Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join SMASH, a tech recruitment agency connecting professionals in Costa Rica and Colombia with US companies. This remote Senior Backend Software Engineer role involves contributing to a SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) platform. You will design and develop major codebase components supporting security monitoring and management of SaaS platforms. The position requires significant experience with Python, Django, and software engineering principles. SMASH offers various benefits, including private medical insurance, an English academy, business skills coaching, and discounts on tech universities. This is a remote position, but candidates must have Costa Rican or Colombian citizenship or work permits.

Requirements

• Excellent technical and non-technical communication skills
• A quality-oriented approach to building and testing applications including strong unit testing capabilities
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with Python 3 and Django
• At least 7 years of software engineering experience including object-oriented design, data structure design, and work on abstracted codebases
• An interest in data, security, and data security
• A knack for designing elegant solutions to complex problems requiring piecing together data from various sources
• Ability to work with and integrate external APIs
• Citizenship or work permit from Costa Rica or Colombia

Responsibilities

• Contribute directly to major components of SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) platform
• Be responsible for the design and development of major areas of the codebase that support security monitoring and management of SaaS platforms and remediation workflows to support customers in improving their security posture
• Take ownership of significant engineering decisions and implement technology that will improve the security of not only enterprise SaaS deployments but also their customers and end-users

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Django Rest Framework (DRF)
• Experience with Kubernetes, GKE, and Postgres
• Experience deploying and maintaining production applications in IaaS platforms
• Prior Application, Product, or Enterprise Security experience
• Experience writing integrations and/or connected apps for one or more of the following SaaS platforms: Microsoft365, ServiceNow, Workday, Atlassian

Benefits

• Work from everywhere
• Private Medical Insurance
• English Academy for Employees and Relative
• Business Skills Coach – Certifications
• Discounts with Tech Universities
• Events and additional Perks