Lead Software Engineer - Python / Manager Services Engineering

Job Overview:

The Managed Services Engineering team is responsible for developing and maintaining the applications, tools,  and services the service delivery teams use for our Managed Detection & Response, Vulnerability Management, Application Security, and Incident Response.  

Our applications are built using an agile software development approach with an emphasis on implementing DevOps best practices.  Cloud infrastructure is built on AWS using many of its popular services such as ECS, API Gateway, Load Balancing, EC2, SQS, SNS, Event Bridge, IAM, RDS, etc, with the architecture provisioned and updated using Terraform.  Application and service back-ends are primarily written in Python (Django, Django Rest Framework, Flask) with front-ends learning heavily on Javascript ES6 and React.

About the Role:

Rapid7 is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to support Rapid7's 24x7 Managed Services and Incident Response (IR) teams. We are looking for people who thrive off delivering practical solutions for the problems of today, iterating on existing solutions, and proactively prototyping to head off the security problems of tomorrow. This team is a true force multiplier for front-line security practitioners, unveiling new capabilities and automating any repetitive actions to dramatically enhance their quality of life and optimize their actions. Success in this role will require strong communication skills and an unwavering sense of self-accountability.

Requirements:

AWS:

• Lambda
• SQS
• SNS
• VPC
• RDS
• Opensearch
• EventBridge

Other Tools:

• Python
• Django/DRF experience preferred
• Docker
• Terraform

Responsibilities:

• Plan, build, deploy, maintain, and monitor highly available  services and tools the Managed Services team uses for service delivery.

• Meet with Stakeholders Program Management teams  to gather requirements and define / scope solutions to feature requests.

• Work cross-functionally with other product engineering teams

• Github code reviews

• Team Mentoring and Oversight