Staff Software Engineer

Job Description

Snyk is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their team in Boston. The Staff Software Engineer will play a significant role in the company's technical leadership, setting direction and driving consensus with other engineers to transform Snyk’s technical landscape and help build the next generation of technical leaders. As a part of our Developer Experience team you’ll have the opportunity to make an impact on a wide range of projects, from mastering existing services to building new, cutting-edge features. Your contributions will directly impact the success of our product and the security of millions of developers worldwide.Responsibilities:

• Analyze, design, and implement high-quality, large-scale solutions to Snyk’s most complex technical problems.
• Work with peers and across teams to design and implement solutions to large-scale problems.
• Communicate regularly in written and verbal forms to team, peers, and senior leads.
• Mentor junior engineers and help grow the next generation of engineers at Snyk.

Requirements:

• At least 10 years of commercial experience as a Software Engineer.
• Experience in large-scale software systems design.
• Proficiency in at least one of our core programming languages (Go, TypeScript).
• Experience in building reliable, scalable microservice back-ends, web UIs, CLIs, APIs, infrastructure, platform automation, observability, or release tools.
• Demonstrable skill in effective software testing.
• Strong commitment to code quality.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and respond with agility.
• Highly effective communicator.
• Able to work collaboratively, be curious and have a growth mindset.
• Track record of working with peers across the organization.
• Ability to lift the performance of a team through coaching and mentoring.

Snyk offers:

• Flexible working hours and work-from-home allowances.
• Generous vacation and wellness time off.
• Health benefits and employee assistance plans.
• Life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs.
• Mobile phone and education allowances.