Backend Developer (Belfast)

Upwind is the runtime-powered CNAPP that leverages runtime data to secure our customers’ cloud infrastructure. Upwind’s comprehensive approach to cloud security helps organizations mitigate the risks that actually matter, identify the root causes of threats in minutes and respond with context and automation.

Upwinders are spread across the globe in all departments and work together to protect the infrastructure of our customers - we’re a strong, emerging player in a massive and growing market, and it’s still early enough for you to make a significant impact. At Upwind, you’ll have the freedom to think creatively, dream big, and use your full range of skills to contribute to our record growth. 

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join our great Backend Engineering team.The team faces complex engineering issues on a daily basis, both solving new challenges and constantly improving the existing solutions. We work with all major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and use cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, Neo4j, ElasticSearch, Redis, TimescaleDB, RabbitMQ, and more.

This role will work closely with the Shift Left and CloudScanner products which serve to expose critical vulnerabilities, malware and secrets to customers on AWS, GCP and Azure over their Linux and Windows compute and cloud artifacts. The team included members from our Iceland and Northern Ireland offices, and is primarily focused on Golang, GCP, MySQL, AWS, GCP and Azure.

Responsibilities 

• Responsible for the entire lifecycle of various short-life projects, from initial design and development to deployment, monitoring and maintenance in a production environment
• Performing reliability and performance analysis on Golang / Java based applications
• Contributing to technical and architectural designs, performing capacity planning, defining SLOs and working with other teams to implement
• Conducting design and code reviews as part of a wider engineering group
• Interfacing with other teams (e.g. Frontend, DevOps, Product) to deliver best-in-class features

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field
• 1+ years of experience with Backend Engineering in a high-level programming language (e.g. ideally Golang and/or Java)
• Experience with cloud platforms and products (e.g. AWS, GCP and Azure)
• Experience implementing data-intensive systems (databases, event systems, messaging systems, etc)
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD)
• Experience with microservices based architecture