What we do:
Halcyon is the industry’s first dedicated, adaptive security platform that combines multiple proprietary advanced prevention engines along with AI models focused specifically on stopping ransomware.
Who we are:
Halcyon was formed in 2021 by a team of cyber industry veterans after battling the scourge of ransomware (and advanced threats) for years at some of the largest global security vendors. Comprised of leaders from Cylance (now Blackberry), Accuvant (now Optiv), Fireye and ISS X-Force (now IBM), Halcyon is focused on building products and solutions for mid-market and enterprise customers.
As a remote-native, completely distributed global team, we recognize great talent can exist anywhere. We invite you to apply to a job you’re interested in and we'll work a plan to meet your needs.
The Role:
Halcyon’s goal is to deliver an anti-ransomware solution that breaks new ground as to what a security product can deliver. Aligned with this goal, Halcyon is looking for an experienced engineer to contribute to the development of our cloud applications and specifically our data platform and cloud infrastructure which provide the foundation for the solution. Our data platform provides our other cloud engineering teams the foundation upon which we build all of our cloud solutions.
Responsibilities:
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Feature Development: Assist in the design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance of new and existing data platform features, including ingestion, translation, and enrichment of relevant security data.
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Developer Experience: By developing and improving common tools, improve the experience for developers within the team, ensuring a productive and collaborative environment.
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Collaboration with Product Teams: Work closely with product managers. Align data platform functionality with product vision and user needs, ensuring consistency across platforms.
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Interface with API and Applications Teams: Coordinate with API and cloud applications developers. Ensure that the needs of the API and Cloud Applications teams are being met by the data platform.
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Team Building and Expansion: Actively participate in the recruitment and growth of the Data Platform development team.
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Code Quality: Maintain high standards for code quality and documentation.
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Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Continuously explore new techniques and tools to improve development processes.
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System Reliability Experience: Design for sustainable reliability and monitor the data platform for issues or degradation and respond appropriately and responsibly
Skills and Qualifications:
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Effective and efficient experience using modern programming languages and common data processing libraries, with preference given to experience with Scala (alternatives are Kotlin, Java, Go, and Rust)
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Experience interacting with a variety of data stores, with preference given to experience with OpenSearch/ElasticSearch, Postgres, and DynamoDB
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Relevant experience with message queues and streaming data, with strong preference given to Kafka (alternatives are Amazon Kinesis, RabbitMQ, and similar products)
Bonus Skills and Qualifications:
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Experience deploying and maintaining infrastructure in AWS with Terraform (or similar tooling)
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Experience deploying applications on Kubernetes with Helm (or similar tooling)
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Experience building effective monitoring into systems with Prometheus and Grafana (or similar tooling)
Benefits:
Halcyon offers the following benefits to eligible employees:
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Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, and vision) with premiums paid in full for employees and dependents.
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401k plan with a generous employer contribution.
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Short and long-term disability coverage, basic life and AD&D insurance plans.
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Medical and dependent care FSA options.
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Flexible PTO policy.
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Parental leave.
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Generous equity offering.
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
Base Salary Range: $100,000 - $150,000
Bonus Target: 10%
In accordance with applicable state and federal laws, the range provided is Halcyon’s reasonable estimate of the base compensation for this role. The actual amount may differ based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and location. Base pay is one part of the total package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and equity in the Company.
We understand it takes a diverse team of highly intelligent, passionate, curious, and creative people to develop the exceptional product we are building. Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity employer.
What We Do
Halcyon is a cybersecurity company building products that stop ransomware from impacting enterprise customers. Halcyon's core platform offers layered ransomware protection that combines pre-execution detection, behavioral modeling, deception techniques and, if all else fails, resiliency, recovery and isolation of impacted nodes. To learn more and get a demo, contact us today.
