Backend Software Engineer for Threat Intel (Remote in EU or US East Coast)

At Abusix, we are pioneers in remote work and thought leaders in fighting network abuse and cyber threats on a global scale. We have built an ecosystem that transforms security-related data into actionable information, contributing to a safer online environment.

OUR MISSION is to make the internet a safer place.

OUR VISION is to create a global platform for internet stakeholders to share relevant and actionable security data to solve online security issues as quickly and effectively as possible.

Your Role

As our Backend Software Engineer you work remotely with our engineering team based in the EU and take ownership from day one by working independently while being an effective communicator. With your experience in threat hunting or threat intelligence, you are a key player in building a new data processing and analytics platform for long-term conclusions that help us enrich our event-driven data processing. In this role, you report to the Tech Lead of our Data Services team and work closely with other engineering teams to contribute to the success of our company. By taking responsibility and contributing your own ideas, you bring our products to the next level. 

Your Impact

• Contribute to architectural decisions to implement our new threat intelligence analytics platform.
• Develop both proof-of-concept and production-level technology to provide useful and timely security insights to customers.
• Collaborate with other teams to integrate our data and intelligence services into the landscape of our abuse-handling services.
• Develop (new and existing) high-throughput data processing systems that support our threat intelligence products.
• Improve our existing data-processing systems and internal APIs to gather and classify internet abuse and threat intelligence information.
• Implement new backend systems based on requirements for new functionalities for our latest products.

Your Skills

• Excellent communication skills in English to ensure the seamless flow of information within the remote team. Timely and transparent communication about any obstacles for quick resolutions.
• Tech stack includes Javascript/Typescript and Node.js, as well as relational databases and event processing platforms.
• Very good in writing clean, understandable code in a team environment. Prioritize code quality and maintainability over individual ego.
• Open to give and receive feedback, committed to continuous improvement through collaborative code reviews.
• Worked with Security Analysts or Threat Hunters in the past and understand how to meet their needs in your work.
• Familiar with AWS, Docker and Git Version Control.
• Your core values match ours: ownership, collaboration, innovation, respect, and authenticity.

Our main values

• Ownership - Everybody takes responsibility, accountability, and initiative to ensure the success and well-being of the organization and its goals.
• Collaboration - We help each other to be great because we genuinely believe that we are stronger together as a team. 
• Innovation - We love to challenge the status quo and want our people to be brave and embrace failure in a safe environment.
• Respect - Our daily interactions are guided by respect for each other, our customers, and the environment. This entails treating all individuals fairly, considering their diverse perspectives, and maintaining professionalism in interactions.
• Authenticity - We are genuine, honest, and true to our personalities and values, we have fun at work, and don't take ourselves too seriously to foster trust and transparency.

Your benefits

• Work with the latest technology, in the cloud and with the latest frameworks.
• Share defined projects open source.
• An extremely steep learning curve.
• Impact, responsibility, and participation in an exciting business field.
• Fast-paced high-tech B2B company environment.
• Competitive pay according to your location and meaningful ESOP.
• Flexible remote workplace combined with a budget for home office equipment or co-working space membership contribution.
• Additional benefits based on your location such as medical, dental, vision, and 401k in the US.
• Learning and development budget to help you develop the skills you want and need.
• Flexible working hours and generous PTO policy.
• Awesome team members you can rely on and who support your growth and success in your new role.

Our tech stack

• JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js
• Kafka, Postgres, NSQ, Redis, MongoDB
• Docker, Kubernetes, AWS

Abusix is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and diversity of all kinds is important to us.

Our team focuses on creating an inclusive environment for all people. We welcome people from all different backgrounds and currently employ startup founders, college graduates, students from all over the world, and coding academy graduates.

We are actively and regularly working with the entire team to shape our culture in a conscious way towards our ideal of empowerment, transparency and kindness.

Privacy is a top priority for Abusix. We build it into our products and view it as essential to our business. Please view our candidate privacy policy to understand more about the data we collect and process as part of your application.