Company Overview:
At Praetorian, our vision is to create a future without compromise and our mission is to prevent breaches before they occur. By emulating attackers, we uncover the materials risks that lead to compromise before hackers are aware they exist. From cryptocurrency exchanges to autonomous vehicles and from medical device platforms to space telescopes, we leverage offensive security to instill a prevention first strategy in our customers. Checkout our new hire survival guide for more information on Praetorian's mission, vision, values, and culture.
Career opportunity:
- Work in a modern stack in AWS, DynamoDB, Golang, Lambda, SQS
- Join an industry with massive societal, economic, and political importance in the 21st century
- Work alongside some of the best and the brightest minds in the security industry
- Leave an indelible mark on a company where individual input has a real impact
- Align your career trajectory with a hyper-growth company that is on the move
Core responsibilities:
- Design, build, and test backend microservice software in Golang
- Write clean and scalable code with automated tests
- Backend engineers, as a team, run the production systems
- Provide technical leadership for an agile engineering team
- Mentor engineers on architecture, coding craft, infrastructure, and operations
Top skills we are looking for:
- Problem solving
- Design and coding
- Golang expertise
- Experience scaling up systems
- Systems expertise: distributed systems, databases, and infrastructure
Desired Qualifications:
- At least 10 years professional experience writing enterprise grade software
- Deep experience with Golang
- Deep experience with large-scale distributed systems
- Proven experience in operating production software
- Experience with microservice, event-driven, and multi-tenant architectures
- Bachelors in computer science, computer engineering, mathematics, or related fields
Desired behaviors:
- End-to-end ownership on problems
- Ability to maintain high levels of output and work ethic
- Comfortable dealing with ambiguity in an environment where we build the plane as we fly it
- Pragmatic program solving
- Personable individual who enjoys working in a team-oriented environment
- Obsession with addressing customer problems
Compensation & Benefits:
- Experience a highly competitive salary that recognizes and rewards your unique talents and contributions.
- Benefit from an Employee Stock Option Plan that lets you share in the growth and success of our company.
- Enjoy an annual budget dedicated to training, certifications, and conferences, empowering you to expand your skills and knowledge.
- Receive access to top-tier medical plans, ensuring you and your family's health and well-being are always a top priority.
- Secure your future with our 4% company 401K matching, available to you from day one, committed to your long-term financial well-being.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Praetorian. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.
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What We Do
As a collective of highly technical engineers and developers offering deep security expertise, Praetorian solves the toughest challenges faced by today’s leading organizations across an ever-evolving digital threat landscape. Our solutions enable clients to find, fix, stop, and ultimately solve cybersecurity problems across their entire enterprise and product portfolios. As trusted advisors, Praetorian helps organizations minimize overall information security risk across digital assets so they can focus on what's important—their core business.
