Principal Software Engineer

1 Week ago • 12 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Principal Software Engineer at Snyk, you will be a member of the wider Engineering Team and will be responsible for leading and facilitating technical direction for the group to improve Snyk products. Your responsibilities will include managing production systems, driving initiatives to improve product quality, mentoring engineers, understanding customer needs, and actively engaging in coding. You will also be building bridges across the division and creating awareness of Snyk-wide challenges to build creative solutions with a long-term perspective.
Must have:
  • Deep technological expertise.
  • Experience in tackling complex technological problems and driving excellence
  • Expert knowledge of statically typed programming language
  • Experience providing technical leadership for large teams
  • Experience creating buy-in and change across an organization
  • Background in mentoring, coaching and developing Software Engineers
Perks:
  • 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

Job Details

Every day, the world gets more digital thanks to tens of millions of developers building the future faster than ever. But with exponential growth comes exponential risk, as outnumbered security teams struggle to secure mountains of code. This is where Snyk (pronounced “sneak”) comes in. Snyk is a developer security platform that makes it easy for development teams to find, prioritize, and fix security vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure — and do it all right from the start. Snyk is on a mission to make the world a more secure place by empowering developers to develop fast and stay secure.

 

 

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 Principal Software Engineer at Snyk you will be a member of the wider Engineering Team and will own and facilitate technical leadership for the group/division to fundamentally improve Snyk products. You will be accountable for the strategic technical direction of the company, in alignment with business goals and for fostering an environment of collaboration, inclusion, and mentorship, through leading by example.

You’ll Spend Your Time:

  • Run and manage production systems at scale, both to shape the product and to coach and develop the team.
  • Sponsor and drive initiatives to raise the quality of our product.
  • Help other engineers improve technical skills, approaches, and practices. Delegate, encourage others to take risks, make mistakes, and learn from them. 
  • Dialogue with customer-facing technical staff and sales leadership on a regular basis to understand customer needs as they relate to group products and technical architecture.
  • Support initiatives and mentor others to raise the quality of Snyk products, including improved test coverage, reduction in defects, and improved usability over the next decade.
  • Actively engage in coding.
  • Build bridges across the division, including engineers, managers, and stakeholders. Facilitate collaboration across Snyk. 
  • Create awareness of Snyk-wide challenges and drive discussions to build creative solutions with a decade-long perspective.
  • Model patience and sustainable working for the division.
  • Ensure incremental and predictable changes to Snyk's systems.
  • Engage engineers across the division and enable them to implement innovative solutions and learn from mistakes. 
  • Grow great engineers into technical leaders.

What You’ll Need:

  • Deep technological expertise.
  • A thought leader with a background in tackling complex technological problems, finding creating solutions and driving excellence
  • Experience working with one of our development languages, or are a polyglot with experience learning a new language.
  • Expert knowledge of your favorite statically typed programming language (Go or TypeScript preferred).
  • Experience providing technical leadership for large teams building products from scratch and evolving them to enterprise scale through iterative delivery.
  • Experience creating buy-in and change across an organization by evangelizing key initiatives & championing organizational behavior change.
  • A background in mentoring, coaching and developing Software Engineers of all levels.
  • In excess of 12 years of experience, including delivering at a similar level / role type previously

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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.

Benefits & Programs

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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