Lead Software Engineer Threat Platform

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About AppOmni

AppOmni a leader in SaaS Security helps customers achieve secure productivity with their applications. Security teams and owners can quickly detect and mitigate threats using unmatched depth of protection continuous monitoring and comprehensive visibility. Trusted by over 25% of the Fortune 100 AppOmni specializes in securing diverse SaaS environments.

About the Role

AppOmni is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join our Threat Platform this role you will be a technical leader responsible for designing and building high-throughput data pipelines in Python and Go driving architectural decisions and mentoring other engineers. You will have a broad business impact by developing and scaling our SaaS security platform helping customers identify prioritize and respond to threats in real time.

Our Mission

We aim to lead in SaaS security by delivering innovative Threat Detection and Response solutions that empower customers to protect their environments with confidence. You will play a key part in fulfilling this mission by architecting robust petabyte-scale systems and guiding cross-functional collaboration to ensure high-impact feature delivery.

What Youll Do:

1. Architect & Implement High-Throughput Data Pipelines

• Design and build scalable cloud-native data pipelines leveraging Go / Golang.
• Integrate and optimize streaming technologies (e.g. Kafka PubSub Pulsar) and analytics engines (e.g. ClickHouse Trino Spark) to ingest and process petabytes of data daily.
• Ensure solutions meet high-performance and low-latency requirements for enterprise SaaS environments.

• Drive technical direction for the Threat Platform team providing guidance on system design coding practices and tooling.
• Collaborate with other senior engineers architects and stakeholders to define architecture that balances current needs with future scalability.

• Lead the end-to-end execution of complex projects that involve multiple teams from initial scoping to delivery and post-launch support.
• Partner with Product Management Security Research and Data Science teams to align technical solutions with business goals and customer needs.

• Serve as a go-to resource for technical questions reviews and best practices.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid-level engineers fostering a culture of ownership continuous learning and collaboration.

• Champion engineering excellence by promoting test-driven development (TDD) code reviews and proactive monitoring.
• Advocate for reliability observability and scalability at every stage of the development lifecycle.

• Identify and address technical debt proposing innovative improvements to current features codebase and team practices.
• Stay informed of industry trends and new technologies; evaluate and recommend tools or processes that boost team productivity and product performance.

What Were Looking For:

• 8 years of professional software engineering experience including hands-on development in Python or Go (experience in both is ideal).
• Proven track record in designing and architecting large-scale petabyte-scale data pipelines or similar distributed systems.
• Experience with streaming platforms (e.g. Kafka Pub/Sub Pulsar) and analytics engines (e.g. ClickHouse Trino Spark) to enable low-latency querying and high-volume data ingestion.
• Cloud-native development proficiency (e.g. containerization CI/CD pipelines microservices observability tools).
• Strong understanding of SaaS security operations or detection engineering is a plus (though not required).
• Demonstrated ability to mentor peers review code with a keen eye for quality and influence engineering best practices across an organization.
• Excellent communication skillscapable of explaining technical concepts to diverse audiences and driving consensus.
• Comfortable in agile or agile-esque environments focused on rapid iteration feedback and continuous improvement.

What Success Looks Like:

• You consistently deliver high-impact features on time simplifying complex problems into maintainable scalable solutions.
• You elevate the technical skillset of the teamfacilitating mentorship driving adoption of best practices and proactively addressing gaps.
• You influence cross-functional stakeholders aligning technical decisions with product goals and customer needs.
• You champion reliability and performance by ensuring the teams solutions are well-tested observable and easily maintainable.

Were seeking Engineers who are:

• Excellent communicators you can clearly explain both technical and non-technical concepts.
• Quality-focused you take pride in writing well-tested code and are confident testing your own work.
• Creative problem solvers you enjoy finding innovative solutions to complex problems using data from multiple sources.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or equivalent industry experience.

Culture

Our flexible remote-first team is collaborative and supportive as we move quickly to research and develop new ideas deliver new features to our customers and iterate on ideas and innovations. We accomplish this by focusing on our five core values: Trust Transparency Quality Customer Focus and Delivery. Our team is determined to make a difference to positively impact our way of life by securing the technology that is changing the world.

AppOmni is proud to be Certified by Great Place to Work as we seek to build a culture where all employees feel appreciated and supported especially with clear and honest leadership employee recognition and an environment that fosters innovation and collaboration.

We believe diversity fuels innovation and drives growth by bringing a wealth of different perspectives and skills. Were committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every employee feels valued heard and empowered to reach their full potential. Join us in building a workplace where we can all thrive.

& Benefits

AppOmni is committed to supporting our employees financial professional and personal well-being. To do this we take a holistic view of compensation one that values not just the immediate financial package but also the long-term growth of both our employees and our company. Were committed to pay equity and transparency and encourage all candidates to discuss their salary expectations with us early in the application process.

Our total rewards package includes the following:

• Base Salary: The annual base salary compensation range in the U.S. for this role is $190000 - 210000. Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as the final candidates skills qualifications and experience as well as business considerations and peer compensation.
• Stock Options: Our vision is to not just grow as a company but to grow together. By offering stock options we are inviting you to be an integral part of our journey forward.
• Benefits: The many benefits of employment with AppOmni include working remotely new hire home office / computer equipment stipend generous paid time off paid company holidays paid floating holidays paid parental leave paid sick time and paid family leave for applicable states health insurance - medical dental and vision with HSA option LifeWorks Employee Assistance Program company-provided life insurance AD&D STD/LTD and additional supplemental life insurance options 401(k) and Roth retirement saving accounts and a monthly wellness benefit reimbursement. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and plan details.

The application window is anticipated to close on March 1st 2024

AppOmni is an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race color creed national origin ancestry citizenship status sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age religion disability pregnancy marital status veteran status medical condition genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. AppOmni is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us at