Senior Software Engineer

Checkmarx; Braga; Presencial; EUR 60 000 - 85 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Checkmarx is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Portugal to join our R&D teams building cloud-native, AI-driven microservices. You will work with Go and Python backends, scale services, and contribute to AI-enabled features.

The role emphasizes production readiness, Kubernetes deployment, and collaboration with multiple teams. English communication is essential, and the ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in distributed systems and modern cloud architectures, based in Braga, Portugal.

Qualificações

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in Go and/or Python.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production.
• Excellent English communication skills.
• Comfortable in a multi-team environment and CI/CD practices.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and operate distributed microservices.
• Contribute to AI-driven features and pipelines.
• Own services end-to-end: architecture, coding, testing, CI/CD, observability.
• Deploy and operate services in Kubernetes following GitOps.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews.

Conhecimentos

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

English communication

Ferramentas

RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL

gRPC/REST APIs

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Who are we?

Checkmarx is the leader in application security, ensuring that enterprises worldwide can secure their application development from code to cloud. Our consolidated platform and services address the needs of enterprises by improving security and reducing TCO, while simultaneously building trust between AppSec, developers, and CISOs. At Checkmarx, we believe it’s not just about finding risk, but remediating it across the entire application footprint and software supply chain with one seamless process for all relevant stakeholders. We are honored to serve more than 1,800 customers, including 40 percent of all Fortune 100 companies, such as Siemens, Airbus, Salesforce, Stellantis, Adidas, Walmart, and Sanofi.

Who are we?

Checkmarx is the leader in application security, ensuring that enterprises worldwide can secure their application development from code to cloud. Our consolidated platform and services address the needs of enterprises by improving security and reducing TCO, while simultaneously building trust between AppSec, developers, and CISOs. At Checkmarx, we believe it’s not just about finding risk, but remediating it across the entire application footprint and software supply chain with one seamless process for all relevant stakeholders. We are honored to serve more than 1,800 customers, including 40 percent of all Fortune 100 companies, such as Siemens, Airbus, Salesforce, Stellantis, Adidas, Walmart, and Sanofi.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join one of our R&D teams building cloud-native, event-driven microservices at scale. The team combines solid backend engineering with applied AI, using LLMs and agent-based pipelines to automate and improve core parts of our product. The specific product area may evolve with our roadmap, but the core of the job stays constant: Go, cloud-native architecture, and AI-driven features.

What you'll do:

- Design, build, and operate distributed microservices (message queues, gRPC/REST APIs, relational databases)

• Contribute to AI-driven features and pipelines, integrating LLMs and agent frameworks into production systems
• Own services end-to-end: architecture, coding, testing, CI/CD, production observability
• Deploy and operate services in Kubernetes, following GitOps practices
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, strong in Go and/or Python
• Solid understanding of distributed systems: message queues (RabbitMQ or similar), gRPC/REST APIs, relational databases (PostgreSQL or similar)
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong testing, CI/CD, and observability fundamentalsComfortable in a multi-team microservices environment
• Excellent English communication skills

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience with LLMs/AI agents (LangChain, LangGraph, or similar)
• Experience with cloud AI services (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Vertex AI)
• Genuine curiosity/research mindset around AI developments
• Application security knowledge
• GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Helm), OpenTelemetry

What we have to offer:

Checkmarx offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, competitive compensation, great work-life balance, as well as great benefits and perks throughout the year.

Checkmarx is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.