Software Engineering Team Leader

Description

Who are we?

Checkmarx is the leader in application security and ensures that enterprises worldwide can secure their application development from code to cloud. Our consolidated platform and services address the needs of enterprises by improving security and reducing TCO, while simultaneously building trust between AppSec, developers, and CISOs. At Checkmarx, we believe it’s not just about finding risk but remediate it across the entire application footprint and software supply chain with one seamless process for all relevant stakeholders. 

We are honored to serve more than 1,800 customers, which includes 40 percent of all Fortune 100 companies including Siemens, Airbus, SalesForce, Stellantis, Adidas, Wal-Mart and Sanofi.

We’re excited to expand our global presence with the opening of a new site in Pune, India—an innovation hub designed to attract top talent and fuel the future of application security. Joining our Pune team means working on cutting-edge technologies in cloud, DevSecOps, AI-driven security and being part of a high-impact engineering culture where your code helps secure the software that powers the world.

What would you be doing? 

·        With C#/.Net as primary technology, you will cross skill yourself in other programming languages and technologies required in the project.

·        Collaborating with product managers, AppSec researchers and stakeholders to define project requirements and develop technical solutions.

·        Overseeing code reviews, deployments, and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines.

·        Driving best practices for coding, testing, and software design within the team.

·        Lead, Mentor, grow a team of experienced Software Developers 

·        Provide technical leadership to the Development & QA team, including mentoring and coaching. 

·        Developing the detailed design structure after understanding the requirements and the design

·        Implementing the best practices, coding standards and secure coding practices of the project.

·        Studying, exploring and understanding the details of software vulnerabilities.

·        Maintaining and improving lookup patterns (queries) to ensure high quality SAST results.

·        Triaging product defects and preparing release plans to address the defects and enhancements using Agile practices

·        Maintaining the account of time and reporting regularity of own work

·        Create and maintain technical documentation 

Requirements

Requirements  

·        Bachelor of Computer Science / Computer Engineering or graduate of leading technological units.

·        12+ years of software development experience with minimum 5 years as a team lead for the Agile team of 5 to 7 developers and QA.

·        5+ years of experience hands-on in C# and the .net family

·        Experience in test automation

·        Experience in managing teams through Jira or similar ALM tools

·        Experience developing under Agile methodologies

·        Experience in working with databases and SQL

·        Must have expertise in any one SCM tool like GitHub/Gitlab/Azure DevOps etc.

·        Strong organization, time management and can-do attitude

·        Inter-team facilitation skills

·        Team player, can-do approach

·        Excellent written and verbal communication in English

Nice to Have

·        Knowledge/Background in Cyber Security and SAST

·        Knowledge in static analysis terms and techniques (parsing, resolving, control flow, data flow, etc)

·        Understanding of CI/CD technologies and tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI and alike

·        Understanding or familiarity with Cloud-Native ecosystem (kubernetes, containers)

·        Exposure to AWS or other cloud vendors

What we have to offer

Checkmarx offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, competitive compensation, great work-life balance, as well as great benefits and perks throughout the year. Checkmarx is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.