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Senior Software Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
164 days ago
Salary
$150K - $180K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer
Synack, Inc.
• Develop and integrate cybersecurity testing and analysis systems with best-in-class cybersecurity platform • Build high-performance, resilient, scalable cloud-based software, microservices architecture and containers • Take software through CI/CD all the way to production and own its quality and availability • Utilize GCP platform to build and run highly-available software systems • Identify and resolve performance issues across systems and components • Collaborate on a cross-functional team, working with Product, Operations, and Platform Engineering • Integrate monitoring and alerting capabilities with backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times • Design, implement and deliver well-tested, scalable, highly available systems • Own and ideate technical solutions for product requirements and user stories • Actively engage and participate in design and code reviews • Offer guidance and support to junior team members, encouraging and cultivating a culture of continuous learning within the team
Job Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in distributed-systems and backend software engineering
- Strong Golang Required: 4+ years of experience minimum.
- Strong experience and understanding of microservices, REST API design, gRPC, unit testing, BDD testing
- Strong design skills required – UML is a bonus; exposure to Domain Driven Design desirable
- Experience with asynchronous messaging technologies such as Google PubSub, Kafka
- In depth knowledge of NoSQL and RDBMS technologies
- Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Environments (GCP preferred)
- Experience working on agile teams
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in all mediums
- Experience developing scalable and observable microservice-based applications
- Experience with GitOps and DevOps principles, practices and tools
- A proven ability to thrive in a collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts.
Benefits
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