As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design and build cloud security systems, mentor junior engineers, and resolve production issues, ensuring high-quality code.
Job Description
Rapid7 is a publicly traded Cybersecurity company headquartered in Boston, MA with 17 offices around the world. We are excited to be expanding our Global footprint into India and as we build out our Product & Engineering teams, we are looking for Software Engineers. As a Software Engineer II you will take ownership of the development of new features for your team, working with cutting-edge technologies and owning this process end-to-end. You will bring a customer-centric approach with a curiosity and passion for continuous learning. You will be provided with coaching and support to help you further develop your skills to reach your full potential. This is an exciting opportunity to be one of the first hires for Rapid7 in India supporting our growth strategy in a culture that supports trying new approaches and continuous learning.
About the Team
Our Product and Engineering teams build and evolve Rapid7's Insight platform, helping over 10,000 organizations assess risk, detect threats, and automate their security programs. Within this, our Cloud Security (CSPM) teams focus on identifying and analyzing risk across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and AliCloud environments.
A core part of our work is translating industry security and compliance standards into scalable cloud detection capabilities, ensuring customers can continuously assess and improve their cloud security posture.
We work with modern, cloud-native technologies including Python, AWS, and Go to deliver scalable, high-impact security solutions. Our engineers play a central role in building reliable systems that customers depend on every day
About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help design and build the systems that power our cloud security capabilities. Your primary focus will be delivering high-quality, scalable services that evaluate cloud environments and surface meaningful risk to customers.
You will be a strong individual contributor while also mentoring others and raising engineering standards within the team.
Specifically, you will:
The skills you'll bring include:
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. Teams reflecting a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
#LI-SM5
About Rapid7
At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.
Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope just like we' ve been doing for the past 20 years. If you 're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.
Rapid7 is a publicly traded Cybersecurity company headquartered in Boston, MA with 17 offices around the world. We are excited to be expanding our Global footprint into India and as we build out our Product & Engineering teams, we are looking for Software Engineers. As a Software Engineer II you will take ownership of the development of new features for your team, working with cutting-edge technologies and owning this process end-to-end. You will bring a customer-centric approach with a curiosity and passion for continuous learning. You will be provided with coaching and support to help you further develop your skills to reach your full potential. This is an exciting opportunity to be one of the first hires for Rapid7 in India supporting our growth strategy in a culture that supports trying new approaches and continuous learning.
About the Team
Our Product and Engineering teams build and evolve Rapid7's Insight platform, helping over 10,000 organizations assess risk, detect threats, and automate their security programs. Within this, our Cloud Security (CSPM) teams focus on identifying and analyzing risk across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and AliCloud environments.
A core part of our work is translating industry security and compliance standards into scalable cloud detection capabilities, ensuring customers can continuously assess and improve their cloud security posture.
We work with modern, cloud-native technologies including Python, AWS, and Go to deliver scalable, high-impact security solutions. Our engineers play a central role in building reliable systems that customers depend on every day
About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help design and build the systems that power our cloud security capabilities. Your primary focus will be delivering high-quality, scalable services that evaluate cloud environments and surface meaningful risk to customers.
You will be a strong individual contributor while also mentoring others and raising engineering standards within the team.
Specifically, you will:
- Design, build, and maintain well-architected services, writing clean, maintainable code and making sound design tradeoffs
- Contribute actively to feature design and planning, partnering with Product and UX to shape practical, scalable solutions
- Build and enhance cloud-native systems that process and analyze cloud configuration data at scale
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance
- Develop a deep understanding of our platform and customer use cases
- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, and day-to-day collaboration
The skills you'll bring include:
- 5+ years of software development experience, with strong hands-on expertise in Python or a similar language
- Experience building backend services or distributed systems in a cloud-native environment
- Strong problem-solving ability and sound engineering judgment
- Demonstrated experience delivering complex features into production systems
- Ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product, and design
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail and a strong focus on quality
- Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, or AliCloud is highly desirable
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. Teams reflecting a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
#LI-SM5
About Rapid7
At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.
Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope just like we' ve been doing for the past 20 years. If you 're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.
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