Senior Software Engineer, Vectra AI
+ Equity Plan
Using AI to detect cyber threats
Open for applications
Using AI to detect cyber threats
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity Plan
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make the world a safer and fairer place by using AI to see and stop threats before the become breaches.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years in software development, data engineering, or equivalent
- Knowledge of software design principles and leading software development practices
- Strong communication & collaboration skills
- Willingness to get things done, learn new things, take initiative and challenge existing assumptions and conventions
- Experience building and deploying to any cloud service (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
- B.S or M.S or Ph.D. in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Production experience with various distributed processing technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Kafka, Spark, etc.)
- Comfort in dealing with low level data storage formats (e.g. Parquet, Avro, Arrow, etc.)
- Experience programming in any of the following (python, golang, scala)
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform), automated testing, and CI/CD
- Knowledge of the following tools (or similar): Git, Jira
- Experience working with a geographically dispersed team
- Experience with grooming business-stakeholder requirements into achievable technical goals
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment
What the job involves
- Detecting attackers in real-time requires a high-performance technology stack that enables machine learning and statistical techniques. This requires the management of considerable volumes of data
- We are looking for an innovative and resourceful data engineer to join our growing team. Our data science and analytical capabilities rely on the fast, efficient flow of large volumes of data
- Working in concert with our existing Data Engineering/Data Science teams you will assist in optimizing these flows as well as building out new data pipelines to support our growing product portfolio
- Create, test and maintain optimal data pipeline architectures
- Identify and develop data set processes for data modeling, minding, and production
- Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of large data sets
- Spark fresh ideas that are infused in our culture and our products
- Leverage emerging tech and Big Data to ensure delivery of real time analytics solutions
- Work on complex, large-scale, group-wide big data projects
- Perform analysis tasks required to troubleshoot data-related issues and present optimised solutions
- Interface with other groups including Product Management, UX, Security Research and Data Science to help customers simplify security
Our take
With the increasing advancement of technology, the need to keep our data safe and secure has never been greater. With cyber-attacks on the rise, companies are looking for ways to deter this problem.
Vectra AI has developed an AI-driven cyber security platform that detects attacker behaviors regardless of location. The company continuously creates unique algorithm models for a host of current and new threat scenarios. What sets it apart from its competitors is the fact that its AI platform excels in detecting, clustering, prioritizing, and anticipating attacks. Alerts uncover attacker methods in action and are correlated across customer environments to expose real attacks.
Vectra AI has seen considerable global growth through its continued focus on platform innovation. Its expansion into new markets and locations has firmly established it as one of the top (award-winning) cybersecurity options on the market.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2021
$130m
SERIES F
Jun 2019
$100m
SERIES E
Total funding: $352.3m
Company benefits
- Vectra is proud to offer competitive benefits plans and comprehensive wellness programs for employees and their families (Varies by Country)
- Unlimited PTO
- Healthcare Packages
- Global Wellness Days
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Parental Leave
- Fertility Assistance
Company values
- Customer First - We consistently put customers first and care deeply about their success. This is where trust comes from, which is essential in everything we do
- Integrity - We conduct business with integrity and don’t ignore it when the pressure is on. Passion plus integrity enables excellence to shine through naturally
- No Drama Teamwork - We engage in lively and challenging debates and have the courage to be open-minded and change our views. This is how Vectra ensures customer success
Company HQ
West Valley, San Jose, CA
Articles
Leadership
Hitesh Sheth
(President & CEO)Former COO of Aruba Networks.
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