Senior Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Develop and sustain scalable data infrastructure, platforms, and tools for the OverWatch team.

• Partner with members of the OverWatch engineering team to design, create, and maintain operational systems, projects, and tools.

• Construct new components and enhance the existing system.

• Optimize the platform and tools to enhance the OverWatch team's efficiency in analysis and hunting.

• Transition research projects into production settings and integrate them with OWL systems.

• Operate in a DevOps environment with responsibility for deployed systems, including participation in an on-call rotation.

• Assume ownership and responsibility for deliverables.

• Uphold high standards of quality through suitable tools and processes.

• Engage with and contribute to the open-source community.

• Assist in building a platform capable of handling millions of events per second and processing terabytes of data daily.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.

• Proficiency in Golang or another programming language for web backends and pipelines, such as Python or Ruby, or compiled languages like Rust or C++.

• Experience in creating web services with data processing pipelines and associated concepts.

• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases; knowledge of Redis, Postgres, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch is relevant.

• Understanding of messaging or queuing software; Kafka experience is beneficial but not mandatory.

• Linux skills and experience in large-scale, business-critical Linux environments.

• Comprehension of distributed systems and scalability challenges, especially in cloud settings like AWS.

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, test-driven, collaborative, and iterative programming environment.

• In-depth knowledge of engineering best practices, including testing paradigms, peer code reviews, and resilient architecture.

• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, boost efficiency, and drive business results.

• Capacity to take ownership and accountability for deliverables.

• Ability to collaborate as part of a distributed remote team across various time zones.

• Participation in on-call rotation.

• Bonus: Experience in authoring or leading successful open-source libraries and projects.

• Bonus: Contributions to the open-source community.

• Bonus: Previous experience in cybersecurity or intelligence.

🏝️ Benefits

• Industry-leading compensation and equity awards.

• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs.

• Competitive vacation and holiday policies for relaxation and recharge.

• Paid parental and adoption leave.

• Professional development opportunities available for all employees, regardless of level or role.

• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to foster connections.

• Dynamic office culture featuring world-class amenities.

• Great Place to Work Certified™ globally.