Senior Software Engineer

Role Description

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:

• Implement features or build new microservices in Django or Flask+SQLAlchemy.
• Integrate that with a NodeJS frontend or other internal Python or Rust based microservices.
• Test your work in a local end-to-end testing environment.
• Push your work to GitHub for code-review and testing in GitLab CI.
• Write or revise Kubernetes charts and values for deployment.
• Coordinate with the team to deploy to production at the next release.

Other days you may:

• Help a security expert create their microengine and get it deployed in the marketplace.
• Build or improve 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

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.

Qualifications

• 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).

Requirements

• 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.

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 - whatever you need to be most productive!

Company Description

In compliance with U.S. federal law, all persons hired who live in the U.S. will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

PolySwarm provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

All employees are required to successfully pass the Voight-Kampff test.