Why this role?

As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping how modern organizations build and secure software at scale. You’ll join a collaborative, forward-thinking team and help drive our mission to embed security into every part of the

AI-native development lifecycle.

As a part of our teams yo u’ll have the opportunity to make an impact on a wide range of projects, from mastering existing services to building new, cutting-edge features. Your contributions will directly impact the success of our products and the security of millions of developers worldwide.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the design and implementation of highly reliable, large-scale solutions to our most complex technical problems.

• Drive consensus with peers and senior leads to define and implement solutions for large-scale engineering challenges.

• Take end-to-end ownership for critical efforts, acting as a technical lead to deliver broad, cross-functional projects.

• Mentor and coach junior engineers, helping to grow the next generation of technical leaders at Snyk.

• Communicate regularly and effectively to ensure alignment with team, peers, and senior leadership.

What You Bring:

• You have at least 10 years of commercial experience as a Software Engineer.

• You have experience in large-scale software systems design, with a strong grasp of computer science fundamentals.

• You are proficient in at least one of our core programming languages (Go, TypeScript), with a willingness to learn new technologies.

• You have a strong commitment to code quality and the value of giving and receiving feedback through code reviews.

• You are a highly effective communicator, able to work collaboratively, be curious, and have a growth mindset.

It’d Be Awesome If You Also…

• Have a proven track record of leading projects and inspiring engineering teams to achieve results.

• Have hands-on experience with Kubernetes or major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Contribute to open-source projects and share your knowledge with the developer community.

• Embrace the cloud-native world and have experience with Docker.

• Love solving complex technical problems and finding solutions where others see roadblocks.

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