Security Software Engineer
Kipsu is rooted in a simple, yet profound goal: To elevate service professionals to the center of the customer experience, transforming transactional interactions into fully-developed relationships. As one of the Twin Cities' leading tech companies, Kipsu has cultivated a reputation for strong company culture, providing exemplary service to its customer partners, and investing in the growth of their team members. Kipsu was recognized by Star Tribune as a top small company workplace for 2021. This role is crucial to the significant, sustainable growth and continued global expansion forecasted for Kipsu's near future.
THE OPPORTUNITY
You'll join a team of twenty-five Software Engineers who are passionate about technology, learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Our team has a long history of interest and enthusiasm around cybersecurity, and our Security Working Group meets regularly to discuss the latest threats and trends, monitor our security posture, curate our backlog of security improvements, and further our collective expertise in the area. As an extension of continued investment in the security of our platform, we want you to join our team as a dedicated Security Software Engineer to participate in this important part of our organization. You will be welcomed in an environment where you will learn, mentor others, and challenge yourself while being empowered to make a meaningful impact on a team that respects and values security as a first-class component of our platform.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Collaborate with other engineers regularly to discover, research, and plan potential changes to our code, infrastructure, configuration, and overall architecture.
- Make changes to code in our core platform, applications, and microservices in order to drive security improvements. Our stack includes apps and services written in modern, object-oriented PHP, JavaScript / TypeScript, Kotlin, Python, and Swift, and we welcome your experience in any modern programming languages and platforms.
- Drive selection of technologies, libraries, and third-party vendors, and participate in far-reaching decisions affecting our systems.
- Contribute to the selection, implementation, maintenance, and monitoring of observability tools to continuously assess security threats and find areas for improvement.
- Advocate for and implement changes to best practices and processes across our development team.
- Review design documents and pull requests to advise other Software Engineers on how to improve security in their work.
- Be a champion of security and foster a culture of enthusiasm for cybersecurity. Expect plenty of opportunities for leadership as you advance your career at Kipsu. We see all of our current team members as tomorrow's leaders as we "play the long game" and build our business to last.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 3+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
- Computer Science or related course history, with additional experience, training, or certification related to information security preferred
- A strong enthusiasm for cybersecurity and a desire to stay up to date in the field, maintaining an awareness of new advances, threats, and other trends in the space
- Knowledge of security principles in networking, cloud computing, and web application development
- Experience building and hosting web applications, preferably designing or influencing architecture
- Experience utilizing AWS (or other cloud platforms), Docker, Linux and, ideally, DevOps tools such as Terraform and Ansible
- A bias for action to jump on whatever needs to get done and a consistent track record in hitting deadlines
- A curiosity or fascination with how technology works "under the hood" and a desire to care for and continuously improve systems over time
- Persistence in reaching your goals, even when you've run into some obstacles along the way
WHAT MAKES KIPSU DIFFERENT
- We're a solid, stable company, and we enthusiastically embrace our founding startup spirit- everyone pitching in and working to the same goals.
- Our culture- We have a team of highly motivated colleagues who are all in it together. We all succeed as one, and we all learn from our mistakes holding our interdependence in high regard.
- Our unique philosophy- we bootstrapped this company ourselves and are in it for the long-term. There is a distinct sense of purpose and ownership at Kipsu as we do things on our own terms.
- Remarkable growth- with nearly a decade of advancement, we continue to accelerate. It's an exciting time to be here.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT HERE
- Unity - Everyone here is committed to the same mission. Our core values are not platitudes but our pact. We believe in the best in each other while always reaching to be better.
- Transparency - Our leadership gets into the details. We all gather for weekly space to discover how each team is doing so that we have a full understanding of the business and think like a CEO.
- Trust - Our team members are given the trust and license to excel at their jobs, and are supported along the way to continuously grow.
- Mentorship - We all have more to learn and something to teach. The lessons are beyond technical. We celebrate our busy hive of shared growth.
- Respect - Our success and future as an industry leader depend on actionable commitment to cultivating a diverse and equitable team. Everyone here has a voice that is heard and respected. We seek open and honest conversation on our journey to be active stewards of our shared communities.
- Purpose - Everyone here is closely connected to the result of their work. Every day our team gets to see the impact of what they do enhancing the value of our customers' work in their own professions. Our goals are explicitly tethered to our mission of building relationships.
One last thing - At Kipsu, we believe that our values, success, and future as a leader in our industry require a vibrant and diverse workforce. This is one of the many challenges we seek to solve, and we are intentional and active in recruiting talent of all identities and building an environment that is inclusive of all backgrounds. We need your contribution to our team. Please consider rolling up your sleeves and joining us on our journey.