Senior Software Engineer (Systems Level)

Meet Yubico: the inventor of the YubiKey––the world's first and leading security key. Our company’s mission is to make secure login easy and available for everyone. Yubico was founded in 2007 by Stina and Jakob Ehrensvard, and recently went public on Nasdaq Stockholm Main Market: YUBICO. Our customers include Fortune 500 companies, hundreds of government agencies and millions of individuals in over 160 countries that rely on Yubico technology to secure access to computers, online services and mobile apps. We are a global company with a strong company culture and employees located in over 14 countries. Yubico’s headquarters are based in Stockholm, Sweden and Santa Clara, CA. Aligned with our mission to make the internet more secure for everyone, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations helping at-risk individuals through our philanthropic initiative, Secure it Forward.

At Yubico, we offer:

Yubico Values: We work to ensure that our employees have an open space to have their voices amplified to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Aligned with this, our employees have created some pretty cool Employee Resource Groups: YubiPride, YubiBIPOC, YubiSustainability and YubiWomen. Additionally, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations in need all over the world (you can read more about our work here).

Social Connection: Relationships and connectedness matter, and we love spending time with our team! Our virtual workspace keeps us connected day-to-day whether it's through Yubico celebrating wins or our buzzing Slack communities. We host an all-team event in a new location every year where we plan for upcoming quarters, set goals, and most importantly, host fun events to encourage team building outside of the workplace. Check out our Life at Yubico Page on LinkedIn and our awards here.

The Role:

Yubico is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is innovative and has a passion for building highly efficient production solutions software. In this role, you will be part of the team that brings new ideas from prototypes to production applications that would leverage and enhance the production of YubiKey devices. Our team is focused on building integrated end-to-end solutions for our production software to enhance and scale our capabilities and ease of use for our operators and supervisors. 

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Design, propose, and refactor applications and integrations that enable Windows desktop operators to leverage the full capabilities of our custom production equipment.
• Experiment, create prototypes and refine your work based on user feedback, industry standards, and business needs.
• Work collaboratively across functions with our Product Managers, Production, Hardware, and UX designers to bring the most user-friendly and streamlined software for our operations.
• Hone your skills in designing and developing compelling user experiences using native and cross-platform technologies.
• Have an opportunity to learn about and deepen your knowledge around the various security technologies and protocols that the YubiKey supports.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor or MS in Computer Science or a relevant technical discipline or equivalent experience, including 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Familiarity with operating system internals and services, such as synchronization primitives, efficient file system access, threading and thread safety, and logging facilities.
• Proven experience of building system software using native and/or memory safe languages such as modern C++, C#, or Rust.
• The desire to work in a dynamic fast paced environment where you will be challenged to become better and expected to make a positive impact on Yubico Engineering.
• Demonstrated ability learn and apply new technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with writing and/or utilizing C/C++ libraries and software.
• Experience building and interacting with system level services.
• Comfortable interacting with operating system APIs from application code, such as interacting with serial ports or block devices.
• Comfortable working with binary serialization protocols and formats.

Bonus Skills:

• Experience developing software to control robotics (e.g., developing an orchestration engine controlling robotic arms).

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Our U. S. benefits are designed for your overall well-being:

Health coverage. We’ve got you covered with top of the line health plans, including dental and vision. We pay 100% of your premium and 85% for your family.

Retirement plan. Our retirement plan includes a 401K dollar per dollar match up to 6% with a cap of $6K/year. Immediate vesting.

Wellness reimbursement. We provide you with $100 monthly reimbursement that you can use on your gym membership, a massage, or your favorite online fitness classes. 

Learning and development. We encourage your professional growth and offer a yearly development stipend of $3,000 and mentorship program. 

Time off. We offer a total of 15 vacation days plus 10 holidays, and 7 sick days a year.

Paid parental leave. We love welcoming new members to our YubiFamily! You will have 8 weeks paid 100% so you can take care of your new family. 

Commuter Benefits. If you need to commute to the office, we offer commuter benefits. 

Strong mission & company values. We’re a global team on a global mission to make the internet more secure for everyone. We believe that every person’s work matters. That you should always be nice, stay humble, and have fun, and never take yourself too seriously.

We are an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity and uphold an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We'd love to learn about what you can add to our diverse team. We are an E-Verify Participating Employer.

Yubico does not accept agency resumes or referrals so please do not send them to our careers staff or employees. Yubico is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes or referrals.

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