Secure Backend Engineer

Time zone

(GMT+3), Moscow.

Responsibilities

• Given high-level business requirements, discuss all the related details with business/trading/data analysis/devops teams, design threat models and backend architecture of security-critical parts of company products,
• Implement proposed solutions using modern technology stack.
• Ensure highest degree of information security implementing industry best practices and strictly following principles of secure software development.
• Ensure quality and reliability of developed solutions using automated (unit, integration) and manual testing.
• Communicate with peer teams on integrations, deployment and support of implemented solutions.
• Maintain and improve implemented solutions according to business needs and feedback.

Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in production software engineering.
• Strong understanding of information security - threat modeling, common threats and their mitigation (OWASP etc), security compliance standards (NIST etc).
• Strong understanding of cryptographic algorithms and schemes - algorithm types and usage best-practices, strength ratings, cryptographic schemes.
• Significant experience with security testing tools - source code analysis, vulnerability scanners, manual testing techniques.
• Strong adherence to principles of effective software engineering - SOLID, TDD.
• Deep understanding of computer systems and software architecture - operating systems, networks, data structures and algorithms, software design patterns, parallel programming, principles of distributed computing.
• Extensive experience with Golang, or familiarity with Golang and strong experience in C#, Python, Java.
• Understanding of communication protocols - REST, gRPC, WebSocket.
• Experience with databases (PostgreSQL, Redis) and message brokers (RabbitMQ, Kafka).
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Bash, Python.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Strong communication skills (upper intermediate English).
• Degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent professional experience.