Backend Engineer

Smithy creates an Application Security SOAR. Our solution is a security workflow engine that makes it easy to automatically run any security tool and integrate it into any organisation. We care about improving the day to day experience of our users, massively improving the efficiency of any security professional and reducing burnout and repetitive tasks.

We are a team of curious engineers, passionate about learning and finding innovative ways to change the world with tech. We are now looking for a Backend Engineer to help us set new standards in how companies manage and interact with their security workflows.

Full-time · Remote

About the position

You will be responsible for designing and building Smithy and its components. You will be involved in the entire product development lifecycle including design, development, deployment and maintenance of new and existing features. You’ll work closely with the rest of the team and clients to ensure system consistency and to create a great user experience. Ultimately, you’ll be the driving force behind several features.

About you

We are looking for someone with the ability to grow fast, a lifelong learner who wants to develop their skills. If you can learn fast, do not worry if you don’t fit all of the below.

1. You are proficient with Go and Python.
2. You have experience with distributed systems.
3. You know how to design and implement RESTful APIs.
4. You are familiar with relational databases.
5. You work with Docker.
6. You are used to comprehensive testing.
7. You have great communication and problem-solving skills.
8. You are curious about new technologies and you find ways to implement them in your work.
9. You keep your knowledge up to date about technical innovations and industry news.
10. You are proactive and can oversee and drive projects forward.
11. [Optional] You have worked with Kubernetes before.
12. [Optional] You understand Continuous Integration and Deployment pipelines.
13. [Optional] You are familiar with observability and monitoring tools and technologies.
14. [Optional] You have worked with event driven technologies.
15. [Optional] You are familiar with Protobuf and gRPC.

We work as a team

We try to eliminate silos and learn from each other as much as possible. We communicate a lot and try to maintain a balance between verbal communication, working puns into RFCs and deep work.

Why join us?

Innovative Technology 💡 Be a part of creating the workflow engine for security tooling, a game-changer that will redefine security processes globally.

Open-Core Advantage ❤️ We <3 open-source! Not only do we rely on and contribute to other open-source projects but our own product has an open-core as well.

Proactive Environment 📣 We value initiative and ownership. Your voice matters, and your ideas will shape the future of security technology, you are joining us to provide expert advice.

Development Opportunities 🎓 Invest in your growth with a personal and professional development budget to keep your skills sharp. Everyone in the team gets support to join communities, talk in conferences and do any other self-development activity they need.

World-Class Team 👫 Join a team with a proven track record – the people behind the world’s largest security knowledge graph, the most used cybersecurity chatbot and presenters at events like DEFCON and BlackHat.

Benefits 🚀 We also offer a variety of benefits, such as generous compensation, stock options, regular team offsites, flexible hours and being an early employee in an awesome company.

Specifics ⭐

• Equity
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Remote
• Budget for attending conferences, speaking, training and books.

Hiring Process

We try to move fast and our hiring process respects your time. If we are a match, you will be with us after a short process. After the chat with the recruiter, the first step is a 30’ coffee or chat with at least one team member so we can meet each other. This is followed by a 2h technical interview where we do some system design and/or code (on your laptop) on some open source problem. The last stage of the process is a chat/coffee/dinner/outing with the team.

About Smithy

We create an AppSec SOAR. Our solution is a security workflow engine that makes it easy to automatically run any security tool and integrate it into any organisation. We care about improving the day-to-day experience of our users, massively improving the efficiency of any security professional and reducing burnout and repetitive tasks of our customers.

We are a team of curious engineers, passionate about learning and finding innovative ways to change the world with tech. We aim to set new standards in how companies manage and interact with their security workflows.

Apply now

Send us your CV by email on [email protected] and we’ll get back to you shortly.