Senior Software Engineer

Synack’s Penetration Testing as a Service platform manages customers’ attack surfaces by discovering new assets, pentesting for critical vulnerabilities and gaining visibility into the root causes of security risks. We are committed to making the world more secure by harnessing a talented, vetted community of security researchers to deliver continuous penetration testing and vulnerability management, with actionable results. Synack's PTaaS platform has uncovered more than 71,000 exploitable vulnerabilities to date, protecting a growing list of Global 2000 customers and U.S. agencies in a FedRAMP Moderate Authorized environment. For more information, please visit www.synack.com.

Are you ready to leverage your development skills to build a platform that will impact cyber security? As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be part of a fast-paced team and gain exposure to the newest technologies in security. If you have a knack for coding challenges and love finding a solution, you’ll fit right in with us! Sounds like you? Keep reading…

Please note: This is a remote position based in the U.S. We can only hire U.S. citizens for this position due to federal government contract requirements.

Here’s what you'll do

• Build high-performance, resilient, scalable cloud-based software, utilizing microservices architecture and containers, using CI/CD all the way to production
• Working at all levels of our technology stack - from front-end to data stores
• Develop our security assessment cloud platform by integrating the latest cybersecurity testing and analysis tools with production systems
• Utilize our Azure and GCP platforms--from running containers to integrating with hosted services
• Identify CPU and I/O bound bottlenecks across components
• Collaborate on a cross-functional team, contributing to multiple projects while working with Product, Operations and Devops

Here's what you'll need

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of software development experience
• Production system level programming experience with Ruby, Java, Python or Go--we code in Go and if you don’t know it, we’ll teach it to you
• Deep knowledge of container technologies, ideally Kubernetes
• Experience with modern cloud environments, e.g. GCP, Azure or AWS
• Experience with queueing/messaging and streaming systems (RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub, Kafka, etc.)
• Solid engineering fundamentals (concurrency, non-blocking I/O, resilience, availability, performance, load balancing, synchronous and asynchronous programming models, etc)
• Candidates must be US Citizens

Ready to join us?

Synack is committed to embracing diversity. Our people are our strength.  Each addition to our team is an opportunity to grow and diversify our ideas, experiences, and viewpoints. We strive to be inclusive of Race, Ethnicity, Religion, Sex, LGBTQ+, Veterans, Disabilities, and Age.  Synack welcomes you!

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This position has responsibility to ensure Synack’s security and privacy posture is maintained.

$115,000 - $200,000 Salary is determined by a combination of factors including location, level, relevant experience, and skills. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. The compensation package for this position may also include equity, and benefits.
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