Senior Software Engineer

PolySwarm • New York, NY

1d • Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our team! PolySwarm is developing innovative solutions to age-old information security problems - and we need your help. The PolySwarm marketplace is a launchpad for new technologies and novel threat detection methods, where commercial solutions and independent researchers compete to detect threats, and get compensated based on performance.
At PolySwarm, you'll join a tight, dynamic team on the bleeding edge of information security. On a typical day you will be implementing features or building new microservices in Django or Flask+SQLAlchemy, integrating that with a NodeJS frontend or other internal Python or Rust based microservices. You will test your work in a local end-to-end testing environment. When you are ready, you’ll push your work to GitHub for code-review and testing in GitLab CI. When your work passes CI and code review, you’ll be able to test your work in our staging environment, you’ll need to write or revise Kubernetes charts and values, so your code will deploy correctly to our cluster. When all is good, you’ll coordinate with the team to deploy it to production at the next production release.
Other days you may be helping a security expert create their microengine and get it deployed in the marketplace. Or maybe you’ll be building or improving the PolySwarm integration for a threat intelligence product.
When it is time to build new services or major features, you may be the main architect, and even if you are not, we will definitely ask for your input into the design and implementation details. We are a small team and share a diverse set of tasks across the team, so you’ll be able to have an impact anywhere you show interest.
With your expertise and experience, you will play a critical role in making PolySwarm the most competitive anti-malware platform available. Senior hires will be entrusted with broad decision-making responsibility concerning architecture, infrastructure, deployment, scale, access control, continuous integration, tooling, and much, much more.
If you are an ambitious, seasoned developer interested in creating solutions to the most challenging and pressing security challenges of the moment, we are interested in speaking with you.

Requirements

• 5+ years production software engineering skills building microservices (primarily Python and Rust) in a cloud architecture
• 5+ years production software architecture/design experience
• Comfortable with a LLM-assisted development environment
• Proficient with software debugging and testing tools
• Proficient with docker and docker compose
• Proficient in dealing with kubernetes deployments and distributed computing
• Experience with databases, caches and queueing systems
• Comfortable working in a remote-only environment
• Analytical mind
• Confidence to share your ideas
• Ability to clearly describe and document your ideas
• Ability to constructively critique your ideas and those of your team members
• Ability to independently motivate & self-direct
• Ability to collaborate and work in a team
• Proficient in English (reading, writing, and speaking)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with malicious software analysis and reverse engineering
• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or relevant experience
• Experience building ETL processes
• Experience with big data analytics
• Experience processing high-speed transactions in databases
• Experience processing and storing large datasets
• Experience with kernel software development in Windows, Linux, or Mac
• Strong software engineering skills using the C-family languages
• Experience with Compiling and debugging software on Linux and Windows
• Experience with Windows and Linux kernel security mechanisms

Responsibilities

• Implementing features or building new microservices in Django or Flask+SQLAlchemy
• Integrating with a NodeJS frontend or other internal Python or Rust based microservices
• Testing work in a local end-to-end testing environment
• Pushing work to GitHub for code-review and testing in GitLab CI
• Writing or revising Kubernetes charts and values for correct deployment to the cluster
• Coordinating with the team to deploy to production
• Helping a security expert create their microengine and get it deployed in the marketplace
• Building or improving the PolySwarm integration for a threat intelligence product
• Acting as the main architect for new services or major features
• Providing input into the design and implementation details of new services or major features
• Taking on a diverse set of tasks across the team
• Making broad decision-making responsibility concerning architecture, infrastructure, deployment, scale, access control, continuous integration, tooling, and much more

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Excellent health, dental, vision coverage (US employees)
• 401k (US employees)
• Paid time off (US employees)
• Flexible work hours
• Powerful laptops and desktops

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior