Senior Software Engineer

Liferaft is looking for a highly skilled and visionary Senior Software Engineer to help us continue to grow and enrich the platform our customers use to keep their people and assets safe. This role will be hybrid in Halifax, NS, or fully remote within Canada. 

Reporting to the Senior Director, Engineering, This individual will play a critical role in building on the already sophisticated open source threat intelligence platform we have. You will partner closely with the engineering leadership and core product engineering teams to build new features and capabilities across domains ranging from data acquisition to data visualization to threat intelligence and management. The successful candidate will have proven expertise and strong skills in both backend and frontend development.

What you do as the Senior Software Engineer at Liferaft

• Work closely with engineering and product leadership to architect, build, and maintain our customer facing threat intelligence platform in alignment with customer and market requirements
• Participate in standups, design and sprint reviews, bug bashes, and sprint kickoff activities for product releases
• Continuously analyze and optimize our platform to ensure an excellent customer experience
• Evaluate and propose new technologies and methodologies as needed to ensure we are aligned with industry best practices
• Leverage agile practices, encourage collaboration, prioritization, and urgency to develop at a rapid pace

What You Need to Get the Job Done

• At least 5 years of experience working with Python, Ruby, Go, PHP or similar programming languages for back-end/API development
• 5 years of experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL or other RDBMSs with a solid understanding of SQL and database schema design
• 5+ years of experience with JavaScript / TypeScript, CSS, HTML, browser security model, and browser APIs
• Experience with React for front-end development
• Experience with ElasticSearch or other similar technologies is a plus
• You are a creative problem solver who works well with others and has a passion for lifelong learning.
• You love data!
• You are truly passionate about agile development, iterative improvement, and delivering value early and often
• Strong presentation and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with PHP and Laravel is a plus.

Why Liferaft?

We pride ourselves on our innovative spirit and determination to help solve new challenges developed by the complexities of open source data. Liferaft provides a threat intelligence and investigations platform, Navigator, to corporate security teams around the world, including some of the biggest brands you've probably referenced today! Navigator is designed to identify, track, and validate issues from open source channels (surface, deep web, and darknet) related to executive safety, fraud prevention, and asset & infrastructure protection. Our technology is helping keep these companies, their people, and their operations safe – making a real impact in the world we all live in.
The diversity of our team is integral to our success. We are a team of passionate and supportive individuals and pride ourselves in fostering a collaborative, innovative, and fun culture. 

We offer our team:

• Competitive compensation plan & benefits
• Investment in personal and professional growth
• Remote work/office space with flexible hours
• Flexible time off – Take a minimum of 15 days/year with no cap beyond!
• $750 Yearly Lifestyle Subsidy
• Diversity & Inclusion Committee
• Authentic, engaged team, who value work life balance

We’re building a company future generations can be proud of. Diversity at Liferaft  means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person's talents and strengths. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, or any other protected characteristic.