As a Jr Software Engineer, you will contribute to the development of security research platforms and collaborate with engineers and researchers in a team environment.
The Labs team, part of Rapid7's Security Sciences practice, is composed of both engineers and security researchers. Our engineering team's overall goal is to build world-class research and security data platforms to power security research and integrations with customer-facing products.
In this role, you will be part of a small team responsible for AttackerKB , Project Sonar , Project Lorelei and other initiatives to sustain and develop Rapid7's research capabilities. As a member of the Labs team, you will work side-by-side with fellow engineers developing these capabilities and security researchers using our data to produce novel research for our customers and the broader security community. The team member will get to work with the following technologies:
Key Responsibilities
Bring You
Neither specific job titles nor advanced degrees are required for this position, but relevant prior experience and demonstrable expertise in networking, operations, and development will be highly valued in this senior engineering position. While the successful candidate will maintain, refine, and enhance Rapid7's existing and future presentation layer for internet telemetry, this person will not be operating in a vacuum, and will be expected to participate in a highly collaborative environment of experts in various specialized fields.
Applicants should be familiar with and/or ready to learn and develop their skills with the following technologies and engineering areas:
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
About Rapid7
Rapid7 is creating a more secure digital future for all by helping organizations strengthen their security programs in the face of accelerating digital transformation. Our portfolio of best-in-class solutions empowers security professionals to manage risk and eliminate threats across the entire threat landscape from apps to the cloud to traditional infrastructure to the dark web. We foster open source communities and cutting-edge research-using these insights to optimize our products and arm the global security community with the latest in attacker methods. Trusted by more than 10,000 customers worldwide, our industry-leading solutions and services help businesses stay ahead of attackers, ahead of the competition, and future-ready for what's next.
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In this role, you will be part of a small team responsible for AttackerKB , Project Sonar , Project Lorelei and other initiatives to sustain and develop Rapid7's research capabilities. As a member of the Labs team, you will work side-by-side with fellow engineers developing these capabilities and security researchers using our data to produce novel research for our customers and the broader security community. The team member will get to work with the following technologies:
- Kubernetes / EKS
- Grafana
- Terraform
- Go, Python & Django
- AWS services like S3, EC2, IAM, ECR, etc.
- Airflow
- EMR, Glue, and Spark
- React
- Jenkins & Spinnaker
- RDS (postgresql)
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor, and improve Rapid7 Labs' core projects including AttackerKB , Project Sonar ,, Project Lorelei and the RESTful APIs that back them. TL;DR these projects focus on internet telemetry, external attack surface management, and tools to track attacker trends in the wild.
- Contribute to the evolution of Rapid7's overall telemetry research effort in order to develop richer research and data generation capabilities.
- Work with the Lead Software Engineer to develop a long-term vision and strategy for continued improvements to our core projects.
Bring You
Neither specific job titles nor advanced degrees are required for this position, but relevant prior experience and demonstrable expertise in networking, operations, and development will be highly valued in this senior engineering position. While the successful candidate will maintain, refine, and enhance Rapid7's existing and future presentation layer for internet telemetry, this person will not be operating in a vacuum, and will be expected to participate in a highly collaborative environment of experts in various specialized fields.
Applicants should be familiar with and/or ready to learn and develop their skills with the following technologies and engineering areas:
- 0-2 years of relevant experience in a full-time or internship environment
- Excellent communication skills, namely interpersonal communications and technical writing.
- Some understanding of or experience with one or more sustainable, industry standard languages such as Go, Python, Java, C# or Ruby.
- Familiarity with agile software development principles (high test coverage, CI/CD, etc.)
- A general understanding of common internet protocols and the cybersecurity implications therein would be extremely helpful.
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
About Rapid7
Rapid7 is creating a more secure digital future for all by helping organizations strengthen their security programs in the face of accelerating digital transformation. Our portfolio of best-in-class solutions empowers security professionals to manage risk and eliminate threats across the entire threat landscape from apps to the cloud to traditional infrastructure to the dark web. We foster open source communities and cutting-edge research-using these insights to optimize our products and arm the global security community with the latest in attacker methods. Trusted by more than 10,000 customers worldwide, our industry-leading solutions and services help businesses stay ahead of attackers, ahead of the competition, and future-ready for what's next.
#LI-SIM
Top Skills
Airflow
AWS
Django
Eks
Emr
Glue
Go
Grafana
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Postgres
Python
Rds
React
Spark
Spinnaker
Terraform
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