
Critical Start
8 hours ago
About the job
Who We Are
At Critical Start, were on a mission to make everyone a valued member of a winning team, united by an inspiring purpose: shaping the future of cybersecurity.
Since 2012, weve been dedicated to safeguarding organizations from cyberattacks, preparing for evolving threats, and earning recognition for our innovative contributions to the industry.
We thrive in an agile, collaborative environment that fosters creativity and action.
At Critical Start, innovation drives everything we do.
We pioneered the first MOBILESOC app for on-the-go threat detection and response, automated alert resolutions to maximize efficiency, and cut alert investigation time by 99.3% - transforming the way cybersecurity teams work.
Our team and customers genuinely value the impact we make every day.
Want to hear more from our team? Watch this video to gain insights into life at Critical Start or check out our Glassdoor reviews for an inside look.
What can we offer you ?
- A chance to make an impact every daywhether protecting customers or contributing to a greater mission.
- Collaboration with talented, supportive teammates who value accountability and growth.
- A commitment to continuous improvement, striving for excellence, and breaking past mediocrity.
- A culture of learning, innovation, and inclusivity, where every idea matters.
- Recognition for being at the forefront of the industryweve received accolades that prove were doing something right.
- A supportive environment where you belong and your contributions truly matter, as one team member put it: Every day presents new challenges and opportunities for growth, and the culture is unlike any other.
Who You Are :
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Critical Start Technologies Private Ltd. team, operating under the Critical Start umbrella, for our India operations.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Backend Team, you will contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of Cloud Backend Services and Interfaces (including supporting APIs) used by Critical Start customers and employees.
In addition to this, you are going to work on distributed systems utilizing the relevant concepts, patterns and practices in your day to day work.
Critical Start Teams take full ownership for delivering high-quality solutions and continually improving team performance.
Team members are expected to be versatile, display leadership qualities, be skilled at working through ambiguity, and enthusiastically deliver delightful solutions for end users, while continuously pushing technology forward.
What You Will Be Doing ?
- Develop, test, and deploy scalable and maintainable microservices and API interfaces Python, Celery, Redis, RabbitMQ, that uses PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch and other relational or document databases.
- Design, develop, and maintain microservices to support front-end functionality and mobile applications.
- Design and develop RESTful APIs to ensure seamless communication between front-end and microservices.
- Work on API versioning, documentation, and testing to ensure robust and reliable API services.
- Design and develop code based on distributed systems concepts, patterns and industry best practices.
- Strong focus on quality of the code with unit testing and integration testing while developing and enhancing services and APIs.
- Lead and participate in reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide on solution architecture design.
- Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, accuracy, maintainability, testability, and efficiency) and quality of deliverables.
- Contribute to existing documentation or educational content. Adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
- Triage, resolve, and determine the root cause of production issues. Form action plans to prevent or minimize the impact of similar issues in the future.
- Design and automate required workflows using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell).
- Work with teams in India as well as with Global teams as needed.
Required Qualifications :
- Possession of a Bachelors degree or an equivalent level of practical experience.
- 5+ years of experience in backend development using distributed computing and modern frameworks FastAPI, Celery and also caching technologies such as Redis.
- This is a backend centric role which requires expert level competency in Python, Celery and micro services with a proficiency in RabbitMQ and databases RDBMS - PostgreSQL and ElasticSearch.
- 3+ years of practical experience with data structures and algorithms in an industry setting.
- 3+ years of experience working in an agile environment within an industry setting.
- 3+ years of proficiency with Git workflow, including pull requests.
Preferred Qualifications :
- 2+ years of expertise in developing high performance low latency distributed cloud services (MSA).
- Hands-on experience in managing AWS resources (S3, EC2, ECS, etc.) using Terraform.
- Possession of a Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
What does our Compensation and Benefits package entail?
- Competitive salary
- Statuary PTO (Paid Time Off) policy
- Depending on the role, you may work in the office, remotely, or adopt a hybrid work model
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