Our Opportunity
As a Software Engineer at Snyk, you'll be at the forefront of building the future of application security. You’ll be challenged to create high-performance, reliable, and scalable services while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. We’re looking for individuals who are passionate about crafting exceptional software and solving complex problems.
You’ll Spend Your Time:
- Analyzing, designing and implementing high-quality solutions to problems with well-tested, maintainable code.
- Building systems with the long-term in mind, focusing on good design, robust testing, and sustainability from the perspective of cost and scale.
- Supporting our customers by resolving bugs and customer support escalations.
- Communicating thoughtfully, kindly and clearly, both verbally and in the written form.
- Owning decisions throughout the technical process while working directly with other teams or functions across technical and non-technical domains.
- Playing an active part in a Snyk engineering team by working collaboratively with others. Ask questions to learn from others and improve existing skills.
What You’ll Need:
- At least 3 years of commercial experience as a Software Engineer.
- Experience in software systems design, and familiarity with fundamental computer science concepts (algorithms, complexity, data structures).
- Proficiency in at least one of our core programming languages (Go, TypeScript or Python), and a willingness and enthusiasm for learning new languages and technologies.
- Experience in at least one of:
- Building highly reliable, scalable microservice back-ends for web APIs or applications, or other types of large-scale, high reliability systems.
- Building web UIs, CLIs or APIs for use by other engineers.
- Building infrastructure or platform automation, or observability or release tools.
- Demonstrable skill in effective software testing.
- Strong commitment to code quality, and the value of giving and receiving feedback through code reviews.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity, and respond with agility when requirements and priorities change.
- Effective communicator both verbally and in writing.
We’d be Lucky if You:
- Able to work collaboratively, are curious and have a growth mindset.
- Feed off complex technical problems and find solutions where others see roadblocks.
- Embrace challenges and learn from them.
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