Senior Backend Engineer - Python / Threat Intelligence

Posted 13 Days Ago
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Prague
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Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Software • Cybersecurity
At Rapid7, we are on a mission to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities.
The Role
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will develop and maintain web applications using React.js for the frontend and Node.js or Python for the backend. Your responsibilities include designing APIs, managing databases, collaborating with teams for seamless user experience, and ensuring application performance and security. Staying updated with technologies and contributing to process improvements are also key aspects of the role.
Summary Generated by Built In

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take ownership of the development of new features for your team, working with cutting edge technologies and owning this process end to end. You will bring a customer centric approach with a curiosity and passion for continuous learning. You will be provided with coaching and support to help you further develop your skills to reach your full potential.
About the Team
Our Product and Engineering team works with our award-winning products to help us create a single experience to help customers assess risk, detect threats and automate their security programs at over 10,000 organizations. These teams use best-in-class technology, leading-edge research, and broad, strategic expertise to develop new products and features, and enhance existing features, in order to create value for customers across the world.
The stakes for creating a safer digital world are greater than ever. At Rapid7 we believe it's our responsibility to show up every day and give our best for our customers and the entire security community. Our global engineering teams are at the centre of this mission and are dedicated to building a complete suite of industry-leading products which provide a cohesive platform for our customers. Our range of solutions spans vulnerability management, detection, automation, cloud security, and penetration testing; in order to build these products our teams work with an array of technologies including Java, Python, AWS and Go, just to name a few.
About the Role
You will be part of our Product and Engineering team who are at the forefront of keeping our customers safe from attacks and breaches. In this role you will be focussed on helping our customers seamlessly manage their security solutions as effectively and efficiently as possible, and ensuring our products are delivering a secure experience. You will be given the time to continue to develop your skills surrounded by a team of incredibly smart and experienced Engineers.
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In this role, you will:

  • Build, maintain, and release our well architected services by writing correct and clean code consistently and following best practices and conventions
  • Participate in the design and planning of upcoming features, our Engineers are first class stakeholders in all parts of the development process
  • When required, partner with internal teams such as UX and Product Management who work deeply with our product to ensure we are understanding our customers needs
  • Work towards developing a deep understand of our products in order to best support our customers
  • Work with Practice specific technologies


The skills you'll bring include:

  • A minimum of 5 years experience in software development using Python or other backend programming language
  • AWS, Azure or GCP experience would be desirable
  • Excited by technology, curious and eager to learn
  • The attitude and ability to thrive in a high-growth, evolving environment
  • Collaborative team player who has the ability to partner with others and drive toward solutions
  • Strong creative problem solving skills
  • Solid communicator with excellent written and verbal communications skills both within the team and cross functionally
  • Passionate about delighting customers, puts the customer needs at the forefront of all decision making
  • Excellent attention to detail


We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
About Rapid7
Rapid7 is creating a more secure digital future for all by helping organizations strengthen their security programs in the face of accelerating digital transformation. Our portfolio of best-in-class solutions empowers security professionals to manage risk and eliminate threats across the entire threat landscape from apps to the cloud to traditional infrastructure to the dark web. We foster open source communities and cutting-edge research-using these insights to optimize our products and arm the global security community with the latest in attacker methods. Trusted by more than 10,000 customers worldwide, our industry-leading solutions and services help businesses stay ahead of attackers, ahead of the competition, and future-ready for what's next.

Top Skills

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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
2,400 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2000

What We Do

We do this by embracing tenacity, passion, and collaboration to challenge what’s possible and drive extraordinary impact.

Here, we’re building a dynamic workplace where everyone can have the career experience of a lifetime. We challenge ourselves to grow to our full potential. We learn from our missteps and celebrate our victories. We come to work every day to push boundaries in cybersecurity and keep our 11,000+ global customers ahead of whatever’s next.

Why Work With Us

What makes us unique is how we embrace, model, and celebrate our core values. By challenging convention, being an advocate, creating impact together, always bringing our full selves, and recognizing that our work is never done, we are able to make an extraordinary impact on our business, our industry, and our own career growth.

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Our default working model is hybrid, with employees working three days per week in the office. This approach underpins our commitment to flexibility and adaptability while supporting our dedication to development, teamwork and customer purpose.

Typical time on-site: 3 days a week
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