Snyk, the leader in secure AI software development, empowers organizations to build fast and stay secure by unleashing developer productivity and reducing business risk. The company’s AI Trust Platform seamlessly integrates into developer and security workflows to accelerate secure software delivery in the AI Era. Snyk delivers trusted, actionable insights and automated remediation, enabling modern organizations to innovate without limits. Snyk is redefining secure AI-driven software delivery for over 4,500 customers worldwide today.
Joining Snyk means embracing our core values: One Team, Care Deeply, Customer Centric, and Forward Thinking. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment where fostering collaboration, leading with empathy, driving business impact, and inspiring trust are at the heart of everything we do.
Our Opportunity
As a Senior Software Engineer at Snyk you will play a significant role in shaping the technology of Snyk. You will drive consensus with other engineers to build foundational infrastructure at scale, and work with others to ensure it is used broadly and consistently.
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.
- Designing solutions to problems which typically require multiple engineers to implement.
- Demonstrating end-to-end ownership for the delivery of key efforts, and leading peers in the delivery of particularly broad efforts as a technical lead.
- Providing mentorship to more junior engineers, and playing a role in growing the next generation of engineers at Snyk.
What You’ll Need:
- At least 7 years of commercial experience as a Software Engineer.
- Experience in large-scale 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. Able to work collaboratively, be curious and have a growth mindset.
- Ability to lift the performance of a team through coaching and mentoring of more junior engineers.
We’d be Lucky if You:
- Enjoy working on early stage products; talking with customers to identify, prioritize and solve problems iteratively and build something that they really love.
- Feed off complex technical problems and find solutions where others see roadblocks.
- Embrace challenges and learn from them
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We care deeply about the warm, inclusive environment we’ve created and we value diversity – we welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this role but are not totally sure whether you’re the right person, do apply anyway!
About Snyk
Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where our employees can thrive as we rally behind our common mission to make the digital world a safer place. From Snyk employee resource groups, to global benefits that help our employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend, we aim to support our employees along their entire journeys here at Snyk.
Prioritize health, wellness, financial security, and life balance with programs tailored to your location and role.
- Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances, in-office perks, and time off for learning and self development
- Generous vacation and wellness time off, country-specific holidays, and 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers
- Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance
- Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs, plus mobile phone and education allowances
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