing to critical cross-functional initiatives through coding, design, and operational support as needed
- Provide data-driven insights to inform and validate critical technical decisions, remaining adaptable to new evidence
- Effectively communicate technical plans and directives to audiences spanning various levels of seniority within the Engineering/R&D organization and across the broader business landscape
- Drive execution of large-scale programmes by identifying and addressing cross-functional dependencies and design challenges
Our take
Open source software is a highly lucrative market and is growing fast. However, open source components can come with vulnerabilities, and so their widespread use in apps becomes a liability to a company’s cybersecurity. Snyk has built a way to detect when those apps or components are compromised.
The company works with developers, who are now commonly the owners of application security. It integrates into existing developer workflows, compatible with the likes of GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab, as well as CI/CD. Snyk also varies its approach with enterprises depending on their security needs, working on-premises, via the cloud or a hybrid. This puts the company in a strong position to target all enterprises as customers. In this, Snyk has already been successful - it has hundreds of customers, including Google and Salesforce.
Valued at $8.5bn back in 2021, Snyk has lately been focused on growth and platform improvement. It is not alone in the space, with competitors including SonarQube and Veracode, but has nonetheless remained one of the largest market players; raising funds in 2023 that come alongside an integration with ServiceNow, to further bolster the value of its offerings.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
35% female employees
-21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Intelligent people
"Some of the smartest people I have ever worked with and people are always willing to help, so this impacts you directly. Hugely experienced..."
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Jan 2023
$25m
LATE VC
Dec 2022
$196.5m
SERIES G
Total funding: $1.6bn
Company benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Work-from home allowances & in-office perks
- Time off for learning and self development
- Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance with unlimited one-on-one wellness coaching sessions
- Generous vacation and wellness time off, and country-specific holidays
- 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers
- Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs
- Mobile phone and education allowances
- Snyk Impact - Build a more inclusive tech industry and help us power a more sustainable and secure world with Snyk Impact programs
Company values
- Care deeply - We create positive change: We lead with empathy for our customers, partners, and Snykers globally to evolve our customers’ organizations, as well as communities in which we live and work.
- One team - We rely on each other: We extend beyond geographical and departmental limits, fostering collaboration, inclusion, and transparency in the ways we work and support each other.
- Customer Centric - We drive business impact: We build security solutions, adapting quickly to market changes to provide an outstanding customer experience, leading to adoption and high satisfaction.
- Forward Thinking - We shape the future: We are driven by our ambition to inspire trust and lead the industry, surpassing limits to build unparalleled technology.
Company HQ
Financial District, Boston, MA
Articles
Leadership
Guy Podjarny
(President and Chairman of the Board)Founded Blaze (optimising websites) and was acquired by Akamai 2 years later. Guy then was CTO for Akamai for 4 years.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Snyk
Ashley Ladd (Director, Diversity, Inclusion & Social Impact)
- At Snyk, we're on a mission to make the digital world a safer place and we believe that a safer world starts with one that reflects all of us. From our global team at Snyk to our customers and partners around the world, we're building a company that celebrates our differences and leverages them as our strength. Snyk's core values secure our deeply connected culture, and help us to foster a safe, and inclusive company where everyone belongs.
- Snyk Resource Groups (SRGs) are Snyker-led groups whose purpose is to foster a community-focused, inclusive workplace where all employees feel like they belong. Through strategic programming, community building, networking events, and professional development opportunities, SRGs are the catalyst of Snyk’s inclusion, equity, and diversity efforts.. To date, we have six SRGs: Accessibility@Snyk, Asian@Snyk, Black@Snyk, Mosaic@Snyk, Queer@Snyk, SnykHER. Learn more about our SRG missions at: https://snyk.io/careers/
- We envision a more inclusive industry powering a more sustainable and secure digital world. Our focus on addressing problems for our social and environmental stakeholders positively impacts society and builds momentum for the entire Snyk community. Learn more at: https://snyk.io/about/snyk-impact/
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