Software Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +3 more countries.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and enhance high-performance software for managing web traffic, ensuring security, and automating threat mitigation.

• Construct and refine web infrastructure, traffic processing, and bot detection systems.

• Analyze automated threats such as scraping, crawlers, credential stuffing, and abusive automation.

• Create effective defensive strategies against automated threats.

• Collaborate with web servers, networking technologies, and open-source infrastructure.

• Extend current infrastructure components as necessary.

• Investigate new technologies and experiment with innovative solutions.

• Utilize AI-assisted development tools to enhance engineering productivity.

• Contribute to the technical architecture and question existing methodologies.

• Take ownership of solutions from development through to production.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive software engineering experience, preferably in web infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, internet automation, or related technical fields.

• Strong grasp of HTTP, web servers, networking, and web application infrastructure.

• Experience in developing complex, scalable, or performance-sensitive software systems.

• Proficiency in working across various programming languages and technologies.

• Authentic technical curiosity showcased through professional experiences, open-source contributions, personal projects, or independent experimentation.

• Exceptional problem-solving abilities and independent thinking.

• Skillful use of AI development tools while maintaining sound engineering judgment.

• Practical experience with web servers and reverse proxies, including Nginx and Apache.

• Relevant experience in bot mitigation, web security, fraud prevention, or anti-abuse technologies.

• Background in web scraping, crawling, browser automation, or automated traffic systems.

• Experience in open-source infrastructure development or relevant contributions.

• Familiarity with high-performance networking, traffic processing, or distributed systems.

• Experience with the specified technology stack is not a requirement.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work environment.

• Employment opportunities available in the UK, Spain, Germany, and Estonia; contractor arrangements in other locations.

• Chance to develop technology for the next generation of the internet.

• Significant technical impact and the ability to influence solutions.

• Collaboration with seasoned engineers.

• A diverse and inclusive workplace culture.