Senior Python Developer

The Senior Software Engineer on the Vulnerability Coverage team will play a pivotal role in expanding the Rapid7 coverage portfolio to provide customers with reliable and accurate data. A Senior Software Engineer will help to drive technical excellence by improving automation frameworks, enhancing coverage release pipelines, and contributing to growth and prioritization in an ever-evolving security landscape. In addition to hands-on development, they will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to roadmap planning.

About the Team

The Vulnerability Coverage team is responsible for delivering, expanding and maintaining Rapid7’s extensive coverage portfolio, aiming to provide customers with the expected level of accuracy and quality. Vulnerability Coverage team members develop a broad set of skills, ranging from technologies such as Python, Java, Ruby, AWS and Kubernetes to security domain expertise and system-level knowledge. The Vulnerability Coverage team is often considered the lifeblood of many Rapid7 products, including InsightVM and InsightCloudSec. In addition to delivering daily content packages to ensure that customers always have the most up-to-date coverage, the team is also responsible for providing monthly Patch Tuesday coverage and responding to emerging vulnerability threats by releasing coverage as quickly as possible. As a result, the team maintains extremely high standards for quality and accuracy of the content they deliver.

About the Role

The Senior Software Engineer on the Vulnerability Coverage team will play a pivotal role in expanding the Rapid7 coverage portfolio to provide customers with reliable and accurate data. A Senior Software Engineer will help to drive technical excellence by improving automation frameworks, enhancing coverage release pipelines, and contributing to growth and prioritization in an ever-evolving security landscape. In addition to hands-on development, they will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and contribute to roadmap planning.

In this role, you will:

• Build, maintain, and release high-quality vulnerability content
• Build, maintain and release new services and plugins for generating new vulnerability content
• Be involved in improving our automation pipeline for recurring coverage
• Partner with technical leaders and other team members to drive improvements with our vulnerability coverage portfolio
• Provide mentoring and coaching to junior engineers

The skills you’ll bring include:

• A minimum of 5-6 years experience in software development with Python
• Experience working with Java and Ruby is a plus
• Experience with Cloud based deployments e.g. AWS / GCP / Azure
• Experience with IaC e.g. Terraform / Ansible
• Experience with virtualization and containers
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins and proficiency with version control systems such as GitHub
• BEng, BSc or related technical field
• Ability to organize and drive a project within the team
• Excited by technology, curious and eager to learn, with the ability to mentor junior team members
• 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
• Experience with cloud services and infrastructure such as AWS would be advantageous