Senior Software Security Architect

Senior Software Security Architect

Responsibilities

●       Architect, design and implement security features for the Lightbits complete data platform, a complex high performance system that runs on premises and in multiple clouds.

●       Educate and mentor fellow engineers in the finer points of designing and implementing well-crafted secure software and cloud services.

●       Write high quality, secure, high-performance software in a variety of programming languages including but not limited to golang, C, C++, Python, and rust.

Desired Skills and Experience

●       Excellent knowledge and experience in building secure software. Familiarity with common exploits and their mitigation. Offensive capabilities are an advantage. Experience with fuzzing is an advantage. Background in practical cryptography is an advantage.

●       Deep familiarity with Linux systems is required; storage and networking experience is an advantage.

●       Excellent knowledge and experience in multiple programming languages. You should have a very good grasp and experience building real systems with at least one of C/C++/Go/Python/rust. Go and Python experience is an advantage.

●       Ability to work independently and push through to completion. We value getting things done.

●       5+ years of experience as a senior software security engineer and/or software security architect.

●       A bachelor’s degree from a leading university in computer science or software engineering with an average grade of 80 and above is desired but we’ll consider commensurate experience instead.