Software Developer

Description

VIPRE Security, a brand of Ziff Davis, develops cybersecurity products focused on endpoint protection and email security together with advanced threat intelligence solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement applications, services and data pipelines in C and/or Golang
• Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack
• Work collaboratively to develop, implement and deliver VIPRE cloud core backend systems in an agile environment.
• Continually improve availability, scalability, performance and reliability of our services
• Help maintain code quality, organization, automation and continuous delivery
• Work with a distributed team of engineers

Education and/or Certification Requirements

• BA/BS in CS or related field, or equivalent experience

Experience

• 3+ years of development experience, building, running, and debugging applications
• Proficient in C and/or Golang, with extensive experience in developing robust and efficient backend systems
• Design, build, and maintain APIs (REST, gRPC, etc), user-facing applications, services, and systems
• Strong knowledge of algorithms, data structures and performance optimization strategies
• Experience and skills in developing, navigating and utilizing Unix/Linux environments
• Hands on experience of working in platform teams building reusable infrastructure and service components running at high transactional volumes
• Strong Experience with scalable and distributed datastores (MySQL, ElasticSearch)
• Experience with AWS or other cloud providers for both infrastructure and application development

Desired Skills

• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical challenges effectively, even under high-pressure conditions.
• Solid knowledge of security principles, including cryptography and encryption methodologies.
• Deep understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP), firewalls, and overall network architecture.
• Experience developing and deploying distributed services using containers and orchestrators (kubernetes, ECS, EKS, nomad)
• Familiarity with microservice architecture, cloud native and twelve-factor principles.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like AWS CDK or Terraform