Senior Principal Software Engineer, Mimecast
Email Security
2+ days a week in office
Cloud cybersecurity services
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Cloud cybersecurity services
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
2+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To stop bad things from happening to good organisations.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of software development experience
- Strong object-oriented programming skills following SOLID principles
- Proficient in Java and experienced in building REST/HTTP microservices
- Familiarity with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and Terraform
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Proficient in AWS services
- Proven ability to build high-volume, scalable, distributed back-end services
- Proficient in multithreaded software engineering, with expertise in designing, implementing, and troubleshooting concurrent systems to optimize performance and resource utilization
- Proficient in leveraging AI tools, such as Cursor, to enhance software engineering practices, including automated design, code generation, and testing, ensuring high-quality and efficient development workflows
- Excellent collaboration, influencing, negotiation, coaching, mentoring, and coalition-building skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- A great team player with demonstrable experience delivering superior software products via Agile methodologies
- Continuous learning mindset, keeping abreast of related industry technologies, tools, and standards
What the job involves
- Our pioneering Email Security solution pushes on the boundaries of what’s possible, leveraging the latest technologies and tooling in AWS
- As Principal/Senior Principal Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in leading the development of our next-generation cloud-based email product
- This role involves hands-on engagement throughout the full development lifecycle, including designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, monitoring, and improving our core services
- You will be responsible for driving technical excellence and innovation within the team while mentoring and coaching junior engineers
- Design new features or enhancements based on high-level architectures
- Work on a global, highly distributed infrastructure
- High availability, mission critical Java services
- Opportunity to modernize the technology stack
- Lead backlog grooming, planning, design reviews, and code reviews
- Deliver AWS-based Java services through CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code
- Engage with the team through collaboration, problem-solving, and teamwork
- Continually improve team efficiency, personal skills, and team skills
- Take ownership and create accountability within the team
- Lead security reviews of designs and implementations
- Act as a technical lead within the team, fostering collaboration and teamwork
- Apply technology trends and industry innovations to our products
- Coach and mentor team members in areas of expertise
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Mimecast’s next-gen cloud-based security, archiving, and continuity services provide comprehensive risk management in a fully integrated solution, protecting over 40,000 customers worldwide and blocking 162+ million threats. With its adaptable platform, Mimecast focuses on developing capabilities to meet increasing risks and forming strategic partnerships.
Following its acquisition by Permira, Mimecast has expanded globally, reaching more countries throughout 2023. Recently, Mimecast acquired Elevate Security, enhancing its offerings with insights into human behaviours and risks. Elevate Security's platform flags high-risk individuals with a precision risk scoring algorithm, complementing Mimecast’s Awareness Training for targeted intervention and training.
Since 2003, Mimecast has empowered customers to mitigate risks and manage complexities in a threat landscape driven by cyberattacks and human error. Mimecast’s advanced solutions in threat detection, brand protection, and data retention enable organisations to work protected.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2012
$62m
SERIES C
Jan 2010
$21m
SERIES B
Total funding: $88.8m
Company benefits
- Your finances and your future: - Pension - Communication Allowance - Employee Referral
- Your health: - Mediclaim - Insurance Coverage - Meal Coupons - Virtual Therapy Services
- Your life and your family: - Casual Leave - Flexible working - Family Leave - Long Service Leave - Employee Assistance Program
- Your community: - Volunteer Days - Gift Matching
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Peter Bauer
(Member of the Board of Directors and Co-founder)Former Managing Director of FAB Technology (Co-Founder) and Idion Solutions Cape Town. Was the CEO of Mimecast between 2003 and 2024.
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