Staff Software Engineer - macOS

Lookout is a leading integrated endpoint-to-cloud security company. Our mission is to secure and empower our digital future in a privacy-focused world where mobility and cloud are essential to all we do for work and play. We enable consumers and employees to protect their data and to securely stay connected without violating their privacy and trust. Lookout is trusted by millions of consumers, the largest enterprises, and government agencies. The innovation, elegance, and ease of use of our cybersecurity solutions push the boundaries of what is possible in cybersecurity and we aim to achieve that.

As part of Lookout's Engineering team, you will have an opportunity to take on some of the most interesting challenges in one or more core areas of intellectual property and fundamental building blocks that form Lookout's category-defining security products. In order to tackle these problems, you must be open-minded to explore new areas as well as evolve key existing systems, such as traffic steering mechanisms on desktop and mobile platforms (iOS/Android), and low latency applications that run in resource-constrained environments. If you enjoy building cutting-edge products leveraging the latest technologies, tools, and development methodologies and want to make an immediate impact through your work, come check us out.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for designing, developing, and enhancing lightweight and secure client applications for traffic steering
• Own and drive all aspects of the software development cycle in collaboration with the product team
• Be responsible for the quality of the deliverables through automated tests and cross-team collaborations
• Influencing the features and direction of the product and platform with your own ideas
• Work with the Customer Support team in troubleshooting and fixing customer issues and identifying product gaps
• Take an active role in mentoring junior developers

Requirements:

• Programming experience using Objective C and Swift 
• Experience with network extensions & system extensions
• Experience designing and building macOS enterprise grade applications
• A quality-oriented mindset with a strong commitment to automated testing, metrics collection, monitoring, and continuous improvement in all work
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including object oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
• Good troubleshooting skills and usage of tools like XCode IDE, Instruments
• Degree in Computer/Electronics/Electrical Engineering

Nice to have:

• Demonstrable experience in building highly scalable, performant, and low-latency systems
• Understanding of network & security protocols including VPN/DNS/TLS

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