Staff Software Engineer - Python, Go

Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.

Seeker is the most pertinent and accurate application security solution today. It uses groundbreaking technology to identify security vulnerabilities in web applications and report them back to the customer in an easy-to-use fashion.

More info at https://www.blackduck.com/interactive-application-security-testing

What you will do:

You will join the team in charge of Seeker’s Agents – the components that use instrumentation to find security vulnerabilities. 
The role includes the following responsibilities:

• Taking full ownership on product features
• Ensuring state-of-the-art code is being written along with proper testing suites
• Taking deep dives to resolve complex technical issues

What we’re looking for:

• Masters’ or Bachelor’s or Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Excellent problem solving skills; strong logical reasoning and solution oriented thinking
• Eager and capable of learning new technologies as necessary
• Team player and able to work independently with minimal supervision
• At least 5 years related experience in one of the following – Node.js, Python or Go
• Solid understanding of web technologies (protocols, frameworks), e.g. http/s, JSON, JWT, etc.
• Experience with architecture of web servers
• Security expertise – Advantage
• Experience with instrumentation - Advantage
• Experience with Linux/Unix OS - Advantage
• Experience in Docker – Advantage

Black Duck considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender preference, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Covered Veteran in accordance with federal law. In addition, Black Duck complies with applicable state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities. Black Duck also provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with a disability in accordance with applicable laws.