Software Engineer II - Front End

Software Engineer II – Front-End Extension Software Engineer

Mimecast is at the forefront of the cybersecurity industry, delivering innovative solutions to protect businesses and individuals from evolving threats. Our mission is to empower organizations with secure and scalable technology that stands resilient in the face of cyber challenges.

We are looking for a Front-End Software Engineer II to join our growing team, leading our browser extension-based features, which are a critical part of our insider risk security applications. As part of the team, you will be working alongside experienced engineers, learning about and contributing to the future of Mimecast’s Incydr browser extension and front-end applications. We are seeking an engineer who is willing to learn, ask questions, jump in, and contribute to our projects.

What You’ll Do:

• Work as a member of a scrum team that will iterate on insider risk security applications that impact the success of Mimecast
• Contributing to the development and maintenance of our browser extension, deployed across multiple browser types
• Stay up to date with browser extension APIs, security best practices, and emerging web standards
• Implement extension features including background scripts, content scripts, popup UI, and options pages
• Handle data storage, caching, and synchronization within the extension context
• Document code and create design docs as well as review code and design docs from others
• Demo progress on team deliverables.
• Participate in story mapping and authoring sessions
• Synthesize requirements into cohesive designs, identifying gaps and contradictions
• Help mentor and guide more junior staff
• Contribute to process improvement efforts within engineering
• Lead team in design discussions and code reviews, asking questions, contributing, and accepting feedback
• Learn about new things and share that with your team and others
• Collaborate with teammates throughout the product development organization including product owners, UI/UX designers, QA analysts, technical writers, and customer champions

What You’ll Bring:

• In-depth experience working with TypeScript, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• In-depth experience working in JavaScript web applications, using libraries such as React
• Recognize complexity and identify non-local costs and benefits
• Experience with testing frameworks
• Demonstrate discipline and rigor necessary to deliver critical features
• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment concepts
• Experience with agile/lean development processes
• Comfortable taking ownership of deliverables as part of a team
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment, both offering and asking for help when it's needed
• Comfortable working with non-technical staff
• Passion for building systems that work well
• Clearly able to communicate technical ideas to peers in written and verbal form
• Articulate business impact of technical decisions to non-technical staff

What We Bring:

Join our Incydr Product Development team to accelerate your career journey, working with cutting-edge technologies and contributing to projects that have real customer impact. You will be immersed in a dynamic environment that recognizes and celebrates your achievements.

Mimecast offers formal and ‘on the job’ learning opportunities, maintains a comprehensive benefits package that helps our employees and their family members to sustain a healthy lifestyle, and importantly - working in cross functional teams to build your knowledge!

Our Hybrid Model: We provide you with the flexibility to live balanced, healthy lives through our hybrid working model that champions both collaborative teamwork and individual flexibility. Employees are expected to come to the office at least two days per week, because working together in person:

• Fosters a culture of collaboration, communication, performance, and learning
• Drives innovation and creativity within and between teams
• Introduces employees to priorities outside of their immediate realm
• Ensures important interpersonal relationships and connections with one another and our community!

The US base salary range for this position is $120,000-$180,000 base + benefits. This reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this position. This position may also be eligible for bonus, incentive plans, and other related benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. These factors and individual capabilities will also determine the individual pay offered.

DEI Statement

Cybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone – unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’d encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups.

We consider everyone equally: your race, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, marital status, nationality, or any other protected characteristic won’t affect your application.

If you require any adjustments or accommodations due to a disability, or any other reason that may help you in your interview process, please let us know by emailing [email protected].

Due to certain obligations to our customers, an offer of employment will be subject to your successful completion of applicable background checks, conducted in accordance with local law.