Senior Software Engineer (Ruby/Rails)

Zscaler Red Canary

132d • $119,000 - $170,000

About The Position

Zscaler is searching for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Red Canary engineering team, which builds and operates the platform and products for unmatched threat detection and response. The role involves continuously shipping quality products by writing well-organized, testable, and high-performing code, addressing system and software bugs, developing product enhancements, and launching new features. The engineer will support products in a 24x7 production environment, participate in an on-call rotation, write clear documentation, identify technical risks, and collaborate with Product Management and Design teams.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience shipping high-quality SaaS products and features
• Experience in taking ownership of a product or feature from concept to launch
• Experienced with Ruby on Rails (or similar web application technologies) and other common libraries such as RSpec and Sidekiq
• Experience with React, HAML, Redis, Postgres, AWS, Docker or a combination of similar tech
• Confidence making architectural design decisions that improve scalability and performance for high-volume background tasks
• Software testing skills to ensure we deliver the highest quality products that delight customers

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of operating cloud-based relational databases (Postgres, etc) at scale, including replication, monitoring and optimization
• Experience in any field in security such as security product development, malware handling or processing, security operations workflows, etc.

Responsibilities

• Continuously ship quality product by writing well organized, testable and high performing code
• Address system and software bugs, develop product enhancements, and launch new features
• Support products and applications that operate in a 24x7 production environment, including participating in an on-call rotation
• Write clear and concise documentation; share knowledge internally and across teams
• Help identify technical risk and mitigation plans
• Collaborate with Product Management and Design teams taking small to medium features from concept to shipping as the sole programmer

Benefits

• Various health plans
• Time off plans for vacation and sick time
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks, and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree