Our Opportunity

We’re looking for a talented software engineer to join our Security Intelligence Team to work on our security data pipeline and internal tooling that enables our analysts to efficiently curate and enhance the vulnerability data that powers all of Snyk’s products.

The Security Intelligence Team works to develop novel, effective methods to sift through likely vulnerabilities in open source which haven’t yet been discovered, verified, or disclosed.

We need your help to help push our internal tooling and systems to the next level! You will play an integral part in the development and progression of Snyk’s Vulnerability Management System.

We are an agile team consisting of a mix of engineers and security analysts. We are also a distributed team spread geographically across the UK, Romania and Israel.

You’ll spend your time:

• Planning, designing and maintaining systems and tools to help our analysts work more efficiently
• Working with other engineers and analysts in the team and group
• Influencing technical decisions and roadmaps for the team and group
• Working across the full stack, in a CI/CD environment

You should apply if you:

• Experience developing with Python
• Have experience working with databases and data pipelines
• Have experience leading and designing projects
• Enjoy working closely with your end users, and care about iterative improvement
• Appreciate being part of a diverse team
• Communicate proactively and speak English to a good standard
• Enjoy solving problems, and love learning new things
• Interested in security or open source software, and you believe in our mission

We’d especially love to hear from you if you:

• Have experience developing in Django, React, Vue or PySpark
• Have experience with AWS, system design and architecture
• Have experience working as part of a distributed team
• Have worked with Kubernetes or another container-based operational environment

Tech Stack

Our current stack consists of Python, Django, Kafka, TypeScript, React, Vue, Nuxt, Postgresql, AWS, Google Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Snowflake and Terraform.

Application Performance and Security Solutions Engineer

About Us

At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal: to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers trillions of requests per month. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare have all web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer and named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list.

We realize people do not fit into neat boxes. We are looking for curious and empathetic individuals who are committed to developing themselves and learning new skills, and we are ready to help you do that. We cannot complete our mission without building a diverse and inclusive team. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their potential and support them throughout their time at Cloudflare. Come join us!  

What you'll do as a Application Performance and Security Solutions Engineer

You will work with our clients to understand their business needs and understand their current applications landscape with the goal of helping them develop a security posture that meets their requirements while also keeping their applications and assets safe according to the most recent standards in cyber security, with high levels of reliability and performance.

You will work closely with our Account Executives (AEs); generalist SEs, as well as every other team at Cloudflare, from Sales and Product to Engineering and Customer Support. 

Responsibilities

You serve as a trusted advisor to our customers; helping them find the best solution for their business needs with Cloudflare.

• Guide qualified prospects through the Solution Design and Proof of Concept stages of sales engagements; showing them the key capabilities of the Cloudflare One portfolio
• Work with your Sales Partners to consistently achieve Pipeline and Revenue goals
• Understand our customers IT landscape and security requirements and develop an architecture for our customers to support their business needs
• Articulate the benefits of the Cloudflare application performance and security product portfolio vs competing solutions
• Promote retention by capturing and communicating gaps in product or features
• Collaborate and coordinate with account sales/pre-sales teams on opportunities and liaise with product management and support through the deal cycle.

Skill Requirements

• Curiosity and Learning Agility
• 3+ years of prior Technical Sales, Systems Engineering, or related experience
• Experience interacting with senior level/executives to communicate a message of network and security transformation
• Familiar with trends and attacks in cyber security (e.g. DDOS, SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting, etc)
• Hands-on experience with Cloud based architectures (e.g AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Detailed understanding of workflow from user to application including hybrid architectures with Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Knowledge of the common web application frameworks and practices (JAMstack, Micro-services, GraphQL, event-driven architecture…)
• Knowledge of one or more common web frameworks (Django, Ruby on Rails, Laravel, Angular, React…)
• Experience with web performance testing and optimization such as RUM, Synthetic testing and deep understanding of the protocol stack (DNS, TCP, HTTP, SSL…)
• Experience with Application, Security, Performance and Reliability products such as WAF, Bot Management, DDOS, Firewall, DNS and CDN.
• Experience with sophisticated Botting technologies and technics (e.g Residential proxies, Headless browsers, fingerprinting rotation, click-farms)
• Fundamental understanding of customer network and application architectures. 
• Experience with JavaScript, Restful APIs, JSON,  and code versioning solutions (e.g. Git, Gitlab, Bbitbucket) and scripting languages
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Fundamental understanding of the networking concepts (e.g BGP, TCP, Anycast, IP)

• Stay up to date not only with Cloudflare’s specific products, but with industry trends.

• Ability to jump in with hands-on configuration when needed
• Ability to manage a project, work to deadlines, and prioritize between competing goals

Other desirable skills areas include:

• Industry Certification, e.g. CISSP, CISA, CEH or OSCP
• Cloud Provider certification e.g AWS, GCP, Azure, OVH, Oracle OCI
• Experience in one or two industry verticals (Industry, Retail, Banking, Automotive, Supply-chain, Insurance…)
• Certification with any of the major Cloud Provider

The Role

In this role, you'll be given lots of responsibility and the opportunity to have true ownership as we build out the product. This is a unique opportunity to use your engineering powers to make a direct impact in people's lives. We need a Staff Site Reliability Engineer who is enthusiastic about building reliable, scalable, and flexible systems to support our growing team, product, and user base. You'll work with other engineers to reliably release and maintain services, and help define and meet internal and customer-facing SLA's and SLO's.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Hawaii.

What You’ll Do

• Manage and orchestrate Cloud Resource (AWS) configuration using Infrastructure As Code (Terraform) to empower engineering staff to embrace a DevOps culture of Self Service Ownership
• Develop and govern Observability (Datadog) best practices for tracking platform performance and health trends to meet customer SLAs and lead technical decisions with strong supporting evidence
• Create solutions that dynamically scale based on demand with enough flexibility to pivot for fast changing project requirements while maintaining a balance of good versus perfect
• Provide strong and consistent communication updates on technical progress or blockers to keep stakeholders informed while additionally creating appropriate documentation on technical design to spread knowledge and reduce information silos
• Participate and respond to 24/7 on-call critical alerts and follow documented incident investigation procedures to reestablish customer facing feature availability
• Maintain HIPAA, GDPR, SOC-2 compliance and general security through best practice implementation

Who You Are

• At least 8+ years of experience in software engineering with 4+ years experience in DevOps
• Cloud Provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) experience on managing resources through Infrastructure As Code (Terraform) 
• Container Orchestration (ECS or K8s) experience to confidently build, test, and release containerized applications for multiple environments and regions
• Knowledge of Observability best practices across common cloud resources (EC2, ECS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, SQS, Eventbridge) with experience on rolling out enhancements across a distributed platform with scale in mind
• Experience with shell scripting for *nix systems
• Experience with Networking for web applications
• Effective at communicating ideas through writing and diagramming
• Comfortable working with a distributed development and ops team
• Familiarity with AWS: ECS and cloud hosting, Gitlab: CI/CD, Python: Django, Flask, aiohttp, Bash, Data: PostgreSQL, Redis, Monitoring: Datadog and Sentry, IaC: Terraform, Packer

Benefits

Fundamentals:

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Disability / Life Insurance 
• High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (HSA) option
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Access to coaches and therapists through Modern Health's platform
• Generous Time Off 
• Company-wide Collective Pause Days 

Family Support:

• Parental Leave Policy 
• Family Forming Benefit through Carrot
• Family Assistance Benefit through UrbanSitter

Professional Development:

• Professional Development Stipend

Financial Wellness:

• 401k
• Financial Planning Benefit through Origin

But wait there’s more…! 

• Annual Wellness Stipend to use on items that promote your overall well being 
• New Hire Stipend to help cover work-from-home setup costs
• ModSquad Community: Virtual events like active ERGs, holiday themed activities, team-building events and more
• Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement

Who are Tide:

At Tide, we’re on a mission to save businesses time and money. We’re the leading provider of UK SME business accounts and one of the fastest-growing FinTechs in the UK. Using the latest tech, we design solutions with SMEs in mind and our member-driven financial platform is transforming the business banking market. Not only do we offer our members business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of highly connected admin tools for businesses. 

Tide is about doing what you love. We’re looking for someone tojoin us on our exciting scale up journey and be a part of something special. We want passionate Tideans to drive innovation and help build a best-in-class platform to support our members. You will be comfortable in ambiguous situations and will be able to navigate the evolving FinTech environment. Imagine shaping how millions of Tide members discover and engage with business banking platforms and building this on a global scale. 

We’re the UK’s leading provider of smart current accounts for sole traders and small companies. We’re also on a mission to save business owners time and money on their banking and finance admin so they can get back to doing what they love - for too long, these customers have been under-served by the big banks.

Funding Options joined the Tide family in early 2023 to lead their Partner Credit Services offering. Through their panel of 120 leading lender partners, Funding Options supports UK SMEs to get the right finance in place so they can trade, plan and grow with confidence. Through their multi award-winning platform, Funding Cloud, they can effectively match customers to the right lender and finance product that best suits their needs in minutes with funding decisions in as little as 20 seconds, giving every customer a 5 Star experience whether successful or not, through our sheer professionalism and outstanding standard of customer service.

Our offices are in London - UK, Sofia - Bulgaria, Belgrade - Serbia and Hyderabad - India, where our teams are dedicated to our small business members; revolutionising business banking for SMEs. 

We’re scaling at speed with a focus on hiring talented individuals with a growth mindset and ownership mentality, who are able to juggle multiple and sometimes changing priorities. Our values show our commitment to working as one team, working collaboratively to take action and deliver results. Member first, we are passionate about our members and put them first. We are data-driven, we make decisions, creating insight using data.

We’re also one of LinkedIn’s top 10 hottest UK companies to work for.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for an experienced Backend Engineer with excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. 

As an Engineer at Tide, you’ll report directly to the People Manager and Staff Engineer (Functional) and work in a team of highly skilled Engineers.

You’ll work closely with our tech team to ensure system consistency and improve user experience. Ultimately, you should be able to develop and maintain functional and stable web applications to meet both the company’s and our customer’s needs.

We work in an agile fashion, small cross functional squads,  grouped under common domains owning the full lifecycle of some microservices in Tide’s service catalogue.

You’ll bring new ideas, and become an integral part of the process of continuously improving our product.  Outside of working in your squad you will discuss technical challenges, in our differentCommunities of Practice.

Our stack includes - Python, AWS (including Lambda, Fargate, EKS, SQS, SNS, SES and S3), Postgres, Google BigQuery, Terraform and Sentry.

As a Senior Python Engineer you’ll be: 

• Defining, owning and maintaining the services your team owns from our service catalogue that fall in one of our domains (you design it, you build it, you run it, you scale it globally)
• Working with the product team to select technology partners
• Work with backend engineers across multiple agile teams carefully dividing your time between design/refinement, implementation and mentoring other team members
• Regularly aligning your team’s vision and roadmap with the target architecture within your domain and to ensure the success of complex multi domain initiatives 
• Working closely with product owners, mobile & web engineers, data scientist and other business members to translate requirements into well-engineered solutions
• Making key contributions to our Community of Practice. You will apply your extensive experience on our problem domain and existing guidelines to become a true beacon of best practices among your fellow engineers 
• Career progression is as important to us as it is for you, and we, therefore, have put in place a Tide Growth Framework to guide you. With our expanding teams and business, we will encourage you to outgrow your initial responsibilities, if you so desire

What makes you a great fit: 

• Proven work experience as a Python Developer (working with this as a primary language)
• Basic understanding of software engineering fundamentals (SOLID, ACID, Testing)
• Hands-on experience with AWS and frameworks such as: Django, FastAPI and Flask
• Extensive experience integrating with or creating REST APIs
• (Desirable) Experience working with event driven microservice or message queues
• (Desirable) An understanding of Salesforce integrations
• Experience working in Scrum and following Agile development practises
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude
• You’re passionate about learning every day and sharing your knowledge and experience every day
• Genuinely excited about supporting small businesses, in the UK and in global markets

What you’ll get in return: 

Make work, work for you! We are embracing new ways of working and support flexible working arrangements. With our Working Out of Office (WOO) policy our colleagues can work remotely from home or anywhere in their home country. Additionally, you can work from a different country for up to 90 days a year. Plus, you’ll get:

• Competitive salary 
• Self & Family Health Insurance
• Term & Life Insurance
• OPD Benefits
• Mental wellbeing through Plumm
• Learning & Development Budget
• WFH Setup allowance
• 25 Annual leaves
• Family & Friendly Leaves

Tidean Ways of Working 

At Tide, we’re Member First and Data Driven, but above all, we’re One Team. Our Working Out of Office (WOO) policy allows you to work from anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year. We are remote first, but when you do want to meet new people, collaborate with your team or simply hang out with your colleagues, our offices are always available and equipped to the highest standard. We offer flexible working hours and trust our employees to do their work well, at times that suit them and their team.

Tide is a place for everyone

At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status. We believe it’s what makes us awesome at solving problems! We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.

About Life360

Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app and Tile tracking devices empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most with a range of services, including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 66 million monthly active users (MAU) across more than 150 countries.

Life360 delivers peace of mind and enhances everyday family life with seamless coordination for all the moments that matter, big and small. By continuing to innovate and deliver for our customers, we have become a household name and the must-have mobile-based membership for families (and those friends that basically are family). 

Life360 has more than 500 (and growing!) remote-first employees. For more information, please visit life360.com.

Life360 is a Remote First company, which means a remote work environment will be the primary experience for all employees. All positions, unless otherwise specified, can be performed remotely (within the US and Canada) regardless of any specified location above. 

About the Job

We are seeking a talented and experienced Web Engineering Manager to lead our web development teams for life 360 and Tile e-commerce web portal. As the Web Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the design, development, and maintenance of our web platforms, ensuring they are performant, scalable, and user-friendly. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive innovation, deliver high-quality products, and elevate the overall web experience for our users.

For candidates based in the US, the salary range for this position is 180,000 to 255,000 USD. For candidates based out of Canada, the salary range for this position is 190,000 to 245,000 CAD. We take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary- therefore, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and mentor a team of web developers, providing guidance, support, and technical expertise to foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Define and execute the technical roadmap for our web platforms, aligning with business goals and strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions, user stories, and project plans.
• Drive the adoption of best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies to ensure the delivery of high-quality, maintainable code.
• Oversee the implementation of responsive web designs, ensuring compatibility across browsers, devices, and screen sizes.
• Manage the full software development lifecycle, from planning and estimation to development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Continuously monitor and optimize web performance, scalability, and reliability, identifying areas for improvement and implementing solutions to enhance user experience.
• Stay current with emerging technologies, trends, and industry developments, evaluating their potential impact on our web platforms and recommending innovative solutions.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional development within the web engineering team, encouraging knowledge sharing, skill-building, and career growth opportunities.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• At least 2 years in a leadership or management role with at least 6 years of experience in web development. 
• Proven track record of successfully leading and managing high-performing web development teams in fast-paced, agile environments.
• Strong technical proficiency in web technologies, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).
• Experience with backend technologies and frameworks (e.g., Node.js, Django, Ruby on Rails) is a plus.
• Deep understanding of web architecture, design patterns, and best practices for building scalable, performant, and secure web applications.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on driving results, overcoming challenges, and delivering impactful solutions.
• Passion for technology, innovation, and continuous improvement, with a commitment to staying current with emerging trends and advancements in web development.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and make a meaningful impact on the lives of millions of users worldwide.
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment with talented and passionate team members who are dedicated to driving innovation and excellence.
• Competitive compensation package, including salary, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
• Career growth and development opportunities, with access to training programs, mentorship, and leadership coaching.
• Flexible work arrangements, including remote work options and a healthy work-life balance.

If you are a visionary leader with a passion for web development and a drive to make a difference, we want to hear from you! Apply now to join our team and help shape the future of web engineering at Life360.com and Tile.com.

Our Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for US employees). We offer supplemental plans for medical and dental for Canadian employees
• 401(k) plan with company matching program in the US and RRSP with DPSP plan for Canadian employees
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental wellness.
• Flexible PTO and 12 company wide days off throughout the year
• Learning & Development programs
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle

Life360 Values

Our company’s mission driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference 

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. 
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. 
• High Intensity High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done. 

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.  

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.Even if you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!

#LI-Remote

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The team at Sponge has built a global reputation for pushing boundaries on what is possible in the digital learning space.  From international organisations focused on global change to companies whose products you probably use every day, we design learning applications that are effective, engaging and focused on making a difference to the lives of all our learners.  

As a Senior Software Engineer at Sponge, you will be working within a cross-functional agile team of product, engineering and DevOps. While this role will primarily focus on backend development, it’s important to have a firm grasp of the full stack and how things work end-to-end across the applications.  

So, what do our Senior Software Engineers do?  

The role is part of the Product and Engineering team, reporting to the Lead Software Engineer. The software engineers work as part of a team on a number of eLearning applications in the portfolio, with the major one being our learning management platform.  

You will be proactively shaping the engineering roadmap, evolve the way we develop and help take engineering to the next level, with focus on accelerating delivery, grow adoption of best practices, improve quality, and all with an enthusiastic and practical attitude.  

Technologies we work with:  

• Python, using frameworks including Django and FastAPI 
• Postgres , Redis,  
• Sentry, Grafana  
• Docker, Kubernetes  
• Terraform 
• AWS/GCP 
• GitHub 
• Linux (Debian/Alpine preferable)  
• Build pipelines (GitHub Actions)  

We’re looking for people who have experience with:  

• At least 5 years of proven experience as a Python developer  
• Django, Flask or similar frameworks  
• Continuous integration and deployment tools and techniques  
• Designing, planning and leading development on sets of related stories
• Writing clean, testable, maintainable code
• Designing and development of RESTFul APIs
• Performance tuning and optimisation
• Designing and using relational databases to store and query complex data
• Handling large datasets and designing for scalability
• Finding ways to improve system robustness, resilience and stability  

We’re looking for people who can demonstrate:  

• Logical thinking and problem solving  
• Aptitude and keenness to learn new tech and processes  
• Good communication skills (written and verbal) to work as part of a close-knit team  
• Willingness to coach and mentor more junior colleagues  
• Ability to constructively peer review other people’s code  
• Understanding of the importance of security and how to engineer secure systems  
• Ability to understand whole systems and how their various parts fit together  
• User-centric design  

Qualifications needed:  

Minimum of Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field.  

What we will give you:  

Our software engineering teams are crucial to the work we do at Sponge, so what would you get in return for joining them? You would have the opportunity to work for a forward-thinking company focused on success, well-being and career development. The opportunity to work with and learn from a team of exceptionally talented people whist working in a supportive and creative environment.  

Location  - Hybrid and Remote opportunities available for this role.

Our new headquarters is in the Bristol area (The Paintworks) we offer flexible working hours, and there are remote and hybrid options for this position to suit your preferences.

We offer a mix of home and office working because we believe both are necessary for a high performing team. We know you need some time to concentrate and avoid constant commuting, so homeworking is essential and we are happy to tailor this to suit the individual offering hybrid or remote working options.

We currently have main offices in the UK in Bristol  and in Europe in Berlin and Brussels.

Be you, with us!  

At Sponge, we are all different. And that’s what makes us great! We hire talented people with different and diverse backgrounds, stories, and perspectives not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger.   

We are actively working and committed to increasing diversity in our teams and management positions. It’s our ambition to create an inclusive environment where we can all be ourselves together.   

What’s next?  

If this sounds like you, then you’re on your way to joining a forward-thinking industry leader and a team of like-minded, exceptionally talented people. Simply send us your CV, and we will be in touch.  

We can’t wait to hear from you!  

The role…

As a Software Engineer at Sponge, you will work collaboratively with clients and stakeholders within the business to create Learning solutions that will achieve outstanding results for clients. You will create rich user Interfaces for web applications using Vue.js and you'll build backend systems and Integrations using Python. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a smart & supportive team to solve difficult but interesting tasks.

Stack…Python 3, Django, Typescript, Vue.js, Node

Who we are…

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join us (a world leading, digital learning provider) in designing and delivering training solutions for global brands across multiple sectors and industries including pharmaceutical, technology, finance, retail, manufacturing and professional services. Our exciting client list includes some of the worlds’ largest brands – AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola, Tesco, and Royal Mail, to name but a few.  With a strong financial backing, we’re focused on leading the pack in Learning & Development, bringing together a heritage of creativity and technology, and applying the latest thinking in learning science to deliver truly effective digital learning. 

Job titles can be an enigma these days, so let’s break it down a little!

 The ideal candidate will have:  

• a minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Software Engineer, delivering high-quality software solutions
• contributed to a variety of software solutions using different technologies
• a good understanding of highly available, scalable systems
• embrace the importance of producing well-tested software

We need people who will:

• You are passionate about developing software that enables millions of learners across the globe to access quality training to develop their skills
• You are quick to learn and actively seek opportunities to develop your technical and problem-solving skills
• You have a passion for modern technologies and best practices
• You have a desire to deliver quality and excellence
• You are a motivated team player and love to work collaboratively to solve complex problems
• You are open to giving and receiving feedback and love to contribute to the continued Improvement and success of the business

What we can offer you……

• A competitive salary – our priority is to find the right person 
• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home some of the week 
• Pension 
• Income protection and life assurance  
• 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays 
• Your birthday off 
• A fabulous health cash plan 

Location – Hybrid Bristol

Our headquarters are in the Bristol area (The Paintworks). We offer a mix of home and office working because we believe both are necessary for a high performing team. We know you need some time to concentrate and avoid constant commuting, so homeworking is essential, but we also feel face-to-face time is important too.

We work in a Hybrid way with ideally 2/3 days per week in the office and the rest of the week worked remotely. We offer flexible working options also to help find the right work-life balance for you.

Be you, with us!

At Sponge, we are all different. And that’s what makes us great! We hire talented people with different and diverse backgrounds, stories, and perspectives not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger.

We are actively working and committed to increasing diversity in our teams and management positions. It’s our ambition to create an inclusive environment where we can allbe ourselves together.

What’s next?

If this sounds like you, then you’re on your way to joining a forward-thinking industry leader and a team of like-minded, exceptionally talented people. Simply send us your CV, and we will be in touch.

We can’t wait to hear from you! 

The team at Sponge has built a global reputation for pushing boundaries on what is possible in the digital learning space.  From international organisations focused on global change to companies whose products you probably use every day, we design learning applications that are effective, engaging and focused on making a difference to the lives of all our learners.  

As a Lead Software Engineer at Sponge, you will be working within a cross-functional agile team of product, engineering and DevOps. While this role will primarily focus on backend development, it’s important to have a firm grasp of the full stack and how things work end-to-end across the applications.  

So, what do our Lead software engineers do?  

The role is part of the Product and Engineering team, reporting to the Head of Technology. The software engineers work as part of a team on a number of eLearning applications in the portfolio, with the major one being our learning management platform.  

You will be proactively shaping the engineering roadmap, evolve the way we develop and help take engineering to the next level, with focus on accelerating delivery, grow adoption of best practices, improve quality, and all with an enthusiastic and practical attitude. 

Technologies we work with:  

• Python, using frameworks including Django and FastAPI 
• Postgres , Redis,  
• Sentry, Grafana  
• Docker, Kubernetes  
• Terraform 
• AWS/GCP 
• GitHub 
• Linux (Debian/Alpine preferable)  
• Build pipelines (GitHub Actions)  

We’re looking for people who have experience with:  

• At least 5 years of proven experience as a Python developer  
• Django, Flask or similar frameworks  
• Continuous integration and deployment tools and techniques  
• Designing, planning and leading development on sets of related stories
• Writing clean, testable, maintainable code
• Designing and development of RESTFul APIs
• Performance tuning and optimisation
• Designing and using relational databases to store and query complex data
• Handling large datasets and designing for scalability
• Finding ways to improve system robustness, resilience and stability  

We’re looking for people who can demonstrate:  

• Logical thinking and problem solving  
• Aptitude and keenness to learn new tech and processes  
• Good communication skills (written and verbal) to work as part of a close-knit team  
• Willingness to coach and mentor more junior colleagues  
• Ability to constructively peer review other people’s code  
• Understanding of the importance of security and how to engineer secure systems  
• Ability to understand whole systems and how their various parts fit together  
• User-centric design  

Qualifications needed:  

Minimum of Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field.  

Location  - Hybrid and Remote opportunities available for this role.

Our new headquarters is in the Bristol area (The Paintworks) we offer flexible working hours, and there are remote and hybrid options for this position to suit your preferences.

We offer a mix of home and office working because we believe both are necessary for a high performing team. We know you need some time to concentrate and avoid constant commuting, so homeworking is essential and we are happy to tailor this to suit the individual offering hybrid or remote working options.

We currently have main offices in the UK in Bristol  and in Europe in Berlin and Brussels.

What we will give you:  

Our software engineering teams are crucial to the work we do at Sponge, so what would you get in return for joining them? You would have the opportunity to work for a forward-thinking company focused on success, well-being and career development. The opportunity to work with and learn from a team of exceptionally talented people whist working in a supportive and creative environment.  

Be you, with us!  

At Sponge, we are all different. And that’s what makes us great! We hire talented people with different and diverse backgrounds, stories, and perspectives not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger.   

We are actively working and committed to increasing diversity in our teams and management positions. It’s our ambition to create an inclusive environment where we can all be ourselves together.   

What’s next?  

If this sounds like you, then you’re on your way to joining a forward-thinking industry leader and a team of like-minded, exceptionally talented people. Simply send us your CV, and we will be in touch.  

We can’t wait to hear from you!  

About OffSec

Founded in 2007 by the creators of Kali Linux, OffSec (formerly known as Offensive Security) is the leading provider of continuous professional and workforce development, training, and education for cybersecurity practitioners. OffSec’s distinct pedagogy and practical, hands-on learning help organizations fill the infosec talent gap by training their teams on today’s most critical skills.

Become a part of our global presence and work from anywhere.With team members in over 40 countries, we believe in inspiring people of all backgrounds and communities. The OffSec team is composed of diverse, internationally published authors, conference speakers, and seasoned information technology professionals from both the private sector and governments worldwide.

Excited about our mission and what we do? Apply and join us!

Job Purpose

The Software Engineer will join the software development team in designing and implementing the development of our consumer-facing, high-traffic, e-commerce web platform.  We are looking for front end, back end, and fullstack developers from junior to mid-level.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops software solutions by identifying user and system requirements for anew customer-facing, high-traffic, e-commerce web platform
• Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.
• Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.
• Proposes and enforces best practices for software development lifecycle
• Proposes coding standards and guidelines for the team to follow and enforce them through code review process
• Supports and develops software engineers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
• Collaborates with team to brainstorm and creates new ideas and solutions
• Designs the new web platform where security is part of the design consideration from the start
• Ensures that the platform is designed and coded so ongoing deployment, support and maintenance can be streamlined, following the CI/CD process 
• Performs technical analysis to support the effective and efficient development efforts
• Writes code for key modules of the platform
• Designs testing methodology including automated unit testing of the platform modules; able to do some testing if/when needed
• Communicates on project/task status clearly and effectively with the management team, development team, and project managers
• Moves fast, bias towards action, follows the cycle of coding, iterating, testing, deploying and optimizing websites
• Other duties as needed

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years of programming experience, including REST API, Python, Django, and VueJS experience.
• Excellent MySQL, Postgresql and ElasticSearch skills with hands-on experience
• Hands-on experience of designing and architecting high traffic consumer e-commerce websites 
• Experience with CICD tools, Git, Jira
• Web application security (OWASP) 
• Experience working with queuing tools (e.g. RabbitMQ)
• Experience working with large remote team
• Hands on experience with agile development process
• Hands on experience of having worked on a large scale e-commerce platform
• Hands on experience with AWS web services
• Experience with CSS, Javascript and HTML
• Strong attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills
• Broad website/software/application development skills
• DevOps skills are highly preferred 

Working Conditions

• This position is remote and must be located in Philippines.
• This position requires accessibility to Offensive Security systems and interfaces, and adherence to all security protocols and policies.

Direct Reports

This position has no direct reports.

EEO

OffSec provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The Role

The benefit of working at a start-up is that you'll be given lots of responsibility and the opportunity to have true ownership as we build out our products. This is a unique opportunity to use your coding powers to make a direct impact in people's lives. We need a full-stack engineer to join our platform team, someone who can pick up and understand complex technical areas quickly, is enthusiastic about building new products, and can develop scalable systems in a maturing service-oriented architecture. We are hiring across Tech to: 

• Create best-in-class member experiences, anchored on sustainable care products that blend innovative cost-effective care modalities, drive positive outcomes, and meaningful engagement
• Offer enterprise capabilities required to fundamentally change the future of mental health care delivery, and ensure Modern Health drives positive outcomes at scale and across the globe
• Empower our engineers to deliver software that is high-quality, secure, and scalable

This position is not eligible to be performed in Hawaii.

What You’ll Do

• Full stack web application development with a focus on platform & engineering enablement
• Define strategy for code/app performance, develop guidelines & best practices for the rest of the engineering organization
• Evolve our testing (unit, integration, end to end) and work with other teams to adopt standards
• Champion code quality, with an eye out for tracing, instrumentation, and metrics 
• Implement web and mobile user experiences using React & React Native
• Build and maintain GraphQL APIs powered by Python services (Django, Flask) 
• Engineer efficient and reusable systems that drive complex web and mobile applications 
• Maintain HIPAA and GDPR compliance and general security through best practice implementation 
• Tackle tough design and product problems 
• Work collaboratively with across teams & functional areas to deliver delightful user experiences 
• Write and maintain technical documentation, unit tests, and integration tests 
• Be a thought leader

Our Stack

• React, React Native, Typescript, Redux, Webpack
• GraphQL, REST
• Python, Django, Flask, aiohttp 
• PostgreSQL, Redis 
• Docker
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) including ECS, RDS, Cloudfront, etc.

Who You Are

• 5+ years of relevant software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages 
• At least 2+ years of production experience in full stack web development including working with React, Javascript, Typescript, and Python
• At least 2+ years of production experience in Python strongly preferred
• Experience building and maintaining GraphQL and/or REST APIs
• Experience with scaling relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) and writing performant queries 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Ability to work effectively with and mentor a distributed development team
• Passion for building something to improve the lives of others
• Experience leading and architecting large-scale projects as a technical thought leader

Bonus Points

• Working with AWS or other cloud platforms
• Working at a high growth startup 
• Working on SaaS software 
• Working in Health Tech or HR

Benefits

Fundamentals:

• Medical / Dental / Vision / Disability / Life Insurance 
• High Deductible Health Plan with Health Savings Account (HSA) option
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Access to coaches and therapists through Modern Health's platform
• Generous Time Off 
• Company-wide Collective Pause Days 

Family Support:

• Parental Leave Policy 
• Family Forming Benefit through Carrot
• Family Assistance Benefit through UrbanSitter

Professional Development:

• Professional Development Stipend

Financial Wellness:

• 401k
• Financial Planning Benefit through Origin

But wait there’s more…! 

• Annual Wellness Stipend to use on items that promote your overall well being 
• New Hire Stipend to help cover work-from-home setup costs
• ModSquad Community: Virtual events like active ERGs, holiday themed activities, team-building events and more
• Monthly Cell Phone Reimbursement