Senior Developer - Active Response

Job Description

At Arctic Wolf, we're 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. We’re 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 CRN’s Products of the Year award in the inaugural Security Operations Platform category. Join a company that’s not only leading, but also shaping, the future of security operations.

Job Description

Senior Developer

A Python and Golang Developer has a clear history of successful contribution to professional software development projects. They are driven, curious, and results oriented. They are able to manage competing priorities as they relate to building, improving, and maintaining existing 3rd-party integrations and constantly challenge the status quo. With additional experience and exposure to software development patterns and projects, they are capable of becoming a Principal within 2 years.

Basic Qualifications

5 or more years of professional experience as a Software Developer in an Agile environment

Experience consists of contributing to projects in either Python or Golang

Experience consists of leading a team of 3 or more Software Developers while contributing code independently

Experience consists of directly impacting the architecture and design of large scale, distributed systems

Experience leading Agile development teams, preferably with formal Agile training

A clear history of learning and skills development. Regularly helps software developers develop their skills in a variety of ways.

Nice to have: M.Sc. in Computer Science

Nice to have: A clear history of technical influence (public conference talks, papers, etc)

About The Role

You’ll be working as a software developer on one of our Cloud Teams, responsible for ensuring availability of our 3rd party integrations and presenting actionable data to our Security Services teams.

Some Of Your Day-to-day Responsibilities Will Be:

• Developing and maintaining Python and Golang-based applications, software, and systems.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and design software solutions.
• Writing clean, efficient, and reusable code in Python and Golang.
• Conducting code reviews and providing constructive feedback to ensure code quality and maintainability.
• Debugging and fixing issues in existing Python codebases.
• Optimizing application performance and ensuring scalability.
• Participate in the full software development life cycle, building well-designed, testable, efficient, secure code.
• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system; document and maintain software functionality.
• Understand the product and how Security Services delivers the service.
• Develop professional expertise, apply company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues. Determine a course of action based on guidelines, and modify processes and methods as required.
• Continuously learning and adopting best practices for code quality, software development methodologies, and programming principles to enhance coding skills and stay updated with industry advancements.
  
  

We value a culture of sharing, so every team has the opportunity to share their work with the entire department during our monthly 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

You’re a talented software developer who loves building things and cares deeply about code quality and reliability while optimizing performance. You enjoy coordinating with distributed cross-functional teams. You are constantly adapting to emerging technologies, trends, and best practices. You will build productive internal/external working relationships to resolve mutual problems through collaboration, with a focus on providing standard professional advice and creating initial reports/analyses for review by experienced team professionals.

Here are some of the core technologies we use and teach across our Integrations teams:

• Python
• Go
• AWS
• HTTP
• REST
• Git
• Jira
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Syslog
• Pub/Sub Messaging
• Databricks
  
  

You are not required to be an expert in any of these, but you should be excited by the opportunity to learn new things and comfortable with coming up to speed quickly. Any experience with full-stack development frameworks and practices is relevant and transferrable. You’ll receive all the security training you need during our onboarding process and through additional training on the job.

About The Company

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 7,000 customers worldwide and more than 2,000 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 that—by protecting people’s 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. 

Why Arctic Wolf?

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, colour, 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 entire employee experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as 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

recruiting@arcticwolf.com. 

On-Camera Policy

To support a fair, transparent, and engaging interview experience, candidates interviewing remotely are expected to be on camera during all video interviews.

Being on camera fosters authentic connection, improves communication, and allows for full engagement from both candidates and interviewers.

We understand that technical, bandwidth, or location-related challenges may occasionally prevent video use. If this applies, candidates are required to notify us in advance so we can explore appropriate accommodations.

Security Requirements

Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN’s Information Security policies, standards, processes, and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).

Background checks are required for this position.

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). Please note that, if applicable, an offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these laws and regulations