Posted by employer 8 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 15 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Detection Software Engineer at Wiz focuses on enhancing the Wiz Runtime Sensor, a critical component for securing large cloud workloads. This role requires expertise in cloud development, OS internals, and networking, along with a strong background in software engineering. Ideal candidates have over five years of experience and a proactive approach to problem-solving, making it suitable for seasoned professionals looking to impact cloud security. Wiz's fast-paced environment offers opportunities for significant contributions in a rapidly growing market.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Software Engineer – CTO Office role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, Azure, CircleCI, GCP, GitHub Actions, Kubernetes.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Wiz targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Engineer – CTO Office role at Wiz.
From the original posting
Come join the organization that is redefining security for the AI era. As one of the fastest-growing startups ever, we enable teams to secure cloud and AI applications by connecting code, cloud, and runtime into a single shared context. Trusted by security teams all over the world, we have a proven track record of success and a culture that values world-class talent. Not to mention, we're now powered by Google, meaning we offer our customers an AI-powered platform that harnesses Google’s Threat Intelligence and Security Operations to better detect, prevent, and respond to threats across all environments, allowing for further innovation.
Minimum Qualifications
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Python (or deep backend experience in Go/Java/C++) .
- Experience with cloud-based development (AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, and cloud environment architecture).
- Experience delivering real-world impact on products affecting customers.
- The ability to learn independently, to be self-driven and goal-oriented.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with microservices-based architecture.
- Experience with CI/CD and cloud infra tools -Terraform, CircleCI, GitHub Actions
- Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts and threat research domains (e.g., detection engineering, vulnerability research, or malware analysis)
- Deep knowledge of OS internals (Windows/Linux) and networking.
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
About The Job
We’re looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our Threat Research team under the CTO Office. In this role, you will be the engineering powerhouse of the research group, collaborating closely with security researchers to design and build cloud-native detection engines, automated platforms, and research infrastructure at massive scale.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable, cloud-native detection engines and backend services to process security telemetry across massive cloud workloads.
- Collaborate closely with security researchers to take raw attack concepts and POCs from ideation to production-ready systems.
- Build and expand research platforms, testing frameworks, and automation pipelines that empower the team to test, validate, and deploy detection logic safely and rapidly.
- Analyze, debug, and resolve problems across test, staging, and production environments, moving fast with a strong bias towards action.
- Drive engineering best practices, code quality, and security policies to ensure high reliability and performance at scale.
- Work with customers in response to requests and questions when needed.
Applicants must have the legal right to work in the country where the position is based, without the need for visa sponsorship. This role does not offer visa sponsorship.
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