Senior Software Engineer

Snyk; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Software Engineer, where you'll shape technology and drive impactful infrastructure initiatives. This role emphasizes high-quality code, mentorship, and collaboration with peers to create sustainable solutions. You'll tackle complex technical challenges and support customers while fostering a culture of continuous improvement. If you're passionate about engineering excellence and eager to grow within a dynamic environment, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on scalable systems.
• Proficient in Go, TypeScript, or Python with a commitment to code quality.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-quality solutions with maintainable code.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead technical efforts.

Skills

Software Engineering

Problem Solving

Code Quality

Effective Communication

Mentoring

Agility in Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Go

TypeScript

Python

Job description

Our Opportunity

As a Senior Software Engineer at Snyk you will play a significant role in shaping the technology of Snyk. You will drive consensus with other engineers to build foundational infrastructure at scale, and work with others to ensure it is used broadly and consistently.

You’ll Spend Your Time:

• Analyzing, designing and implementing high-quality solutions to problems with well-tested, maintainable code.
• Building systems with the long-term in mind, focusing on good design, robust testing, and sustainability from the perspective of cost and scale.
• Supporting our customers by resolving bugs and customer support escalations.
• Designing solutions to problems which typically require multiple engineers to implement.
• Demonstrating end-to-end ownership for the delivery of key efforts, and leading peers in the delivery of particularly broad efforts as a technical lead.
• Providing mentorship to more junior engineers, and playing a role in growing the next generation of engineers at Snyk.

What You’ll Need:

• At least 7 years of commercial experience as a Software Engineer.
• Experience in large-scale software systems design, and familiarity with fundamental computer science concepts (algorithms, complexity, data structures).
• Proficiency in at least one of our core programming languages (Go, TypeScript or Python), and a willingness and enthusiasm for learning new languages and technologies.
• Experience in at least one of:
• Building highly reliable, scalable microservice back-ends for web APIs or applications, or other types of large-scale, high reliability systems.
• Building web UIs, CLIs or APIs for use by other engineers.
• Building infrastructure or platform automation, or observability or release tools.
• Demonstrable skill in effective software testing.
• Strong commitment to code quality, and the value of giving and receiving feedback through code reviews.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, and respond with agility when requirements and priorities change.
• Effective communicator both verbally and in writing. Able to work collaboratively, be curious and have a growth mindset.
• Ability to lift the performance of a team through coaching and mentoring of more junior engineers.

We’d be Lucky if You:

• Enjoy working on early stage products; talking with customers to identify, prioritize and solve problems iteratively and build something that they really love.
• Feed off complex technical problems and find solutions where others see roadblocks.
• Embrace challenges and learn from them.

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