Senior Reverse Engineer

Summary

Join Beeper as a Senior Reverse Engineer and be at the forefront of connecting diverse messaging platforms, directly impacting millions of users. You will delve into the internals of major messaging platforms, uncover their protocols, and build bridges for seamless cross-platform communication. This role involves working with a talented team on challenging technical problems, utilizing cutting-edge technology, and contributing to the open-source ecosystem. You will lead reverse engineering efforts, document findings, develop and maintain scalable bridge solutions, and collaborate with the team to improve architecture and stability. The position offers a fully remote work environment with an open vacation policy.

Requirements

• Strong experience with reverse engineering mobile applications and network protocols
• Deep understanding of network protocols and API design
• Experience with Go
• Solid understanding of cryptography and security principles
• Proven track record of solving complex technical challenges
• Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Lead reverse engineering efforts of proprietary messaging protocols to create and maintain chat bridges
• Document protocol implementations and share findings with the broader team
• Develop robust and maintainable bridge solutions that scale
• Analyze and reverse-engineer messaging applications to understand their internal protocols and APIs
• Design and implement bridges that maintain high reliability and performance
• Debug complex issues across multiple platforms and protocols
• Maintain existing bridges and adapt them to protocol changes
• Document findings, methodologies, and implementation details
• Collaborate with the team to improve bridge architecture and stability
• Monitor and respond to protocol changes in supported platforms
• Contribute to the open-source ecosystems for chat bridges, like Matrix
• Participate in security reviews and implement security best practices
• Share knowledge and mentor other engineers in reverse engineering techniques

Benefits

Fully-remote company with an open vacation policy