Senior Software Engineer (Dev Tooling)

Big Ideas. Real People.

At Orca, in the right environment and with the right team, talent has no boundaries. This team spirit, together with our drive to always aim high, has quickly earned us unicorn status and turned us into a global cloud security innovation leader. So if you’re ready to join an amazing team of people who inspire each other every day, now is the time to find your place in our pod.

We’re looking for driven and talented people like you to join our CTO office and our mission to change the future of cloud security. Ready to dive in and swim with our pod?

Highlights:

High-growth: In just 4 years, we’ve reached milestones that take other companies a decade or more. We’ve doubled our employee count, tripled our customer count, and rapidly expanded our product capabilities.

Disruptive innovation: Our founders saw that traditional security didn’t work for the cloud—so they set out to carve a new path. We’re relentless pioneers who invented agentless technology and continue to be the most comprehensive and innovative cloud security company.

Well-capitalized: With a valuation of $1.8 billion, Orca is a cybersecurity unicorn dominating the cloud security space. We’re backed by an impressive team of investors such as Capital G, ICONIQ, GGV, and SVCI, a syndicate of CISOs who invest their own money after conducting their due diligence.

Respectful and transparent culture: Our executives pride themselves on being accessible to everyone and believe in sharing knowledge with the employees. Each employee has a place in shaping the future of our industry.

About the role:

As a Senior Software Engineer in our Engineering Enablement and Experience Team, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the developer experience within Orca. This role transcends traditional boundaries of software engineering, delving into the sociotechnical realm to enhance our engineering processes and tooling. You will be tasked with understanding and improving the intersection of technology and human collaboration, focusing on delivering tangible improvements to the developer experience.

On a typical day, you’ll:

• Work in the Engineering Enablement & Experience team. We’re a small unit in the CTO office with a combo of senior and junior engineers and an unreasonable drive for excellence.
• Engage deeply with various engineering teams to identify pain points, gather requirements, and understand the nuances of their workflows. This will be done via embedding into the team and working with them on engineering outcomes.
• Lead initiatives to automate and streamline developer onboarding and environment setup.
• Enhance CI/CD, focusing on usability, reliability, and efficiency.
• Proactively participate in new project planning, identifying common challenges, and fostering communication between teams.
• Drive Go and Python-based tool development and integration, leveraging your expertise to improve developer tooling.
• Mentor other developers within the team and across the entire R&D organization both formally and informally.
• Develop and refine comprehensive documentation and testing strategies.

About you:

• You are an expert (5 years minimum) in backend development, preferably Python or Go.
• You have significant experience in cloud infrastructure and developer tooling.
• You have hands-on experience in Terraform, K8s, and Helm. You know enough about it to have opinions on best practices. You are capable of architecting scalable, reliable, and secure cloud-based solutions.
• Experience with non-developer roles related to R&D, such as a background in QA, SRE, SE, or classic DevOps roles, is a big plus for us.
• You want to do hands-on work, and can quickly zoom in and out without getting whiplash. You like your team owning the things you build.
• You want to work on both critical brownfields and innovative greenfields.
• You “get” developers; your experience extends beyond coding skills to encompass a deep understanding of the sociotechnical aspects of engineering work. Team leadership, staff engineering, or architecture experience is a strong indicator of what’s needed for this role.
• You are adept at leading without formal authority, influencing change, and driving improvements across the organization.
• Your strong technical communication skills enable effective collaboration within and across teams.
• You are energetic and enthusiastic, specifically about getting better. You want to get better at getting better.