Senior Software Engineer

Job Title
Join Rapid7 as a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and deliver scalable backend services that power our cybersecurity products. You will own end-to-end feature development, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor junior engineers while working with technologies like Java, Spring Boot, and AWS. This role offers the opportunity to help shape new engineering teams in India and contribute to building secure, high-quality solutions for global customers.
About the Team
Our Product and Engineering team works with our award-winning products to help us create a single experience to help customers assess risk, detect threats and automate their security programs at over 10,000 organizations. These teams use best-in-class technology, leading-edge research, and broad, strategic expertise to develop new products and features, and enhance existing features, in order to create value for customers across the world.
The stakes for creating a safer digital world are greater than ever. At Rapid7 we believe it's our responsibility to show up every day and give our best for our customers and the entire security community. Our global engineering teams are at the centre of this mission and are dedicated to building a complete suite of industry-leading products which provide a cohesive platform for our customers. Our range of solutions spans vulnerability management, detection, automation, cloud security, and penetration testing; in order to build these products our teams work with an array of technologies including Java, Python, AWS and Go, just to name a few.
Join our engineering team to help us build and innovate great products on our Insight platform using the latest technologies to make the world a safer digital space.
About the Role
The Senior Software Engineer is a part of our Product and Engineering team who are at the forefront of keeping our customers safe from attacks and breaches. In this role you will be focussed on helping our customers seamlessly manage their security solutions as effectively and efficiently as possible, and ensuring our products are delivering a secure experience. You will have the opportunity to further broaden your skills surrounded by a team of incredibly smart and experienced Engineers, whilst getting the opportunity to mentor others.
In this role, you will:

• Build, maintain, and release our well architected services by writing correct and clean code consistently and following best practices and conventions. You will understand and make well-reasoned design decisions and tradeoffs in your areas of expertise
• Take an active role in the design and planning of upcoming features, our engineers are first class stakeholders in all parts of the development process
• When required, partner with internal teams such as UX and Product Management who work deeply with our product to ensure we are understanding our customers needs
• Continue to develop a deep understanding of our products in order to support our customers
• Work with Practice specific technologies

The skills you'll bring include:

• A minimum of 5 years experience in software development using Java. Experience using any of the following would be advantageous:
  
  • Java Spring Boot
  • Dependency Management Tools such as Maven
  • Security Vulnerability Scanning such as Snyk or Trivy
  • Testing frameworks such as JUnit
  • Github Actions or Jenkins
  • Cloud Infrastructure such as AWS
• Excited by technology, curious and eager to learn, with the ability to mentor more junior members of the team
• The attitude and ability to thrive in a high-growth, evolving environment
• Collaborative team player who has the ability to partner with others and drive toward solutions
• Strong creative problem solving skills
• Solid communicator with excellent written and verbal communications skills both within the team and cross functionally
• Passionate about delighting customers, puts the customer needs at the forefront of all decision making
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience of delivering complex solutions to customers

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.
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About Rapid7
At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.
Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope just like we' ve been doing for the past 20 years. If you 're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.