Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack)

TryHackMe; Remote; GBP 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cyber security training platform is looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to help scale their platform for aspiring security practitioners. This fully remote role involves maintaining code, developing features, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in software engineering, leadership experience, and familiarity with technologies including NodeJS and React. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered including a personal development budget, remote work arrangements, and company retreats.

Benefits

Remote work flexibility

Health insurance

Personal development budget

Company retreats

Lunch covered during virtual meet-ups

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, including both front-end and back-end.
• Hands-on experience in a startup or scale-up SaaS environment.
• Experience leading software engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software solutions meeting business requirements.
• Collaborate on project plans and technical execution.
• Mentor developers and provide technical guidance.
• Write high-quality maintainable code using modern languages.
• Monitor and analyze system performance.

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

Agile methodology

Problem-solving

Cyber security knowledge

Tools

Git

NodeJS

React

MongoDB

AWS

Job description

TryHackMe is the fastest-growing online cyber security training platform. Our mission is to make learning and teaching cyber security easier by providing gamified security exercises and challenges. Having only been around for handful of years weve grown to more than 5 million community members and our growth isnt slowing down!

Were growing to be an AI-first company you can read more about what this means here...

Role

Were looking for a Senior Full Stack Engineer to help us scale TryHackMe to support millions of aspiring security practitioners to learn about cyber security.

Your role will involve everything from maintaining the current code base to developing awesome features to support our users. This exciting position will focus on growth engineering work bringing concepts from ideation to completion through quick iterations and a cycle of build-measure-learn. You must be comfortable working in a small team (two engineers a product manager and a designer). The responsibilities for this role will include :

• Designing and implementing software solutions that meet business requirements across TryHackMe considering scalability reliability and security
• Collaborating with product managers designers tech leads and developers on project plans and technical execution
• Mentoring and coaching developers providing technical guidance and feedback
• Participate in code reviews design reviews and other engineering meetings providing feedback to ensure code quality and alignment with TryHackMe technical standards.
• Writing high-quality maintainable code using modern programming languages and frameworks (e.g. JavaScript Typescript NodeJS React)
• Developing and maintaining databases and data models as well as creating and optimising queries
• Monitoring and analysing system performance to identify and resolve bottlenecks and issues
• Staying up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software development and sharing knowledge with the team
• Participating in Agile development methodologies including sprint planning stand-ups and retrospectives
• Contributing to the continuous improvement of software development processes and practices.

Skills & Requirements

• Ideally 5 years of experience within software engineering including back and front end development
• Experience in hands-on software engineering within a startup or scale-up SaaS environment
• Experience leading a Software Engineering Team
• Relevant hands-on experience with the following technologies : Git NodeJS CSS HTML jQuery Javascript React Typescript Redux MongoDB AWS - (MERN stack)
• Strong understanding of software architecture and design principles
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI / CD) pipelines
• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (such as AWS Azure or GCP)
• Excellent understanding of software development methodologies including Agile and Scrum
• Interest in cyber security or edtech industries
• Strong leadership problem-solving skills and be comfortable communicating in English

Benefits & Perks

Salary - We hire across 35 countries. We determine salaries based on Geographic Location Seniority Interview Performance and Market Rates using leading compensation benchmarking tools.

100% Remote - In a fully digital world work from anywhere you want!

Tools - a dedicated work laptop any accessories you need to do your best work.

Swag Pack - start your TryHackMe journey with a branded swag bundle!

Personal Development - 2500 training budget to acquire certifications and more.

Company Retreat - a n annual company retreat fully paid for by us!

Lunch on us - whether youre a pizza-lover salad obsessed or a big sushi fan TryHackMe will cover the cost of your lunch order during our recurring company virtual lunches.

Health Insurance - if youre in a country that doesnt have public health care.

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity- an enhanced package on top of statutory requirements.

401k / Pension - TryHackMe makes it easy to save money for your retirement.

Our Hiring Process

• Stage 1 : Intro to learn more about you and vice versa!
• Stage 2 : Interview with our Software Engineering Management
• Stage 3 : Live-Coding Challenge with Engineers
• Stage 4 : Culture Fit call with one of our Co Founders

Key Skills

Spring,.NET,C / C++,Go,React,OOP,C#,AWS,Data Structures,Software Development,Java,Distributed Systems

Employment Type

Full Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1