Lead Software Engineer - Python / Cloud Security

InsightCloudSec is Rapid7’s leading Cloud Security solution, which offers customers a fully-integrated set of tools to secure their cloud platforms in a single solution. Our customers use the product to identify and remediate cloud misconfigurations and risk across multiple areas, including CSPM, IAM risk, IaC scanning and container vulnerability scanning. 

We’re focused on emerging threats, and keeping pace with the innovation delivered by Cloud Security Providers to ensure our customers stay secure.

About the Role

As a Lead Software Engineer in our team, you’ll be part of the Coverage & Analysis pillar, working on our most valuable part of the product. Our customers want to get coverage across as much of their cloud infrastructure as possible, and you’ll be working cross-functionally to help deliver this. You’ll manage a small number of engineers within the team, and support the product management team on defining the roadmap to ensure we build what’s really important to customers. You’ll also have the chance to engage with our customers on a regular basis, and get feedback on what problems they’re facing day to day as they continue to adopt cloud technologies.  

You’ll join the team to support continued expansion of coverage across the major cloud service providers, solving complex problems so our customers can focus on remediation of the risk they face.

Outside of your team, you’ll contribute to the wider InsightCloudSec architecture and engineering direction, and also to the broader Rapid7 engineering community. 

In this role, you will:

• Lead in all aspects of our engineering as we grow the InsightCloudSec distributed platform, working continue to excite our customers

• Work with stakeholders, including Product Management and UX to shape features during design and planning, where you will provide technical direction for our Coverage & Analysis space

• Ask questions! Getting involved in code and design reviews, helping to improve what we’re building. We love to collaborate

• Directly manage a small number of junior engineers and help grow their skills, identify growth areas, set expectations and provide feedback

• Help shape our architecture. We’re continuing to evolve our SaaS platform, and you’ll be involved in initiatives as we scale it, making sure it’s effective in its ability to process millions of events a day. 

• Be a mentor and a leader. Share your experience across the team to help others learn, and inspire your peers to do their best. You’ll also expect the same back from your team

• Code, code, and more code!

The skills you’ll bring include:

• You - a self-motivated, collaborative, high-energy, experienced engineer

• Deep understanding of one or more languages, primarily Python

• Special interest in the areas of large scale data ingestion, enrichment, lineage and consensus

• Experience with scaling and debugging scaled databases

• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms, such as AWS, GCP and Azure, and it’ll be a bonus if you have experience with cloud security

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.

About Rapid7
Rapid7 (NASDAQ: RPD) helps organizations across the globe protect what matters most so innovation can thrive in an increasingly connected world. Our comprehensive technology, services, and community-focused research simplify the complex for security teams, helping them reduce vulnerabilities, monitor for malicious behavior, be in 10 places at once, and shut down attacks. We’re on a mission to make security solutions easier to use and access so we can bring safety and resilience to more people.

With more than 10,000 customers across 140+ countries, Rapid7 is a leader in cybersecurity that has earned numerous industry accolades and recognition for our technology and culture.