Senior Software Engineer

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 Senior Software Engineer at Snyk, you'll be at the forefront of building the future of application security. You’ll be challenged to create high-performance, reliable, and scalable services while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. We’re looking for individuals who are passionate about crafting exceptional software, solving complex problems, and driving innovation.

The Runtime Insights Team is at the forefront of leveraging runtime data to enhance Snyk's products, such as Software Composition Analysis (Snyk Open Source) and Statis Application Security Testing (Snyk Code) . Our mission is to deliver actionable insights by using technologies like eBPF and code-to-cloud correlation to bridge the gap between runtime behavior and software vulnerabilities.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Runtime Insights Team. You will work on developing innovative solutions for capturing and analyzing runtime data to provide developers and security teams with enhanced context for vulnerability prioritization and remediation. This is a high-impact role that involves working closely with product managers, designers, and engineers across Snyk.

You’ll Spend Your Time:

• Building Snyk’s runtime capabilities - collecting runtime signals from various sources (Snyk’s Runtime Sensor, 3rd party APIs) and correlating them with data from Snyk’s different scanners to provide powerful prioritization, discovery and automation.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining systems to capture and process runtime data using technologies such as eBPF and other observability techniques.
• 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 5 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), and a willingness and enthusiasm for learning new languages and technologies.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker and containerization, cloud providers), language runtimes and networking.
• Knowledge of different language ecosystems (compiled / interpreted / runtime-based) -  compilation, runtime execution, dependencies.
• Advantage - knowledge and understanding of different instrumentation techniques (kernel-level/eBPF, application-level).
• Experience in building highly reliable, scalable microservice back-ends for web APIs or applications, or other types of large-scale, high reliability systems.
• 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.

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.