Software Engineer II

Software Engineer II - Data Platform
 

About Mimecast

Mimecast is a leading cybersecurity company that helps organizations protect their people, data, and communications. With over 42,000 customers worldwide, Mimecast has a long history of excellence in Data Archiving and eDiscovery and is recognised as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Communications Governance and Archiving Solutions.

We are pioneers in Human Risk Management, recognizing that people are both an organization's greatest asset and its most significant security vulnerability. Our platform addresses the human element of cybersecurity through advanced threat detection, awareness training, Incydr risk management, and data governance. Our Governance, Compliance & Insight products play a critical role in this mission, ensuring that communications data is archived, discoverable, and compliant, enabling organizations to manage the risk that stems from human actions.
 

AI-First Engineering at Mimecast
 

Mimecast is an AI-First engineering organization. Our teams actively leverage AI-powered development tools across all facets of engineering, from code development to testing, documentation, and operations. We're looking for leaders who don't just use AI tools but champion their adoption and establish new ways of working.

Our AI leadership extends beyond how we build to what we build. Our Mihra AI agent delivers 7x faster threat response for customers, and we're recognized as "Agents of Change" in Human Risk Management. Engineers here work at the intersection of cutting-edge AI tooling and AI-powered security products that protect organizations worldwide.
 

Overview

Dive into the forefront of innovation with our Data Platform engineering team, where we process massive volumes of data to delight our customers with insights they love! Our pioneering Data Platform pushes on the boundaries of what’s possible, leveraging the latest technologies and tooling in AWS.

Personalized "Why Join" Quote from the HM

“If you’re interested in solving customer data challenges at immense scale, the Data Platform team is for you. Our AWS services process billions of events from millions of users each day. With efficient storage and querying capabilities, we’re able to serve requests in milliseconds when querying over huge volumes of data!” – Hiring Manager

What You’ll Do
 

As a Software Engineer in the Data Platform team, you will play a pivotal role in developing and maintaining scalable systems. Your responsibilities will include:
 

• Implement scalable and reliable microservices on AWS infrastructure.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and professional growth.
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for architectures, processes, and procedures.
• Provide support during critical incidents and implement preventive measures.
• Monitor and analyze AWS usage, providing recommendations for cost savings without compromising system performance and reliability.
• Craft resilient, secure, and efficient code, ensuring optimal performance and minimal downtime.
   

What You’ll Bring
 

• Demonstratable ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment, mentoring junior team members and contributing to a positive team culture.
• Experience with Java development to build services and libraries with Java 11 and above.
• Experience in developing and supporting backend systems for data processing within AWS.
• Hands-on experience with foundational AWS services, such as; ALB, ECS, S3, ElastiCache, IAM, CloudWatch.
• Knowledge of implementing and maintaining Kafka-based event-driven services.
• Proficiency in either relational or NoSQL databases, with an understanding of database design, optimization, and management.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of Jenkins and developing CI/CD pipelines.

What We Bring
 

Join our Data Platform 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!
 

We believe in ‘growth that’s good, we have ‘a culture that cares’ and we are on a ‘mission that matters.
 

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!

Career Growth Opportunities

• Power real-time cybersecurity at Mimecast—build scalable data platforms that drive threat detection, fuel AI innovation, and accelerate your path to system ownership and leadership
• Work at the intersection of data, AI, and cybersecurity to solve real-world threats

Manager's Working Style & Team’s Purpose

• You’re not just executing tasks—you’re shaping the data backbone that powers Mimecast’s cybersecurity products, while steadily growing into a system owner and technical decision-maker.
   

 Own critical components end-to-end – from design to production, not just implementation

 Improve system scalability and cost efficiency, directly impacting business margins

 Enable faster AI/ML and analytics use cases by delivering clean, reliable data

 Identify gaps and drive platform improvements or new capabilities

 Gradually influence architecture decisions and engineering standards

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Belonging at Mimecast

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.

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.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.