Consulting Software Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Belfast; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in cloud security is seeking a Consultant Software Engineer to join their Product and Engineering team. This role focuses on designing secure solutions and leading technological initiatives that enhance customer success. The ideal candidate will have expertise in architecture design, cloud security, and leadership within engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Significant expertise in Rapid7’s business and use cases.
• Deep understanding of the entire Rapid7 platform architecture.
• Ability to lead discussions on technological directions.

Responsibilities

• Design adaptable architectures supporting multiple futures.
• Lead architecture of new product lines from inception to delivery.
• Contribute to multi-year technology strategies.

Skills

Architecture Design

Cloud Security

Leadership

Java

Python

AWS

Go

Job description

The Consultant Software Engineer is a part of our Product and Engineering team who are at the forefront of keeping our customers safe from attacks and breaches. In this role, you will be focused on helping our customers seamlessly manage their security solutions effectively and efficiently, ensuring our products deliver a secure experience. You will work on a high-impact, cross-functional team creating end-to-end security solutions that drive customer success.

About the team:

Our Product and Engineering team works with award-winning products to create a unified experience for customers to assess risk, detect threats, and automate security programs across over 10,000 organizations. These teams leverage best-in-class technology, cutting-edge research, and broad expertise to develop new features and enhance existing ones, creating value worldwide.

At Rapid7, we believe in our responsibility to contribute daily to a safer digital world for our customers and the security community. Our global engineering teams are dedicated to building industry-leading products across vulnerability management, detection, automation, cloud security, and penetration testing, utilizing technologies like Java, Python, AWS, and Go.

InsightCloudSec is Rapid7’s leading Cloud Security solution, offering tools to secure cloud platforms comprehensively. It helps identify and remediate cloud misconfigurations and risks in areas such as CSPM, IAM risk, IaC scanning, and container vulnerability scanning.

The role can be viewed from three perspectives: the technical skills required, leadership responsibilities, and the impact on architecture, capabilities, and the business.

Skills:

• Demonstrate significant expertise in Rapid7’s business and use cases, designing architectures that support them.
• Create adaptable architectures supporting multiple potential futures.
• Anticipate technological changes and keep Rapid7 ahead of the curve.
• Deep understanding of the entire Rapid7 platform architecture, with the ability to scale and ensure reliability.

Leadership:

• Lead discussions on technological directions, build consensus, and inspire engineers.
• Serve as a role model and mentor within the engineering organization.
• Identify strategic initiatives and develop strategies for their implementation.
• Promote a culture of good design, openness to new ideas, and innovation.
• Align technical and organizational goals with senior management.

Impact:

• Act as an architect across multiple product lines focusing on cloud capabilities.
• Lead architecture of new product lines and major capabilities from inception to delivery.
• Contribute to multi-year technology strategies for critical business areas involving multiple systems and teams.

We value diverse teams and ideas. If you’re excited about this role and believe your experience can make an impact, we encourage you to apply today.