Software Engineer

Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer role at UpGuard Join to apply for the Senior Software Engineer role at UpGuard Who are we?UpGuard’s mission is to protect the world’s data. We obsessively seek out elegant, robust ways to enable our customers to find, acknowledge, and remediate cyber risk. With UpGuard, organizations leverage our security expertise and software to automate what was once laborious, spreadsheet-driven processes–whether it's monitoring the attack surface of hundreds of vendors or assessing the security of their own infrastructure. UpGuard is used by some of the world’s largest, fastest-growing, and most innovative companies. Who are we?UpGuard’s mission is to protect the world’s data. We obsessively seek out elegant, robust ways to enable our customers to find, acknowledge, and remediate cyber risk. With UpGuard, organizations leverage our security expertise and software to automate what was once laborious, spreadsheet-driven processes–whether it's monitoring the attack surface of hundreds of vendors or assessing the security of their own infrastructure. UpGuard is used by some of the world’s largest, fastest-growing, and most innovative companies.Our Product team at UpGuard comprises of our Product Management, Product Support, Engineering, Design, Data Leaks Detection, and Third Party Risk Management Services. Our Product team’s vision is to become the leader in the Cyber VRM category by providing a best-in-class SaaS platform for organizations to manage their third-party risk and external attack surface. Our purpose as a Product team is simply to build a product that enables this. We aim to build a product that users love and come to rely on, and one that regularly and consistently improves.Why are we hiring this role?As developers at UpGuard, we immerse ourselves in the swiftly evolving and increasingly vital realm of cybersecurity. Our focus is on presenting data in intelligent and creative ways, crafting integrated solutions that directly influence the security posture of our global customers. With the majority of the internet scanned across multiple vectors daily, we confront challenges like high throughput, massive concurrency, and big data on a daily basis. The way we address these challenges reflects the essence of the developers we welcome into our team.We are experiencing rapid growth and are in search of skilled Software Engineers who naturally gravitate towards simplifying complex webscale problems, all while contributing to the safety of our customers. We take the creation of highly performant, massively scalable software seriously.What will you accomplish?Engage in green-fields development as we introduce new features on the platform. Make an immediate impact on the product set, taking full ownership across the stack from frontend to backend, and right up to production DevOps (React, Go, Kubernetes, GCP). Explore an interesting, challenging domain, mastering the fundamentals of cyber security and the internet. Go beyond coding – collaborate with the team and our customers to influence product design and direction. Apply agile processes with an adaptable and non-dogmatic approach. What will you bring?Outstanding software design and development skills. We value individuals who write reliable, well-thought-through code, including high-quality automated tests. Experience in building highly scalable software systems. The ability to make pragmatic trade-offs in design and delivery. An interest in shaping product features. Collaboration: We are a tight-knit team that encourages each other to keep improving. We’re looking for someone who’s not just comfortable with change, but curious about it—especially when it comes to adopting AI tools that can enhance how we work Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience. What would give you an edge?Experience in cybersecurity. If not, you’ll just need to be willing to learn We use a modern stack - React, Go, and Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform - so experience in those technologies is a plus Experience working on a SaaS product set Experience working in an agile software development team What's in it for you?Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: use this for financial, physical and mental wellbeing WFH set-up allowance: to ensure you have the right environment to work in, we will help you get set-up within your first 3 months at UpGuard $1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: to support your career development all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance Generous Annual Leave/PTO allowances: time to recharge your batteries 18 weeks paid Parental Leave: irrespective of parenting role Personal Leave allowance: this includes sick & carer’s leave Fully remote working environment: whilst we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart, we do not mandate compulsory attendance Top spec hardware: all team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role UpGuard is a Certified Great Place to Work in the US, Australia, UK and India, establishing its position as a leading global technology employer. 99% of team members agree that UpGuard is a great place to work, apply now to find out whyAs an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.For applications to positions in the United States, please note, at this time we can only support hiring in the following US states: CA, MD, MA, IL, OR, WA, CO, TX, FL, PA, LA, MO, or DC .Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check and reference checks. 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