Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
Black Duck is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or military service status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Black Duck complies with all applicable laws prohibiting employment discrimination in every jurisdiction where it operates and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field.
- 6-9 years total professional work experience.
- Proficiency in Golang (primary) and experience with Java.
- Strong PostgreSQL experience including performance optimization and scaling.
- Experience with Docker and containerization.
- Strong systems knowledge of Linux kernel internals, cgroups, and namespaces.
- Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD).
- Design and develop scalable, resilient Kubernetes-based SaaS enterprise applications.
- Experience with distributed microservices architecture.
- Experience with messaging technologies (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Experience implementing security for microservices; knowledge of authentication protocols.
- Familiarity with authorization models and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
- Experience with web/service frameworks (gRPC, RESTful APIs).
- Design persistence layers for microservices using ORMs.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud infrastructure/services (network, storage, IAM, cloud functions).
- Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Fluent) is a plus.
Black Duck Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Black Duck and has not been reviewed or approved by Black Duck.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage provide multiple plan choices with transparent costs, with carrier updates noted for 2026. Vision via VSP and dental plan options offer defined tiers and network access.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company matching alongside an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback. These features support longer‑term savings and wealth building.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Exempt employees use a manager‑approved, no‑cap time‑off model, while non‑exempt employees accrue flexible time off alongside sick time. Paid leaves include parental and family care leave, with additional protections under applicable leave laws.
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What We Do
Organizations worldwide use Black Duck Software’s industry-leading products to secure and manage open source software, eliminating the pain related to security vulnerabilities, compliance and operational risk. Black Duck is headquartered in Burlington, MA, and has offices in San Jose, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Vancouver, Seoul & Beijing
Why Work With Us
We pride ourselves on cultivating an environment of collaboration, creativity, and fun! We know where you work can influence how you work, which is why our collaborative office space focuses on community and continuous learning. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude even got us named a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe!
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