Software Team Leader- Platform Group

Salt Security is the world’s leader in API security. As we continue to scale, our ambition is to cater to enterprise-grade markets, ensuring that our platform not only meets but exceeds the expectations of large-scale businesses. We are on the lookout for a seasoned Product Manager with extensive experience to drive this vision.

About us

APIs are a foundational element of innovation in today’s app-driven world. From banks, travel, entertainment, retail, and transportation to IoT, autonomous vehicles, and smart cities, every web and mobile app depends on APIs. Without secure APIs, rapid innovation would be impossible. Salt Security is the only patented solution to identify and prevent the top threat of API attacks using big data and AI.

At Salt, we’re passionate about what we do. We work as a team and embrace new ideas, wherever they come from. We also enjoy all the benefits of a startup environment.

Feel you’re up for the challenge? We encourage you to apply!

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Team Leader to spearhead our Platform Engineering team. You will face exciting engineering challenges, including scaling our platform to meet growing user demand, ensuring high reliability and availability, and upholding top-tier security standards. Success in this role requires staying ahead of rapid technological advancements, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and efficiently allocating resources.

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Who are you?

• 6+ years of software engineering experience (3+ years in Scala/Java/Go)
• 3+ years of experience leading an engineering team (5+ Engineers)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent), or relevant employment background
• Experienced in designing, developing, and debugging complex, distributed systems (microservices, event-driven)
• Experience with developing large-scale, data-oriented applications with high rates and volume
• Passion for writing clean, extensible, and robust code

Preferred (but not mandatory) experience:

• Hands-on experience with Kafka and the various technologies in its ecosystem (Kafka streams, Kafka connect, etc.) or similar technology - A big advantage
• No-SQL columnar databases
• Building Microservices in AWS
• Previous experience with frontend development ( React )