Your opportunity
Interested in helping developers around the world improve the security posture of their applications? We are a fast growing group of engineers building Application Security experiences inside of New Relic, and we need your help! Prior security experience is a plus but is not required for this role, we'll teach you what you need to know! We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to be a founding member of a new Engineering team, contributing to our Vulnerability Management product.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with engineering leadership to build our technical strategy.
- Steer teams toward technical decisions that fit well with the long term vision.
- Help teams choose the right tools for the job at hand and use the chosen technologies effectively.
- Identify and lead to resolution any cross-team and cross-org technical issues, working with other Architects and leaders as needed.
- Provide the connective tissue between teams and organizations for all technical matters.
- Mentor junior engineers and help them grow in their roles
This role requires
- Bachelor’s degree, software development, engineering, or a related technical field
- 4+ years of experience as a technical lead for a team of at least 5 engineers
- 8+ years of experience working as a software engineer working in Java and/or Go with a strong computer science background and an aptitude for learning new languages quickly
- Experience with front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React)
- Demonstrated experience in designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale software systems, utilizing modern programming languages and frameworks
- Proven ability to lead and mentor a team of software engineers, guiding them towards technical excellence, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality code
- Strong understanding of scalable distributed systems and microservices architecture, with the ability to design and implement solutions that meet performance and scalability requirements
- Passion for exploring new technologies and finding creative solutions to complex problems, keeping up with industry trends and advancements in observability and related domains
- Excellent collaboration abilities, with the capacity to work effectively with cross-functional teams, present ideas, and communicate technical concepts clearly
- Keep up to date with technologies - AWS/Azure/GCP, serverless, Docker, Kubernetes among others
Bonus points if you have
- Experience building partner ecosystem platforms
- Experience building and owning public REST APIs
- Experience with App Security and secure development lifecycle activities, such as: Threat Modeling, Security code reviews
- Experience using and/or running App Security products (Security Testing or Vulnerability Management tools, such as Dependabot, Snyk or Synopsys)
