Lead Developer - MacOS

At Arctic Wolf were redefining the cybersecurity landscape. With our employee Pack members spread out globally committed to setting new industry standards. Our accomplishments speak for themselves from our recognition in the Forbes Cloud 100 CNBC Disruptor 50 Fortune Future 50 and Fortune Cyber 60 to winning the 2024 CRN Products of the Year award. Were proud to be named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services and earning a Customers Choice distinction from Gartner Peer Insights. Our Aurora Platform also received CRNs Products of the Year award in the inaugural Security Operations Platform category. Join a company thats not only leading but also shaping the future of security operations.

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. Were looking for a Lead Developer to be part of making this/that happen.

About the Role

Youll be working as a Lead Developer on our Endpoint Agent team responsible for delivering the endpoint software for macOS that helps solve the real-world security problems that IT professionals face. We develop the internal tools used by the security services team to keep our customers safe and informed.

As aleaddeveloper you will be working other developers and managers to deliver complex features for our macOS endpoint agent Youll also mentor and coach other developers in your team participate in code reviews design reviews and help maintain a culture of quality and ownership within the team.

Some of your day-to-day responsibilities will be:

Deliver endpoint features that will help keep our customers safe.

Write clear well test code that meets our quality standards.

Participate in on call rotations.

Troubleshoot customer issues working alongside customer facing teams.

Understand and work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.

Exercise judgment in selecting methods evaluating adapting of complex techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

We value a culture of sharing so every team has the opportunity to share their work with the entire department during our regular R&D Demos. Once a year we hold a department-wide Hackathon teaming up across all R&D teams over four days to collaborate and build cool ideas outside the normal project scope. While innovation is the focus some of these ideas do make it into our products.

About You

Youre an experienced software developer who has the ability to perform programming tasks and large engineering projects with independence and expertise. You demonstrate mastery over software development practices and easily develop reusable design patterns.

You have worked closely in a global team of professionals with different cultures and backgrounds to form one unit with a strong sense of purpose. You will learn as you teach making the whole more than the sum.

Here are some of the core technologies we use and teach across our Applications teams. You should have experience in one or more of these or similar technologies:

Experience in Cybersecurity for at least 3 years

Expert level understanding of MacOS Internals and debugging tools. Experience with debugging or solving complex system level issues by using debugging tools such as GDB/LLDB/XCODE is a plus. This role requires good understanding of macOS internals and you should be able to demonstrate your ability to deliver end to end solutions on MacOS based systems

Experience with security analysis threat modelling and vulnerability assessments

Knowledge of network protocols TCP/IP and related security protocols

Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical architectural and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions

Comfort working in an agile software development process

C# 8 years working experience withmacOS

Go/Rust or any system level programming experience

Object-oriented programming skills with data-structures and algorithms

Python/PyTest

AWS

Azure

Git/GitHub/Bitbucket

Jenkins/Bazel

Docker

In addition you have proven leadership experience from previous projects regardless of title held. You have the ability to perform programming tasks and large engineering projects with Independence and expertise. You will be responsible for guiding and mentoring other staff members and will occasionally lead technical projects. You have a high level of mastery over software development best practices and building reusable design patterns.

You have a history of delivering successful projects as well as some lessons learned from failures. Even if you havent worked with all of our specific technologies you bring a diverse knowledge base that you use to help the team solve complex technical problems. Youll receive all the security training you need during our onboarding process and through additional training on the job.

At Arctic Wolf we foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that thrives on diversity of thought background and culture. This is reflected in our multiple awards including Top Workplace USA (2021-2024) Best Places to Work USA (2021-2024) Great Place to Work Canada (2021-2024) Great Place to Work UK (2024) and Kununu Top Company Germany (2024). Our commitment to bold growth and shaping the future of security operations is matched by our dedication to customer satisfaction with over 7000 customers worldwide and more than 2000 channel partners globally. As we continue to expand globally and enhance our technology Arctic Wolf remains the most trusted name in the industry.

Our Values

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate thatby protecting peoples and organizations sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.

We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.

We also believe and practice corporate responsibility and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.

All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages including:

Equity for all employees

Flexible annual leave paid holidays and volunteer days

Training and career development programs

Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical insurance for you and your family life insurance (3x compensation) and personal accident insurance.

Fertility support and paid parental leave

Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex orientation national origin age disability genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal provincial or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming accessible respectful and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such we strive to make our entireemployeeexperience as accessible as possible and provideaccommodationsas required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing

Security Requirements

Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWs Information Security policies standards processes and controls to protect the confidentiality integrity and availability of AW business information assets.

Must pass a criminal background check and an employment verification as a condition of employment.