Lead Software Engineer

GitGuardian is a global post-series B cybersecurity startup; we’ve raised $44M by the end of 2021 with American and European investors including top-tier VC firms.

More than ever in 2023, we have a very solid business model with a fast-growing ARR, multi-year contracts and great customer retention rates.

Among our early investors who saw our market value proposition, are the co-founder of GitHub, Scott Chacon, along with Docker co-founder / CTO Solomon Hykes 👀

We develop code security solutions for the DevOps generation and are a leader in the market of secrets detection & remediation.

Our solutions are already used by hundreds of thousands of developers in all industries and GitGuardian Internal monitoring is the n°1 security app on the GitHub marketplace 🔥

We work with some of the largest IT outsourcing companies, publicly listed companies like Talend or tech companies like Datadog.

More than 85% of our customers are in the United States.

Context

• Our products are a set of tools that scan GitHub public activity and git private repositories.
• They are used by different teams: Software Development and Ops teams, Application Security, Threat Response and the buying decision comes from CISOs / CTOs / Directors of Security.

That’s why developing our software is a key responsibility within our organization, your work will matter and will be taken seriously !

Missions
We are looking for an Engineering Lead (EL) to help us build and lead a team of Software Engineers to ship high quality features on a predictable schedule, by reporting to an Engineering Manager.

By joining our team, you will take on the following responsibilities:

• Manage a team that is responsible for developing and maintaining large scale distributed software across on-premise and public cloud platforms
• Participate in the design and implementation of new features to meet GitGuardian’s dynamic and evolving business needs
• Engage with users, product managers, senior tech-leads and senior management to define the team’s technical strategy and increase the efficiency and impact of the team
• Mentor and upskill other team members on technical skills and career development, and foster a growing and collaborative culture for the team
• Help team members set ambitious goals and achieve them, and take ownership of sub-systems
• Support recruiting efforts in order to meet changing business needs and promote internal mobility
• Help define the software engineering wide OKRs and processes
• Ensure an inclusive and healthy engineering culture

Why should you join us?

• 💰 Attractive package that includes stock-options

• 🏡 Remote-friendly environment: up to 3 days/week for people living in Île-de-France, (almost) full-remote policy for people living elsewhere in France.

• 💻 Home office allowance to improve your set-up at home, and the latest technology equipment

• 🌴 Yearly holiday allowance

• 🤝 Referral bonus of 4000€ for any new Guardians we might hire thanks to you

• 🍺 Lots of team-building activities including 1 per month for the whole company

• 🐕 Pet-friendly offices, every Guardian gets to bring their dogs

• 👊 Working on a meaningful product, we already helped more than 200k developers!

• 📈 A strong engineering culture, see this page to discover our R&D projects

• 🚀 Many opportunities for career development in the long term

• 👫 Trust & autonomy on your perimeter with a very transparent internal communication

If you think you are only matching 70% to 80% of these criterias, please send us your resume !
And if you still have some questions before applying, you can directly write to us at : careers@gitguardian.com

• 4+ years of software engineering experience
• 1+ years of experience of leading and/or managing an engineering team with a track record of shipping high quality software
• Former experience as a developer using Python and excellent understanding of how security teams work
• Clear, proactive communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to develop high-trust relationships with stakeholders
• Extensive experience building systems leveraging microservices or on purpose chosen monolithic architecture
• Familiarity with the use of one of the following service frameworks: Django, Flask, Dropwizard, Spring Boot, gRPC, or a similar framework
• Familiarity with frontend development using either React or Angular
• Degree in engineering, computer science or similar technical field
• You like to build small scripts and CI pipelines (in Bash or Python) to improve the engineering efficiency of your team
• You’re a true team player, always willing to help your peers improve their skills
• You speak English fluently

1 Visio call with a recruiter
To discover your professional project and evaluate if there could be a mutual match

1 Technical interview
To evaluate your hard skills for the position and project yourself into the role

1 final interview with your futur manager Engineering Manger & with the CEO
To explain to you our company’s vision and ambitions to the next couple of years, and make sure you are up for the position