Software Engineer II

As a Software Engineer II, you will take ownership of the development of new features for your team, working with cutting edge technologies and owning this process end to end. You will bring a customer centric approach with a curiosity and passion for continuous learning. You will be provided with coaching and support to help you further develop your skills to reach your full potential.

**About the Team
Our Product and Engineering team works with our award-winning products to help us create a single experience to help customers assess risk, detect threats and automate their security programs at over 10,000 organizations. These teams use best-in-class technology, leading-edge research, and broad, strategic expertise to develop new products and features, and enhance existing features, in order to create value for customers across the world.

The stakes for creating a safer digital world are greater than ever. At Rapid7 we believe it’s our responsibility to show up every day and give our best for our customers and the entire security community. Our global engineering teams are at the centre of this mission and are dedicated to building a complete suite of industry-leading products which provide a cohesive platform for our customers. Our range of solutions spans vulnerability management, detection, automation, cloud security, and penetration testing; in order to build these products our teams work with an array of technologies including Java, Python, AWS and Go, just to name a few.

Join our engineering team to help us build and innovate great products on our Insight platform using the latest technologies to make the world a safer digital space.

**About the Role

We are looking for a passionate Software Engineer II to join our InsightAppSec engine team. This person should bring deep curiosity about all areas of technology as well as specific expertise in C#, C++, .Net Core, cloud technologies, automation, distributed systems, and efficient, beautifully designed code. This individual will play a foundational role in architecting and developing new innovative features on our Scan Engine, as well as guiding and mentoring more junior developers.

In this role, you will:

• Build, maintain, and release our well architected services by writing correct and clean code consistently and following best practices and conventions.
• Participate in the design and planning of upcoming features. Our Engineers are first class stakeholders in all parts of the development process.
• Partner with internal teams, such as UX and Product Management, who work deeply with our product to ensure we are understanding our customers needs.
• Work towards developing a deep understanding of our products in order to best support our customers.
• Work with Practice specific technologies.

The skills you’ll bring include:

• 3+ years of experience as a software developer.

• Hands-on experience with multi-threaded web applications.

• An understanding of one or more languages preferably C# with a good knowledge of C++.

• An understanding of Web Application development technologies such as .NET Core and ASP.NET.

• A strong understanding of REST and API design principles.

• A solid understanding of network protocols.

• Desirable to have some system-level experience with Windows.

• Some experience of Linux, Docker and Cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Kubernetes) highly beneficial.

• Self-motivated, collaborative, high-energy and a customer centric work ethic.

• Have a solid understanding of development practices such as DDD and TDD.

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect 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 is creating a more secure digital future for all by helping organizations strengthen their security programs in the face of accelerating digital transformation. Our portfolio of best-in-class solutions empowers security professionals to manage risk and eliminate threats across the entire threat landscape from apps to the cloud to traditional infrastructure to the dark web. We foster open source communities and cutting-edge research–using these insights to optimize our products and arm the global security community with the latest in attacker methods. Trusted by more than 10,000 customers worldwide, our industry-leading solutions and services help businesses stay ahead of attackers, ahead of the competition, and future-ready for what’s next.

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