Software Developer (Summer Internship)

Who Are We?  
We are a team that brought you Norton, Avast, LifeLock, Avira, AVG, ReputationDefender, and CCleaner, dedicated to providing cybersecurity, privacy, and identity protection to over 500 million users in 150 countries. At Gen, we offer flexible working options, generous time off, and competitive benefits in a diverse and inclusive environment where every team member is valued and celebrated. If you are smart, fearless, and dedicated, join us to power Digital Freedom and help consumers take control of their digital lives. 

About the Role

You’ll be part of our Threat Intelligence Systems team, building systems and tools, which will help us with the classification of threats and building better threat intelligence to understand the ever-changing threat landscape. You’ll actively cooperate with our team of malware analysts and researchers, developing new tools and systems for them. 

We are looking for an ambitious intern, who is willing to learn and is not afraid of the challenge. The work is going to be primarily focus on the Python-stack, but we can also offer interesting projects in lower-level languages (C/C++/Rust). 
 
Competencies:

• Experience with building Python applications 

• Knowledge of at least one DBMS 

• Debugging, profiling & testing of the code  

• Git and collaboration with others on a project 

• English communication skills (both written and verbal) 

• Team player, ambitious, reliable, flexible, willing to learn new skills 

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of YARA or other patter-matching languages 

• Knowledge of RabbitMQ or similar message broking systems 

• Familiar with DevOps – CI/CD pipelines, release processes, monitoring, ... 

• Experience with cloud platforms (Google Cloud Platform or others) 

• Capable of working with Linux operating system on power-user level 

What We Can Offer:

• Opportunity to learn and work with the best in the Digital Security industry 

• Learning & Development plan

• Mac/Windows/Linux laptop 

Gen is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on merit, experience, and business needs, without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth or related medical conditions), genetic information, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, military or veteran status, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local law. Gen strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based on such protected characteristics and seeks to recruit the most talented candidates from diverse cultures and backgrounds. 

We also consider employment-qualified individuals with arrest and conviction records. In addition, we will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Learn more about pay transparency. 

Gen complies with all anti-discrimination laws. 

To conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.