Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Are you ready to own something big? Automox is turning IT admins into IT heroes by replacing traditional tools with our award winning cloud-native endpoint management platform. Our product works autonomously and so do our teams. We value a ‘one team’ mentality where everyone’s unique skills contribute to an environment that encourages collaboration and ownership. At Automox you’re enabled to do your best work, grow your career, and have an impact that will be noticeable. WE ARE A_TOMOX… all that’s missing is U! 

OVERVIEW

You are a curious software developer who is dedicated to your craft and enjoy solving big problems; you write code that you are proud of and can hit the ground running with support from the team? You understand that SaaS software delivery necessitates innovation and speed of execution.  You want to be a part of a creative and enterprising team with challenging problems to solve. You pride yourself in owning problems but don’t want to work in a vacuum to solve them.  Collaborating with the team to come up with the best solution for your customer is what fuels your fire. If this sounds like you take a closer look at what this role entails.

• Research, design, develop, secure and solutions that facilitate communications with 1 million plus Automox software agents deployed globally.
• Lead by example championing secure coding and modern software development best practices across engineering.
• Extend, enhance, and evolve event driven services to provide new and exciting features in the Automox platform and in our endpoint software.
• Contribute to continual improvement by testing, performance tuning, refactoring, usability improvements, and automation.
• Produce detailed specifications, and contribute in all phases of the engineering lifecycle.
• Operate with a quality-first mindset. Your approach to testing sets you apart from your peers.
• Make data-driven decisions. You understand the impact of your development before it reaches production.

• Programming experience in Golang or Java is preferred although we'll consider polyglots. The right candidate will show versatility writing and developing software in a variety of languages over their career.
• 8+ years of experience designing, developing, testing, and monitoring applications deployed in a high availability SaaS environment.
• Secure Coding experience such as experience with OWASP, Vulnerability Assessments, Threat Modeling, Secure Code Review, Penetration Testing, Data Protection, Encryption, Authentication & Authorization, Secure API Development, Input Validation & Sanitation, SSL/TSL, Security Frameworks & Libraries, Access Control, Secure Design Patterns, Security Certifications (e.g. CISSP, CEH, etc.), XSS (Cross-Site Scripting), CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery), SQL Injection, Security By Design, Secure Session Management, Least Privilege, Static Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Secure Deployment, Security Incident Response, Secure Logging & Monitoring, Secure Software Development Lifecycle, Secure Software Architecture, Secure Coding Standards, Secure Tools & Technologies, Memory Management, Secure Mobile Development, Secure Network Programming, Zero Trust, or similar experience related to secure coding is a huge preference.
• Experience building production applications in cloud environments (AWS or GCP) with a strong emphasis on security best practices.
• Experience working as a Software Engineer on applications with continuous client connectivity is desired.
• Enjoy scaling microservice architectures and large-scale event ingestion platforms. Have familiarity scaling websockets, real-time messaging systems (Kafka, MQTT), and non-relational database systems like DynamoDB, networking, DevOps.
• Excellent communicator, thrives within a tightly knit, cross-functional remote team environment.
• Strong leadership skills coaching and mentoring more junior engineers.
• Impactful collaborator working with other engineers, Product Managers, Program Managers and Technical Support.

This position will be accepting applications from 5/1 - 5/15

LOCATION

We are a fully distributed company and have remote workers throughout the United States.

***Note: We currently don't hire in Colorado, California, Seattle area, or New York metro***

EMPLOYMENT AT AUTOMOX

✅ Must be able to pass a federal, state, county background check

✅ Complete a local in-person verification

ABOUT AUTOMOX

Automox is the cloud-native IT operations platform for modern organizations. Our award-winning answer to modern IT operations and best-in-class results earned Automox four straight quarters of record growth. We are now trusted by more than 2,500 leading companies and MSPs worldwide, including NASA, Yale, Xerox, Allbirds, and Unicef. It makes it easy to keep every endpoint automatically configured, patched, and secured – anywhere in the world. The future of IT Operations is cloud-native – and right now. Will you join us?

TOTAL REWARDS: Thrive with Us

Beyond the Status Quo

🇺🇸 Work from almost anywhere in the USA***

💵Competitive Salary

📈Equity for Full-Time Employees

🏦 401K Match

🏝Flexible PTO, generous sick time policy

👋🏽$20 a month to connect virtually with colleagues

Health & Wellness

🩺 Comprehensive Health Plans with generous employer contributions

🩺100% Company-paid Short Term/Long Term Disability and Life Insurance

🩺 Company HSA Contribution: $100-$150-$200 per month based on tier

🩺 Gender Affirmation Coverage

Happiness & Well-Being

🎁 $50 per month Lifestyle Spending Account

💻 Internet Reimbursement - $50/month

🗄 $750 Home office stipend

👨‍👧‍👦 $10k Adoption Benefit

🤰🏽Comprehensive Family Planning Coverage

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse company. Automox is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any legally protected status.

We are not able to sponsor work visas for this position at this time.

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