What It's Like to Work at Snyk

What is your role, and what attracted you to Snyk? Describe the moment when you knew you’d found the right fit.

As a distinguished engineer at Snyk, I span a different set of engineering leadership roles and disciplines. Most recently I focused on designing a cross-domain schema and data architecture for all of Snyk. Now, I’m moving to work on new use cases and technologies for our Snyk Container and Snyk IaC products. 

When I saw Snyk’s demo, solving code security challenges right in the IDE within seconds (compared to the hours it would take traditional tools to discover in post-processing), I knew I had found the right fit. It really drove home how the right security product isn’t just invisible; it actually improves the lives of its users while still protecting their valuable software assets and customer data.

What’s your favorite part about working at Snyk? 

Snyk has great people and great projects. As our customers and customer mix evolve, so are we. We’re developing as a mature, trusted enterprise partner, moving beyond our startup stage. Doing this, while still maintaining the fun and quirky nature of Snyk, is an interesting and rewarding journey to be on.

What advice would you give to jobseekers looking to join your growing team?

If you are thinking about it — take the leap! Prior to Snyk, I had only worked in large companies (15,000 to 250,000 employees). It has been a great learning experience for me to work at a company of this size. Further, I’ve shifted my area of focus as well. Historically, I was a computer networking and network security engineer, but now I’m not working in networking. I am learning something new every day. Don’t let fear of the unknown prevent you from making a move like joining Snyk!