Senior Developer

 
Job Description 

Arctic Wolf, with its unicorn valuation, is the leader in security operations in an exciting and fast-growing industry—cybersecurity. We have won countless awards for our excellence in security operations and remain dedicated to providing an industry-leading customer and employee experience. 

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. We’re looking for Senior Developers to be part of making that happen.  

 
About the Role 

You’ll be working as a Senior Developer on our Security Services & Customer Experience (S2CX) Team, responsible for delivering the cloud-based software that helps solve the real-world security problems that IT professionals face. We develop the internal tools used by the security services team to keep our customers safe and informed, as well as the external web applications used by our customers. Our goal is to share the value Arctic Wolf provides to our customers and to improve and scale the abilities of our security engineers. 

A Senior Developer leads by example, shares their experience with others to guide the team to success, and mentors others to grow their needed skills. 

Responsibilities 

• This is a hybrid role - you must be able to commute to our office in Waterloo at least three times a week 

• Participate in the full software development life cycle. 

• Build well-designed, testable, efficient, secure code. 

• Implement test cases for new features, showing others by example good patterns. 

• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility. 

• Document and maintain software functionality. 

• Contribute to the growth and mentorship of other team members 

• Suggests learning and new skill development for the team, supporting others as needed. 

We value a culture of sharing, so every team has the opportunity to share their work with the entire department during our monthly R&D Demos. Once a year we hold a department-wide Hackathon, teaming up across all R&D teams over four days to collaborate and build cool ideas outside the normal project scope. While innovation is the focus, some of these ideas do make it into our products. 

Experience & Requirements 

You’re an experienced software developer with 4 or more years of experience shipping production quality software. 

You enjoy solving complex technical challenges with little to no guidance, and care about writing quality code that is maintainable. Working collaboratively in cross-functional teams is your thing. Colleagues look to you for guidance on software development best practices. 

Here are some of the core technologies we use and teach across our S2CX teams. You should have experience in the following areas: 

• React/Typescript 

• Go (or other modern object-oriented languages) 

• Python/Django 

• AWS (or Azure/Google Cloud) 

• Git 

• Docker 

• Kubernetes 

In addition, you may have demonstrated leadership experience from previous projects, regardless of title held. Even if you haven’t worked with all of our specific technologies, you bring a diverse knowledge base that you use to help the team solve complex technical problems. You have comprehensive knowledge of software development practices, and mastery over writing and debugging code. 

You’ll receive all the security training you need during our onboarding process and through additional training on the job. 

Interview Process 

• Phone pre-screening: A recruiter and a R&D manager will contact you to briefly discuss your work history and provide an overview of Arctic Wolf. Approximately 30 minutes. 

• Technical assessment: A recruiter sends you a link to a straightforward technical assessment that is relevant to the role you are applying for. Approximately 1 hour. 

• Face-to-face interviews: Several team members conduct two interviews to learn more about you and conduct a technical review based on the assessment completed. Be prepared to collaborate on a technical problem and talk more about past projects and your career goals. Approximately 1.5 hours combined for interview. 

• Final Review: R&D Director or Manager for an interested team will connect to describe the team, projects and ensure a final fit with the team. 

About Arctic Wolf  

At Arctic Wolf we’re cultivating a collaborative and productive work environment that welcomes a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and ideas to make our teams even stronger as we grow globally. We’ve been named one of the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the world for 2022 (Fast Company)—and the 2nd Most Innovative Security Company. This is in addition to consecutive awards from Top Workplace USA (2021, 2022), Best Places to Work - USA (2021, 2022) and Great Place to Work - Canada (2021, 2022).  

Our Values  

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people and organizations’ sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.  

We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.  

We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.  

All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including:  

• Equity for all employees  

• Bonus or commission pay based on role  

• Flexible time off, paid volunteer days and paid parental leave  

• RRSP match 

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance  

• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Agreement  

• Voluntary Legal Insurance  

• Training and career development programs  

  
Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our entire employee experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing [email protected].  

Security Requirements  

• Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN’s Information Security policies, standards, processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies). 

• Background checks are required for this position.