Security Patch Automation Engineer

Socket; United States; Remoto; USD 130.000 - 170.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Socket is building patching infrastructure to deliver secure, vetted packages to developers worldwide. You’ll own scale-out of patch production, contribute to critical vulnerability handling, and build the systems that keep the open source ecosystem secure.

As an early member, you’ll shape the technical roadmap for expanding patching across JavaScript and beyond, collaborating with security researchers and engineers to deliver reliable, scalable tooling.

Competenze

• 3+ years of software engineering experience with production systems.
• Strong proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript, and TypeScript.
• Experience with package managers (npm, yarn, pnpm) and the JavaScript ecosystem.
• Understanding of software security concepts and vulnerability management.

Mansioni

• Master Socket workflows, tools, and patching processes.
• Lead patching efforts for high-impact vulnerabilities across npm packages.
• Scale patch production to dozens or hundreds of patches per week.
• Help select and prioritize high-value patches.
• Provide technical input on patch prioritization based on ecosystem and customer impact.
• Build and improve automated patching infrastructure and tooling.
• Design and implement scalable patch generation and delivery systems.
• Develop automated vulnerability detection and patch creation workflows.

Conoscenze

Node.js

JavaScript

TypeScript

APIs

Strumenti

npm

yarn

pnpm

Descrizione del lavoro

Socket is building patching infrastructure to deliver secure, vetted packages to developers worldwide. You’ll own scale-out of patch production, contribute to critical vulnerability handling, and build the systems that keep the open source ecosystem secure.

As an early member, you’ll shape the technical roadmap for expanding patching across JavaScript and beyond, collaborating with security researchers and engineers to deliver reliable, scalable tooling.