Staff Software Engineer

 Rapid7 is a publicly traded Cybersecurity company headquartered in Boston, MA with 17 offices around the world. We are excited to be expanding our Global footprint into India and as we build out our Product & Engineering teams, we are looking for Software Engineers. As a Staff Software Engineer you will take ownership of the development of new features for your team, working with cutting edge technologies and owning this process end to end. You will bring a customer centric approach with a curiosity and passion for continuous learning. You will be provided with coaching and support to help you further develop your skills to reach your full potential. This is an exciting opportunity to be one of the first hires for Rapid7 in India supporting our growth strategy in a culture that supports trying new approaches and continuous learning.

About the Team

Our Product and Engineering team works with our award-winning products to help us create a single experience to help customers assess risk, detect threats and automate their security programs at over 10,000 organizations. These teams use best-in-class technology, leading-edge research, and broad, strategic expertise to develop new products and features, and enhance existing features, in order to create value for customers across the world. 

The stakes for creating a safer digital world are greater than ever. At Rapid7 we believe it’s our responsibility to show up every day and give our best for our customers and the entire security community. Our global engineering teams are at the centre of this mission and are dedicated to building a complete suite of industry-leading products which provide a cohesive platform for our customers. Our range of solutions spans vulnerability management, detection, automation, cloud security, and penetration testing; in order to build these products our teams work with an array of technologies including Java, Python, AWS and Go, just to name a few. 

Join our engineering team to help us build and innovate great products on our Insight platform using the latest technologies to make the world a safer digital space.

About the Role
The Staff Software Engineer is a part of our Product and Engineering team who are at the forefront of keeping our customers safe from attacks and breaches. In this role you will be focussed on helping our customers seamlessly manage their security solutions as effectively and efficiently as possible, and ensuring our products are delivering a secure experience. You will be working on a high impact and cross-functional team, creating end-to-end security solutions that drive customer success. You will have the opportunity to further enhance your skills surrounded by a team of incredibly smart and experienced Engineers, whilst mentoring others.

In this role, you will:

Build, maintain, and release our well architected services by writing correct and clean code consistently and following best practices and conventions. You will be recognized across teams for writing maintainable, stable, and well-architected code

Be involved in driving the design and planning of upcoming features, our engineers are first class stakeholders in all parts of the development process

When required, partner with internal teams such as UX and Product Management who work deeply with our product to ensure we are understanding our customers needs

Deeply understand our products and make high impact decisions to support our customers

Work with Practice specific technologies

The skills you’ll bring include:

8+ years experience in software development using Java. Experience using any of the following: 

Java Spring Boot 

Dependency Management Tools such as Maven

Security Vulnerability Scanning such as Snyk or Trivy

Testing frameworks such as JUnit 

Github Actions or Jenkins

Cloud Infrastructure such as AWS 

Excited by technology, curious and eager to learn, with the ability to mentor more junior members of the team 

The attitude and ability to thrive in a high-growth, evolving environment

Collaborative team player who has the ability to partner with others and drive toward solutions

Strong creative problem solving skills

Solid communicator with excellent written and verbal communications skills both within the team and cross functionally

Passionate about delighting customers, puts the customer needs at the forefront of all decision making 

Excellent attention to detail

Demonstrable experience of delivering complex solutions to customers

Demonstrable experience of instigating continuous delivery and continuous integration patterns

Passionate about delighting customers, puts the customer needs at the forefront of all decision making 

Excellent attention to detail

Demonstrable experience of delivering complex solutions to customers

Demonstrable experience of instigating continuous delivery and continuous integration patterns

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.