Principal Software Engineer (Massachusetts)

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Principal Software Engineer - InsightCloudSecCompany Description

Rapid7 is helping organizations around the globe advance securely. Our technology, services, and community-focused research simplify complexity for security teams, helping them reduce risk, monitor for malicious behavior, investigate and shut down attacks, and automate routine tasks. With more than 7,900 customers across 120 countries, Rapid7 is a recognized leader in cybersecurity that has proudly earned numerous industry accolades and strong recognition for our technology and culture. Learn more at www.rapid7.com

The Opportunity

Rapid7's InsightCloudSec practice is seeking a passionate Principal Software Engineer to join our growing InsightCloudSec software team. This person should bring deep curiosity about all areas of technology, as well as specific expertise in architecture, scaling systems, data integrity/lineage, distributed systems, and cloud technologies. This individual will play a foundational role in architecting and developing new innovative features of our cloud security management platform, as well as guiding and mentoring more junior developers.

We take a customer centric approach to cloud security with clear and contextual insights into compliance, risk and exposure by bringing together data from all security dimensions -- configuration, runtime/behaviour, vulnerabilities, IAM, etc. -- to help customers close the security achievement gap. We're at an exciting point in our growth where there's ample opportunities to make a big impact in scaling the people, process and technology in service of that mission. We welcome passion and expertise around data quality/veracity, systems thinking and cutting through the noise to deliver great experiences to customers.

The Role

In this role, you'll contribute to a variety of projects and capabilities across our InsightCloudSec Platform. You'll set the technical direction of our software and architecture through direct hands-on development. And you'll help grow other software engineers through technical mentorship and guidance.

In this Role, you will

  • Expand the Rapid7 InsightCloudSec distributed platform to support additional services/frameworks

  • Design effective, scalable architectures on top of cloud technologies such as AWS 

  • Data rules! Design systems for highly concurrent collection and enrichment of mission critical data with a focus on resilience, consensus and showing our work. 

  • Participate in all parts of the development lifecycle from design to coding to deployment to maintenance and operations

  • Kickstart new ideas, build proof of concepts and jumpstart newly funded projects

  • Write thoughtful design documents and lead design reviews with a cross-functional group

  • Help lead research and development efforts to ensure continual innovation

  • Mentor junior developers and peers

  • Drive all phases of the software development life cycle utilizing Agile Scrum methodology in the creation of innovative software products

  • Lead debugging, profiling, and testing strategies

  • Embed with other engineering teams on challenging initiatives and time sensitive projects

Our team:

  • We focus on cross-functional team collaboration where engineers, product managers, and designers all work together to solve customer problems and build exciting features.

  • We love new ideas and are eager to see what your experiences can bring to help influence our technical and product vision.

  • Team members may be located throughout North America, Israel, and Ireland

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience as a software developer

  • Deep understanding of several languages, primarily Python.

  • Special interest in the areas of large scale data ingestion, enrichment, lineage and consensus.

  • Hands on experience with scalable systems and debugging large scale databases. Bonus if that experience is with MySQL.

  • Knowledge of public/private cloud computing technologies such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, OpenStack and VMware

  • Knowledge of Docker / Container based technologies.

  • Self-motivated, collaborative, high-energy and diligent work ethic

  • Comfortable with working with customers when required.

  • Special interest in the areas of Identity Access Management (IAM) with regards to effective access, privilege escalation and the intersection of identity and networking risk analysis.

  • Flexible attitude and willingness to frequently move between different teams, software architectures and priorities

  • Desire to collaborate with our other product teams to think strategically about how to solve problems

  • BEng, BSc or related technical field or equivalent practical experience

Rapid7 (Nasdaq: RPD) is advancing security with visibility, analytics, and automation delivered through our Insight cloud. Our solutions simplify the complex, allowing security teams to work more effectively with IT and development to reduce vulnerabilities, monitor for malicious behavior, investigate and shut down attacks, and automate routine tasks. Over 9,300 customers rely on Rapid7 technology, services, and research to improve security outcomes and securely advance their organization. For more information, visit our website, check out our blog, or follow us on LinkedIn.

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Location

Rapid7 is conveniently located in downtown Austin, with plenty of restaurants, bars, and public transport close by.

An Insider's view of Rapid7

What’s the vibe like in the office?

The vibe of the Rapid7 Austin office is a perfect mix of energizing and inviting. Our vibrant office design, diverse team makeup & monthly events keep the space buzzing! There is definitely a more laidback attitude here in Austin and I feel our office perfectly embodies that while still being a space where we can come to get amazing work done.

Cass

Customer Success Representative

What are some things you learned at the company?

It’s not just the customer who benefits from the culture of compassion. Internally, Rapid7 employees look out for each other and work together to solve problems. Oftentimes, this ends up helping all parties.

Becky

Senior Director, Customer Success

What are Rapid7 Perks + Benefits

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Our remote work program includes full-time remote for specific positions, Work remotely on occasion as needed.
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Rapid7 is led by a diverse management team that represent the security community we serve. We believe that we all have a responsibility to continuously improve our DE&I efforts.
Mandated unconscious bias training
We believe in continuous learning, our in-house trainers conduct consistent diversity trainings. We advocate for diverse thinking and strive to cultivate a workforce that mirrors the best minds.
Diversity employee resource groups
We have so many amazing and organically created employee resource groups! These internal Rapid7 communities allow for an authentic experience where diverse employees and allies can come together.
Hiring practices that promote diversity
We've taken the Parity Pledge, we reinforce strategic recruitment, we are committed to diversity partnerships, and we understand the importance in training around unconscious bias.
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Employee stock purchase plan
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid volunteer time
Our employees receive unlimited hours per year of paid volunteer time.
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Employees receive unlimited hours per year of paid sick leave.
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Employees get free lunch during quarterly in-office Town Halls and some team meetings.
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Continuing education stipend
Variable.
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Paid industry certifications

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