Senior Software Engineer - Malware detection

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We are looking for a passionate Software Engineer to join our growing engineering team. This person should bring deep curiosity about all areas of technology, as well as specific expertise in architecture, scaling systems, data integrity/lineage, distributed systems, and cloud technologies. This individual will play a foundational role in architecting and developing new innovative features of our endpoint and data collection solutions, that are deployed to millions machines, collecting data and information to work with our cloud-based services to detect and prevent evil. As well as guiding and mentoring more junior developers.

How you’ll contribute:

• Architect, design, develop, and test software to aid in large scale data collection and computer forensics.

• Deploy and support code in production systems

• Provide presentations to stakeholders on solution design and architecture

• Ability to self-start in a fast-paced environment

• Ability to prioritize work in the face of competing demands

• Help develop junior staff members

We want you to be as successful as possible! Here's what you should have:

• A bachelor's degree in computer science, computer forensics/information assurance, or the equivalent work experience as determined through technical interview.

• 5+ years of software development

• Knowledge and experience in low-level programming like C/C++.

• Knowledge and experience in Operating systems.

• Expert knowledge in software development languages like Python, GoLang, Java and/or C++.

• Expert knowledge and experience using OOP and Design Patterns

• Experience with shell scripts like BASH and/or windows batch files

• Experience designing and debugging multithreaded/multi-process applications

• Familiarity with versioning control systems (Git)

• Proven ability to take on complex problems independently and to generate creative solutions.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Demonstrates an eagerness to obtain domain knowledge in order to effectively demonstrate technical qualifications

• Understanding of organization's development platform and languages

• Ambitious and capable of leading multiple priorities and tasks as delegated

• Teamwork skills and ability to get work done through others

• Proven abilities to operate independently and part of a team of developers

• Desire to constantly expand technology skill set and squeeze every ounce of performance from a system

• Comfortable driving new concepts/technologies to peers and management

• Familiarity with AWS or other cloud hosting services

Good To Have

• Familiarity with the SOLID principles.

• Experience with POSIX and Windows APIs.

• Kernel Programming knowledge.

• Knowledge of Windows, OS X and/or Linux internals

• Experience performing/analyzing live memory

• Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment tools and methodologies

• DevOps related tools and processes

• Familiarity with TCP/IP networking

• Experience with terraform and AWS services

Added benefits you can expect from us:

• Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).

• Keep your life in balance with unlimited paid vacation days, company holidays, maternity/paternity leave and a flexible work schedule as needed.

• We love to give back with company-wide community giving days, plus ample opportunity to spend time on the causes you care about.

• From gym memberships to pet insurance, we're always looking for ways to save you a dime.

• Enjoy a modern workplace featuring the latest collaboration tech, healthy snacks and beverages, quiet spaces, and many ways to let off some steam.

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