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As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend you will be responsible for the implementation, design, development, and technical quality of the product. Within this position you will be working closely with our Product team to deliver high quality code and best practices. Along with that you are expected to have a full understanding of how data flows throughout an entire platform from databases to REST API's.
Responsibilities
Work closely with the Product team to deliver quality features in high quality code and best practices
Enforce strong coding best practices, guidelines, and standards throughout the team
Ensure that all code is clearly tested from end-to-end
Flexibility and comfort across stacks should allow you to help solve issues at all levels, including code modularity and re-use.
Work comfortably across multiple levels of the Development stack
Ability to ship high quality, well tested, Go code
Qualifications
6+ Years of developing Web Products, SaaS, or equivalent
Knowledge in GO & PHP
Understanding of SOA, RESTful APIs, and micro-services
Database knowledge: MySQL, PostGREs, BigTable, etc
Understanding of Cloud Computing, Containers, CI/CD, Deployments, preferably on Google Cloud Platform
Has worked in the Agile Framework (Scrum, Kanban, etc)
Has good understanding of operational issues, load balancing, cost, performance, etc.
Can work in fast paced environment
BounceX is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
**JOIN US ON OUR MISSION
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BounceX is an international marketing technology solution that brings a "logged-in" experience to logged-out website visitors across all their devices. A category leader in device identity resolution, BounceX helps companies like Uniqlo, HelloFresh and Tribune Interactive orchestrate real-time, multichannel marketing programs customized for the individual behind each device. They're best known for their impact on triggered email performance and website personalization.
Having raised over $44.9 million in funding from proven firms like Battery Ventures, Cross Creek Advisors and Primary Ventures, BounceX was named the Fastest Growing Software Company in America by Inc Magazine. With headquarters in New York and London, BounceX has been recognized by Glassdoor and Crain's for its exceptional culture and being one of the top places to work in the country. The company recently signed both the White House Equal Pay Pledge and the United Nations Women's Empowerment Pledge and continues to set the bar as a pioneer in technology innovation and workplace inclusion initiatives.
What bonds our community together is our commitment to 5 Core Values:
Come Hungry
Carry Each Other
Drive Undeniable Performance
Respect People, Privacy, Ideas
Bounce Back
Come join us on our mission.
Are you excited to work on technologies like Go (Golang), TypeScript, React, and Cloud Infrastructure? Be part of new product development life cycle? If yes, then this is the opportunity you are looking for!
You'll be joining the new 'Platform Team' and will help build (ground up) new services and tools shared across the Freedom Financial Network Companies. An opportunity to participate in design, architecture, development and deployment of these new services. Full Stack product development involves working on micro-services and front-end components. You will find here a highly productive, collaborative, and innovative environment where your voice is heard.
THE ROLE:
Implement well-designed web-based user interfaces using React
Participate in the architecture of new micro-services for an enterprise level product
Develop brand new RESTful services and JavaScript libraries
Deliver high-quality code to production
Collaborate with DevOps for cloud deployment
Work closely in an agile team of product owner, engineers and scrum master in a collaborative environment
REQUIREMENTS/CHARACTERISTICS:
Minimum of 5 years' experience as a Software Engineer
You have experience programming in TypeScript/Node.js, Go (Golang) or similar modern language/s
You have designed, built, and maintained REST APIs for use in production and you have experience working with Open API standards like Swagger.
You can solve problems quickly and independently
Experience using front end JavaScript frameworks like React (preferred), Angular, Vue or similar
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process preferred
Familiarity with DevOps, continuous delivery, configuration management and tools is desired
Knowledge of Microservices and respective architecture design principles and scalability best practices.
Experience with Google Cloud Platform is highly preferred but not required.
Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes highly preferred but not required
CULTURAL FIT (Our Core Values):
Care (for everyone): We show compassion and contribute to the well-being and growth of those around us. We only pursue products that improve the financial lives of our clients.
Act with Integrity (every time): We take the right action even when it is hard and even when no one is watching. We treat our employees, clients, and communities the way they wish to be treated.
Get Better (every day): We innovate, iterate, and improve each day. We are creative, take thoughtful risks, and ultimately learn and recover from failures.
COLLABORATE (with everybody): We strive to work together toward a common purpose by proactively sharing information and inviting participation. We recognize the perspective of various groups and embrace healthy, constructive debate.
Senior Engineer Bread New York City, United States $100,000 to $175,000 a year
July 2019
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
We have enormous and engaging technical challenges. We are designing an API that can drop easily into any one of dozens of ecommerce platforms, proprietary and off-the-shelf, hosted and on-site. We need to verify online identity and predict fraud while providing a beautiful and frictionless consumer experience, and mine user and financial information to approve and price credit, all in real time. And we are using technology to explore new approaches to consumer credit marketplaces that have never been attempted before.
We are looking to hire a senior engineer to join the current technology team in continuing to build out our core platform and product. This senior engineer will:
be responsible for leading design and implementation of new features and iterations of our core platform
continue to develop our core infrastructure for Bread’s scalable and reliable services
deliver new working code every two weeks in a fast-paced, code-focused agile development environment
work with the rest of the engineering team to deliver new functionality to face merchants, consumers, investors, and internal users
design new iterations of our merchant integration APIs
Requirements
Expert knowledge of server-side languages and data stores (our system is built with Go/Golang and PostgreSQL, but we’re also happy to speak with those that have strong backend experience with other languages, including JVM languages like Java or Scala; Python; or C++)
Experience with message-based, loosely coupled architectures (we use RabbitMQ and Redis)
Experience building scalable, reliable distributed systems
Experience developing systems intended for cloud deployments (we use AWS)
A passion for engineering and technology
Preferred
Knowledge of financial products
Strong front-end skills in JavaScript, using a framework like Angular (we use React)
Experience with Go/PostgreSQL/Rabbit/Redis
Knowledge of e-commerce platforms, like Magento, Shopify, Demandware, or others
As a Back-End Engineer at Pink, you will work closely with the founding team to make the business processes and event casting experience come to life. You will be responsible for helping to design & maintain the server architecture upon which Pink functions. In addition, you will play a fundamental role in creating new IP around complex casting processes and cutting edge business operation algorithms.
Basic Qualifications:
B.S. or advanced degree in Computer Science, related field or equivalent work experience
Extensive experience developing server side solutions
Experience developing REST API's
Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, or MySQL)
Experience and understanding of one or more MVC frameworks
Extensive experience/strong with 2 or more of the following: Golang, Ruby, Javascript, React, React Native, DevOps
Professional experience utilizing Git and continuous integration
Writes unit tests, experienced with TDD
Passionate about code readability, maintainability, extensibility, and modularity
Preferred Qualifications:
-Experience working with key value stores
-Deep knowledge in one or more of: relational databases, caching strategies, data analytics, DevOps
-Excellent verbal and written communication skills
-Excellent problem solving/troubleshooting skills and attention to detail
The Tyk API Management platform is helping to drive the connected world and power new products and services. We’re changing the way that organisations connect any number of their systems and services.Whether internal, external, public or highly encrypted systems, Tyk helps businesses drive value across the retail, finance, telecoms, healthcare, or media industries (to name just a few!)
If you’ve banked online, used an app to check the news, or perhaps even driven a connected car, API’s, and by extension, Tyk, make that possible. Founded in 2015 with offices in London, Atlanta and Singapore, we have many thousands of users of our B2B platform across the globe. Brands using Tyk range from Lotte, Bell, Dominos, Starbucks, to RBS and Societe Generale. We have a varied user base hailing from every continent – even Antarctica.
Our Mission
Tyk is on a mission to connect every system in the world. We’ve started by building an API Management platform.
Total flexibility, default remote, radical responsibility
We offer unlimited paid holidays and remote working from anywhere in the world, for everyone, Why? Tyk was founded on the principle of offering flexibility and autonomy to our employees, we believe this allows our employees to achieve their best results. It also means we can build the best possible team, location and working hours are no barrier.
If this sounds like an environment that you believe could work for you then read on to find out more.
The role
You will be responsible for designing and building high quality and customer centric solutions within our platform team. You will work with Senior Product Managers, Technical Leads, UX Designers, QAs, and a team of talented engineers to bring our vision for the platform enablement team to life. This role also will play a key part in our continuous improvement journey, building out high levels of pipeline automation, great unit testing, and ensuring we live up to our engineering policies, processes, and standards.
Our platform team looks after enabling capabilities which other product teams consume – for example, our Tyk Identify Broker, back end plugins, Tyk Sync, Tyk Pump, and our multi datacentre bridge
We’d love it if you had line management experience, and are keen to impart some of your knowledge in managing and growing junior engineers.
It’d be great if you had some line management experience, but this is not essential.
Here’s what you’ll be getting up to
Occasional input into strategic direction of platform enablement, working with the Product Manager to suggest new ideas or challenge existing strategy
Focusing on creating great quality , low technical debt, and optimal experience solutions for our our customers
Being an advocate and driver for continuous improvement and operational excellence – increased automation, safer pipelines, more disciplined code merge, better unit testing etc
Code with care to ensure your feature to debt ratio remains healthy
Code using well accepted design patterns that allow for future scaling
Working with DevSecOps to embed a security first approach to our product iteration and ensure what is released is safe for our customers
Pair programming with more senior engineers to drive up your skill set
Consider the quality, maintainability and flexibility of code written by you and improve this over time with mentorship with more experienced engineers
Be focused on ensuring we write automated tests for every new capability and bug fix
Have an understanding on creating, and testing solutions for non functional use cases – technical debt reduction, documentation improvement, security, stability, bug fix. Work with experienced engineers to build your knowledge and approach here
Be an advocate of adhering to Tyk coding standards – ensuring test cases are written, ensuring documentation is written, driving high levels of automation in our pipeline process, ensuring tests are passing before merge
Learn, adopt, and input into our Scrum process , being an example in working to definition of ready / done, improving estimation, good quality ticket creation, input into grooming etc
Be an input to our continuous improvement agenda – be it the clarity of our user stories, how we estimate, or how we ensure continuous testing, we expect this role to be advocate of continuous improvement
With guidance from experienced engineers, learn, live and adopt a DevOps culture where we have a clear focus on release engineering quality and automation
Here’s what we’re looking for
Contributing to strategic direction of platform enablement, working with the Product Manager to suggest new ideas or challenge existing strategy
Focusing on creating great quality , low technical debt, and optimal experience solutions for our our customers
Being an advocate and driver for continuous improvement and operational excellence – increased automation, safer pipelines, more disciplined code merge, better unit testing etc
Responsible for ensuring your feature to debt ratio remains healthy
Code using well accepted design patterns that allow for future scaling
Working with DevSecOps to embed a security first approach to our product iteration and ensure what is released is safe for our customers
Takes responsibility for the quality, maintainability and flexibility of code written by you
A leader of ensuring we write automated tests for every new capability and bug fix and ensure this culture permeates.
Have a clear focus on creating , coding, and testing solutions for non functional use cases – technical debt reduction, documentation improvement, security, stability, bug fix
Be an advocate of adhering to Tyk coding standards – ensuring test cases are written, ensuring documentation is written, driving high levels of automation in our pipeline process, ensuring tests are passing before merge
Be an advocate of adopting our Scrum process , being an example in working to definition of ready / done, improving estimation, good quality ticket creation, input into grooming etc
Be a key shaper and contributor to our continuous improvement agenda – be it the clarity of our user stories, how we estimate, or how we ensure continuous testing, we expect this role to be advocate of continuous improvement
Live and adopt a DevOps culture where we have a clear focus on release engineering quality and automation
Be opinionated, outgoing, and enthusiastic – we want engineers to challenge and have a voice
Experience needed
Strong backend engineering experience in Go
Passion for continuously improvement software delivery lifecycle
Experience of influencing and guiding product strategies through technical knowledge
Hands on development experience with server development
Team management and mentorship
Experience of adhering to and improving operational excellence, with a keen eye on reducing manual effort and increasing quality
Deep working understanding of DevOps best practice, particularly in relation to release engineering
Good working experience of security first software development
Knowledge in any or some of the next topics: Distributed system, Analytics, RPC, 3rd party integrations, Different data stores, different identify providers, testing skills
Very organized and exceptional attention to detail
Passion for continuously improvement software delivery lifecycle
Happy to input into and challenge product strategies based on technical knowledge
Very organized with exceptional attention to detail
Strong communication skills
Hands on development experience scaling complex systems
Considerable backend engineering experience
Familiarity with Kubernetes or other orchestration tools
Experience building applications in Go, C, C++
Passionate about working on and contributing to Open Source
Experience with software engineering best practices (e.g. unit testing, code reviews, design documentation)
Experience with Redis ,MongoDB/SQL
Competencies
Designing highly-available distributed software
Collaborative development
Automated testing practices and continuous testing
Continuous delivery
Nice to have
API management experience
Line management and mentoring experience
Benefits
Here’s why you should join us:
Please note that benefits vary by country. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask your Talent Partner.
Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision packages
401k plan
Everyone has unlimited paid holiday.
We have total flexibility in hours, as we believe creativity flows better when our people are given freedom to decide when they are most productive. Everyone is unique after all.
Employee share scheme
Generous maternity and paternity leave
Company retreats
We all share the same vision – we value authenticity, respect, responsibility, independence, honesty, diversity and inclusion and most importantly treating others how you wish to be treated. We look for like-minded people who bring their personalities to work everyday, strive to achieve their personal goals and who are willing to challenge the way we do things, why? – to make what we do even better!
Our values tell the story of Tyk – here’s how:
It’s ok to screw up!
We’ve found that it’s often the ‘stupid’ or unexpected ideas that turn out to be the successful ones – so try it, at least we can say we have!
The only stupid idea, is the untested one!
It’s in our DNA – starting a business with founders 12 hours apart, giving our gateway away for free – sure, we did that, and we’d do it again!
Trust starts with you – make it count!
Trust is a two-way street – instill it from day one!
Assume best intent!
We have each other’s back – we’re all on the same team. Think before you speak or act.
Make things, better!
Always try to leave things better than when you found them – change is constant, inevitable and embraced! Be that change we want to see.
Tyk is an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
Software Engineer - Backend Serotiny San Francisco, CA United States $100,000 to $150,000 a year
November 2018
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Inspired by life – Serotiny digitally encodes nature’s features and functions into a biologically aware API for the high-throughput, rational design of multi-domain synthetic proteins.
By coupling state-of-the-art mammalian synthetic biology and a finely-tuned software architecture, Serotiny aims to embrace one of the greatest opportunities of the 21st century to improve people’s lives. Serotiny designs custom proteins with cutting edge capabilities including treatment of cancers and genetic disorders. We partner with leaders in the life sciences to give proteins wholly new functions for more effective, safer, and customized therapies.
With support from world-class investors including Nanodimension and 8VC, Serotiny is proud to build a cross-disciplinary team of passionate individuals with varied experiences.
Description:
This person will lead the development Serotiny’s biologically-aware API, collaborating with biologists to deploy novel creative algorithms useful in the design of new proteins.
The digital infrastructure is part of a design/build/test loop that couples a finely tuned software architecture with wet-lab mammalian synthetic biology. Serotiny is looking for our first backend developer who is excited to design novel software architectures for synthetic biology.
Role:
Collaborate with biologists to define and design a custom biologically-aware API
Explore machine-learning & other constraint solving strategies on novel data structures
We currently work in Go and Ember
Qualifications:
BS in CS and 3+ years professional industry experience
Experience with Go
Experience with API integration
Experience shipping a digital product
Flexibility and desire to work at the early stages of a startup
Perks & Benefits
Full health benefits
Budget to host and attend developer events
Opportunities to develop and publish open-source standards for synthetic biology
Opportunities to architect and deploy novel data structures for use in biology
Systems Software Engineer BitMED Austin, United States $114,000 to $156,000 a year
October 2018
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
Here at BitMED we appreciate transparency and creativity. So, let’s try something new. We would like to give you the opportunity to learn more about this role the same way we would get to know you. An application!
We’ll go first…
Why is this position crucial to BitMED?
Our lean team is ready to grow! We are rapidly onboarding 22M members to our platform and that number is growing every day. Our Systems Software Engineer will be responsible for defining and implementing our software standards as they integrate between frontend, backend, data storage, infrastructure and other core system components. By joining our small team, they will be an integral contributor in developing our engineering culture. This person will be a key enabler for lean integration, faster innovation, rapid development, streamlined communication and improved collaboration.
Why does this person want to work at BitMED?
They are excited about bringing blockchain technology to the healthcare community at scale. Joining BitMED is a strategic and advantageous career move for them as they will play a crucial role as a contributor to bringing a global, no-cost healthcare solution to market. They visualize the impact they’ll have in this role and are prepared to offer their expertise towards building a successful new platform that will change the way the world views healthcare.
What will this person do on a day-to-day basis?
The Systems Software Engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing software for a variety of scalable, reliable, and secure distributed computing systems (e.g. blockchain). They will design, implement, and debug core components of internal distributed computing services. They will research and implement key technologies (e.g. blockchain), architectures, and standards. They will work with other engineering teams to ensure that services meet scalability, availability, security, and performance goals.
What is this person expected to accomplish within their first 90 days?
This person will assess the status of our current system software and build upon them. They will work with various members of the engineering team to define and implement API standards. During their first 90 days, our Systems Software Engineer will design and implement Protocol APIs for BitMED’s core services and work with various internal and external technical teams on the adoption. By the end of their first 90 days, we expect this person to draft the Protocol API documentation geared towards open-sourcing the API.
What qualities should this person have?
BitMED is looking for a person with the willingness to learn and the ability to contribute right off the bat. They can balance timeliness and business priorities with technical feasibility. They are adamant about solving problems and are a reliable resource for insight and assessment of technical issues. They are able to speak openly and humbly about their failures and mistakes, clearly articulating what happened and how it was addressed. They are passionate about learning, executing and leading by example. They are an open source enthusiast and a best in class developer with a desire to gain knowledge in an emerging market. They are able to think through and anticipate how hackers and others may attempt to subvert or misuse applications.
What experience should this person have?
5+ years of overall developer experience
2+ years measuring, analyzing, and optimizing performance
2+ years developing distributed applications and API integration
2+ years developing applications using cloud-based platforms and microservices
Strong understanding of concurrency, parallelism and distributed systems
Knowledge of concurrency control, data structures, algorithms, distributed system architectures and networking
What technical skills MUST this person have?
1+ years of experience with blockchain security technologies and cryptography knowledge
Strong systems programming skills
Experience with all aspects of software development from architecture to deployment and maintenance
Familiarity with distributed storage systems (HDFS, Amazon S3)
Fluency in Go (golang) C/C++, Python, shell scripting
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Hands-on developer-level understanding of blockchain technologies including smart contracts, blockchain applications or proof-of-concepts (POCs) using Hyperledger, Ethereum Solidity or other proprietary languages and APIs
Proven ability to translate requirements from architects and product managers into functional code.
Knowledge of database technologies including SQL/NoSQL
What skills would we like this person to have?
Strong passion for technology and applying it to business solutions
Working understanding of blockchain technologies, cryptocurrency, and financial software
Experience running a large-scale production system
Backend Developer, API’s Powerspike Remote (United States) $80,000 to $120,000 a year
December 2020
1 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
Who We Are
PowerSpike is a media & technology company focused on building the most compelling and streamlined destination for activating sponsorships within gaming communities. PowerSpike collaborates with 30,000+ gaming and esports influencers to execute premium, authentic influencer marketing campaigns. PowerSpike’s influencer network reaches over 150M viewers every month and has already grown over 1000% in 2020. The 5-year-old company is backed by Techstars, Cox Enterprises, the Sixers Innovation Lab, the Dorm Room Fund, and Ocean Azul Partners.
What we’re building
PowerSpike is building the world’s first Influencer Exchange.
Like a traditional ad exchange, where buyers can place bids for ads in real-time, PowerSpike’s technology instead enables brands to bid on influencers. We’re taking the simple and streamlined experience of programmatic advertising, and combining it with the authenticity of influencer marketing to deliver instantly scalable influencer campaigns. Think Google Ads meets influencers. Currently focused on the gaming space, our technology enables brands like Intuit Quickbooks and Activision Blizzard to launch influencer campaigns across our network of over 30,000+ Twitch streamers, just like they'd make a media buy.
Your work will directly help influencers pursue their dreams and assist some of the biggest brands in the world in streamlining their influencer marketing efforts.
What we need
We’re looking for a dedicated, passionate, innovative, and security-oriented Backend Web Developer to work on bringing PowerSpike’s databases and API’s to life.
Reporting directly to the VP of Development, you will be responsible for building bug-free data solutions which will deliver information to influencers, brands and advertisers to help them make critical marketing decisions for their spends. If the words RPC, distributed servers, and scalable architecture excite you - then we want to talk.
We value learning, creativity, radical candor, positivity and collaboration - and as one of the first people at PowerSpike, we’re looking for someone who can help us define our culture and processes for years to come. Simply put, we believe in hiring A+ people, giving them clarity in what success means, and then supporting them to their fullest potential.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Managing, maintaining and upgrading Powerspike’s internal API
Developing and maintaining microservices
Develop scalable APIs for both internal and public consumption
Implement, maintain and improve scalable databases
Design and ensure data security and integrity
Develop reusable and sustainable code
REQUIREMENTS
2-5+ years experience in backend development
Server side language (Go/Python preferred)
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Familiarity with AWS and Google CloudDatabase language (MySQL preferred)
Experience with distributed systems and microservice architecture
Experience with machine learning
Ability to adapt to new situations and learn new skills/languages
Knowledge of Git
BONUS POINTS IF
You’ve worked at a startup or attempted to launch your own startup before (even if it failed)
You’re a gamer, streamer, or fan of live streaming platforms like Twitch/Mixer/YouTube Live
You’ve worked on ad exchanges or advertising/influencer related technology in the past
BENEFITS
Competitive compensation
Stock options
Generous PTO
Medical Insurance
Early access to new products, games and services emerging in the space
Opportunity to be on the ground floor of one of the fastest growing startups in the gaming ecosystem
PowerSpike, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
Software Engineer, Security Team Lob San Francisco, United States $115,000 to $165,000 a year
October 2019
3 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
This job posting is no longer available
Job Description
Lob is building a suite of APIs to simplify and automate enterprise workflows. Our most popular product is our print and mail API that enables companies to send physical mail as effortlessly as sending emails. This API helps individuals and enterprise customers programmatically send physical mail at scale. Our second API focuses on address verification. It is officially CASS-certified by the USPS. Our long-term goal is to provide the building blocks for developers to automate the offline world through APIs (lob.com/blog/vision-mission) . We’re looking for great problem-solvers to help us figure out how.
As a member of our security team, you’ll protect the data of hundreds of millions of mail recipients, ensure new products and designs are architected safe by default, build monitoring and detection systems, work collaboratively with developers to educate them about security and squash vulnerabilities, and help us achieve our compliance and regulatory goals.
We take a systemic approach to security, and strive to ensure we provide low friction high-impact wins across everything we do. The role includes significant autonomy towards defining problem spaces and a mandate to build viable tools which are both internally- and externally-facing. A significant part of this job is meant to attract a multidisciplinary engineer. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to have a large sense of ownership, grow extraordinarily in their career, and develop cross-functional technical & soft skills, not just related to application/infrastructure security but securing all aspects of a fast-moving hypergrowth startup.
Our engineering team values agility, collaboration, and autonomy (lob.com/blog/engineering-agility-collaboration-autonomy) . We’re building a team of not just strong problem-solvers, but great collaborators—engineers who are excited to teach and learn from each other, share decisions and information freely, and work together on new problems that no other companies have solved before. Come join the best people in the business.
As a Senior Security Engineer, you’ll...
Be a security subject matter expert and respond to any internal and external customer security engineering questions/requests
Support and advise software engineering teams in the design of secure software. Coach and mentor other engineers
Develop, implement, and communicate vulnerability mitigation strategies to development teams
Threat model and pentest our internal and external applications
Design, evangelize and implement security processes, technical controls, and architecture design patterns to enhance Lob's ability to prevent, detect, and analyze malicious activity
Participate in defining security-related end user features in the Lob product
Recommend and deploy tooling to manage security in the deployment pipeline as well as production systems
Balance security risk with business goals and agility
For this role, we’re looking for...
Proven interpersonal skills: Ability to explain complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences. Collaborative approach to mentoring software engineers on the development of secure code
Broad exposure to various security disciplines (at least 2 of application security, infrastructure security, incident response, account security, and risk & compliance), and understanding of the core principles behind security concepts
Strong knowledge of web architecture, cloud and application architectures, and related security principles
Systematic problem solving approach, coupled with a strong sense of ownership and drive
Experience securing AWS based environments a plus, including security of different AWS Services, design of VPC architectures, best practices for IAM configuration and security of data within and across AWS accounts
Experience with NodeJS and Golang a plus: having opinionated approaches to preventing and detecting vulnerable code patterns at scale
Experience with Kubernetes and service mesh deployments a plus: CVE scanning, RBAC, mTLS, network security policies, pod security contexts, etc.
About Lob
Lob was built by technical co-founders with a vision to make the world programmable. We offer two flagship APIs (print & mail and address verification) that enable companies to send postal mail as effortlessly as sending emails. Lob is venture-backed by the most reputable investors in tech, and we are rapidly growing our team to shape the future of our company and meet the demands of a quickly growing customer base and dynamic product offerings.
We give our employees a lot of responsibility and ownership of their work. You will have fun at work while engaging in challenging projects with the best and brightest.
Perks
Health benefits for you and your dependent(s)
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Wellness program (includes monthly stipend or free Barry’s Bootcamp classes!)
Paid parental leave
Free lunch, dinner, and snacks
401K
Dog-friendly office
Ground floor opportunity as an early member of the Lob team; you’ll directly shape the direction of our company
Our Commitment to Diversity
Lob is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity (lob.com/blog/power-diversity-starts-data) of backgrounds and perspectives (lob.com/blog/a-commitment-to-diversity) to cultivate an environment of understanding to have greater impact on our business and customers. We encourage under-represented groups to apply and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Forbes 30 Under 30 - Enterprise Technology 2017
#61 on Y Combinator's Top Companies List 2018
#26 2018 Fastest-Growing Private Companies, The Business Journals
Backend Engineer Meshify Austin, TX, United States $80,000 to $130,000 a year
October 2018
2 Applicants This Week
More Than 6 Months Old
Job Description
Onsite in Austin, TX 78704
Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Description
Do you enjoy building processing pipelines for massive amounts of data? Adaptable time-series databases? Machine learning? Streaming analytics pipelines? We’ve got a lot of opportunities for you to leave your mark.
A Backend Developer at Meshify will have the opportunity to work on a myriad of projects and applications. We have just finished 1.0 of our platform rewrite, entitled Carbon. It is a full scale redesign and rewrite of our legacy platform. We migrated from an old .NET API server to Go, from MySQL to ScyllaDB (Cassandra) for time-series data, and from MySQL to Postgres for relational data. It includes a query and analytics engine, highly customizable rules and notifications engine, and even custom javascript code triggered by messages in the data pipeline (Lambda Engine). Future projects will include a Hardware Identity Server providing identity and security to our hardware, simple integration with big data tooling, improved GPS rule processing, integration with common ticketing systems like Pager Duty, and more.
First Few Months
Build out data pipeline ingest tooling from other transports
Assist in building out and scaling the event history API
Integration with data warehousing and analytics tooling
Key Responsibilities
Develop backend services in Go
Work with PostgreSQL and Scylla (Cassandra) to view and model data effectively
Work with Git, Drone, Docker, and Rancher to continuously build, test, and deploy software applications
Work to build maintainable, scalable, and deployable solutions
Skills & Requirements
4 year degree in CS or other Engineering discipline combined with relevant experience
At least 5 years professional development experience with a demonstrable proficiency Go
Proficiency with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.)
Very strong problem solving skills
Open to new concepts, ideas, and languages
Able read, write, and speak fluent English
Ability to work in a team environment at a fast-paced, small company
Ability to analyze, troubleshoot and debug software in a modern microservices environment
On a rotation basis, be available for on-call support for production outside of office hours