Lead architecture and design of scalable detection systems that evaluate cloud configurations against compliance standards. Translate security and compliance frameworks into detection logic, resolve scaling and reliability challenges, drive technical direction, elevate engineering quality through reviews and documentation, mentor engineers, and contribute to cloud security strategy.
Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Security (CSPM)
About the Team
InsightCloudSec is Rapid7's cloud security platform, helping customers identify and remediate risk across AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle and AliCloud. The Exposure Detection pillar is responsible for defining and detecting cloud risk at scale, with Compliance driving our CSPM coverage and ensuring customers can assess their environments against security standards with confidence.
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer within the Exposure Detection pillar, you will provide technical leadership across our Compliance-driven CSPM coverage. You will shape how we design, scale, and evolve detection systems that evaluate cloud configurations across major providers.
This is a hands-on leadership role based in Pune, India. While there are no direct management responsibilities, mentoring and coaching are core expectations - you will act as a multiplier, raising engineering standards and accelerating delivery through others.
In this role, you will:
The skills you'll bring include:
9+ years of software engineering experience, including building and scaling cloud-native or distributed systems.
Leadership & Impact
Technical Depth
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. Teams reflecting 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 11,500+ 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.
About the Team
InsightCloudSec is Rapid7's cloud security platform, helping customers identify and remediate risk across AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle and AliCloud. The Exposure Detection pillar is responsible for defining and detecting cloud risk at scale, with Compliance driving our CSPM coverage and ensuring customers can assess their environments against security standards with confidence.
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer within the Exposure Detection pillar, you will provide technical leadership across our Compliance-driven CSPM coverage. You will shape how we design, scale, and evolve detection systems that evaluate cloud configurations across major providers.
This is a hands-on leadership role based in Pune, India. While there are no direct management responsibilities, mentoring and coaching are core expectations - you will act as a multiplier, raising engineering standards and accelerating delivery through others.
In this role, you will:
- In collaboration with senior engineering leaders, lead the architecture and design of scalable systems that evaluate cloud configurations against compliance standards
- Translate security and compliance frameworks into efficient, testable detection logic
- Drive technical direction during planning, ensuring coverage investments align with customer impact
- Identify and resolve systemic scaling, accuracy, and reliability challenges
- Elevate engineering quality through rigorous design reviews, code reviews, and documentation standards
- Mentor and coach engineers, strengthening both cloud domain expertise and distributed systems depth
- Contribute to broader Cloud Security architecture and engineering strategy
The skills you'll bring include:
9+ years of software engineering experience, including building and scaling cloud-native or distributed systems.
Leadership & Impact
- Proven ability to influence technical direction without formal authority
- Strong systems-thinking mindset and experience solving cross-cutting architectural challenges
- Track record of mentoring engineers and raising overall team capability
- Experience translating compliance or security strategy into scalable engineering execution
- Core Value Embodiment: Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.
Technical Depth
- Deep expertise in Python
- Experience building systems that process and evaluate structured cloud configuration data at scale
- Strong understanding of AWS, Azure, and/or GCP services (working knowledge of OCI and AliCloud desirable but not essential).
- Experience with distributed systems and scalable data stores
- Familiarity with CSPM, compliance frameworks, or cloud security detection is highly desirable
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. Teams reflecting 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.
#LI-SA3
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 11,500+ 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.
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