The Senior Software Engineer will enhance automation frameworks, improve coverage release pipelines, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across teams to boost vulnerability coverage.
Senior Software Engineer
The Senior Software Engineeron the Vulnerability Coverage team will play a pivotal role in expanding the Rapid7 coverage portfolio to provide customers with reliable and accurate data. A Senior Software Engineer will help to drive technical excellence by improving automation frameworks, enhancing coverage release pipelines, and contributing to growth and prioritization in an ever-evolving security landscape. In addition to hands-on development, they will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to roadmap planning.
About the Team
The Vulnerability Coverage team is responsible for delivering, expanding and maintaining Rapid7's extensive coverage portfolio, aiming to provide customers with the expected level of accuracy and quality. Vulnerability Coverage team members develop a broad set of skills, ranging from technologies such as Python, Java, Ruby, AWS and Kubernetes to security domain expertise and system-level knowledge. The Vulnerability Coverage team is often considered the lifeblood of many Rapid7 products, including InsightVM and InsightCloudSec. In addition to delivering daily content packages to ensure that customers always have the most up-to-date coverage, the team is also responsible for providing monthly Patch Tuesday coverage and responding to emerging vulnerability threats by releasing coverage as quickly as possible. As a result, the team maintains extremely high standards for quality and accuracy of the content they deliver.
About the Role
The Senior Software Engineer on the Vulnerability Coverage team will play a pivotal role in expanding the Rapid7 coverage portfolio to provide customers with reliable and accurate data. A Senior Software Engineer will help to drive technical excellence by improving automation frameworks, enhancing coverage release pipelines, and contributing to growth and prioritization in an ever-evolving security landscape. In addition to hands-on development, they will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to roadmap planning.
The skills and qualities you'll bring include:
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
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.
The Senior Software Engineeron the Vulnerability Coverage team will play a pivotal role in expanding the Rapid7 coverage portfolio to provide customers with reliable and accurate data. A Senior Software Engineer will help to drive technical excellence by improving automation frameworks, enhancing coverage release pipelines, and contributing to growth and prioritization in an ever-evolving security landscape. In addition to hands-on development, they will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to roadmap planning.
About the Team
The Vulnerability Coverage team is responsible for delivering, expanding and maintaining Rapid7's extensive coverage portfolio, aiming to provide customers with the expected level of accuracy and quality. Vulnerability Coverage team members develop a broad set of skills, ranging from technologies such as Python, Java, Ruby, AWS and Kubernetes to security domain expertise and system-level knowledge. The Vulnerability Coverage team is often considered the lifeblood of many Rapid7 products, including InsightVM and InsightCloudSec. In addition to delivering daily content packages to ensure that customers always have the most up-to-date coverage, the team is also responsible for providing monthly Patch Tuesday coverage and responding to emerging vulnerability threats by releasing coverage as quickly as possible. As a result, the team maintains extremely high standards for quality and accuracy of the content they deliver.
About the Role
The Senior Software Engineer on the Vulnerability Coverage team will play a pivotal role in expanding the Rapid7 coverage portfolio to provide customers with reliable and accurate data. A Senior Software Engineer will help to drive technical excellence by improving automation frameworks, enhancing coverage release pipelines, and contributing to growth and prioritization in an ever-evolving security landscape. In addition to hands-on development, they will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to roadmap planning.
- Build, maintain, and release high-quality vulnerability content
- Build, maintain and release new services and plugins for generating new vulnerability content
- Be involved in improving our automation pipeline for recurring coverage
- Partner with technical leaders and other team members to drive improvements with our vulnerability coverage portfolio
- Provide mentoring and coaching to junior engineers
The skills and qualities you'll bring include:
- A minimum of 5-6 years experience in software development with Python
- Experience working with Java and Ruby is a plus
- Experience with Cloud based deployments e.g. AWS / GCP / Azure
- Experience with IaC e.g. Terraform / Ansible
- Experience with virtualization and containers
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins and proficiency with version control systems such as GitHub
- BEng, BSc or related technical field
- Ability to organize and drive a project within the team
- Excited by technology, curious and eager to learn, with the ability to mentor junior team members
- 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
- Experience with cloud services and infrastructure such as AWS would be advantageous
- Core Value Embodiment: Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.
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
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.
Top Skills
Ansible
AWS
Ci/Cd
Git
Java
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Python
Ruby
Terraform
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