Senior Software Engineer

Divvy Cloud Corp.; Belfast; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative cybersecurity leader is on the lookout for a passionate Senior Software Engineer to join their Detection and Response team in Belfast. This exciting role focuses on enhancing their SIEM and XDR solution, InsightIDR, by influencing product design and architecture. You will work with a dynamic stack including Java, AWS, and Terraform, while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across teams. If you are driven by a mission to create a more secure world and have a passion for software development, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software development with recent Java experience.
• Experience in cloud architecture and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing production code in a continuous deployment environment.
• Collaborating across teams for integration points and features.

Skills

Java

GitHub

Maven

Cloud Architecture

Team-oriented Problem-solving

Mentoring

Software Quality Ownership

Empathy for Users

Tools

AWS

Spring/SpringBoot

Terraform

ElasticSearch

Redis

MySQL

PostgreSQL RDS

Job description

Rapid7 is seeking a curious, collaborative, and passionate Senior Software Engineer to join our growing Detection and Response (D&R) team in Belfast, focusing on our SIEM and XDR solution - InsightIDR. This role will influence the design and architecture of our products and involve mentoring junior staff.

About the Team

Our team is driven by the mission: “What more can we do to help all of us live in a more secure world?” We developed InsightIDR to detect attacks or compromises in customer environments, processing millions of events per second across networks, systems, and accounts.

Our system enriches these events with contextual data, sending them to our search engine and detection suites that alert customers to potential threats.

Our stack, described with Terraform, runs in AWS, primarily coded in Java, and utilizes technologies like SNS/SQS, S3, ElasticSearch, Redis, MySQL, and PostgreSQL RDS.

About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work on data pipelines and backend APIs.

Responsibilities include:

1. Designing, implementing, releasing, and monitoring production code at scale in a continuous deployment environment.
2. Collaborating across teams to design integration points and features.
3. Contributing to architectural and API design decisions.
4. Mentoring junior engineers in software development careers.

Required skills:

• Passion for software development.
• Experience with tools like GitHub and Maven.
• Team-oriented problem-solving skills.
• Interest or experience mentoring engineers.
• Experience defining contracts for multi-team software projects.
• Cloud architecture experience.
• Ownership and responsibility for software quality.
• Empathy for users and our mission.
• 5+ years in software development, with recent Java experience.

Preferred qualifications:

• Interest or experience in security.
• Experience with Spring/SpringBoot.
• Experience with AWS services.
• Collaborative mindset with cross-team engagement.

If you’re excited about this opportunity and believe your experience can make an impact, we encourage you to apply.

About Rapid7

Rapid7 (NASDAQ: RPD) helps organizations worldwide protect what matters most, enabling innovation in a connected world. Our solutions simplify security complexities, helping reduce vulnerabilities and respond to threats effectively. With over 10,000 customers in 140+ countries, Rapid7 is a cybersecurity leader recognized for its technology and culture.