Staff Backend Software Engineer (Java/Scala)

Lookout, Inc. is a globally recognized cybersecurity leader delivering advanced protection for the most vulnerable element of any enterprise security strategy — human error and manipulation. Cloud-native by design, the Lookout platform offers rapid, scalable deployment and simplified security operations, defending the frontline of human-centric attacks—the mobile device.

Attackers now target the human element more than ever, with mobile devices providing the most direct path to their victims. Using social engineering techniques that exploit basic human instincts like trust, curiosity, and urgency, they deceive users into revealing sensitive credentials, allowing them to slip past legacy security solutions.

Lookout Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) continuously monitors mobile endpoints for signs of human-centric attacks, as well as traditional malware, software vulnerabilities, and other anomalous activity. It uses advanced threat detection techniques, including artificial intelligence (AI) and behavioral analysis, to identify threats before they escalate across the enterprise.

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• A strong motivation for self-directed learning, while collaborating with experts across Lookout engineering teams, to take on challenges in areas such as:
• Scalable distributed systems design.
• Reverse engineering of mobile applications and runtimes.
• Mobile devices and platforms.
• ML based data analysis support.
• Experience designing/implementing large-scale, distributed, production class software on public cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Functional programming experience is highly desired.
• Desire and ability to work across platforms and languages.
• A quality-oriented mindset with a strong commitment to automated testing, metrics collection, monitoring, and continuous improvement in all of your work.
• Ability to drive features from conception to deployment in an agile team with continual delivery.
• 8+ years of overall development experience.
• BS degree in Computer Science or similar Engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience.

• Primarily Scala, with some Java, and occasionally Ruby (in JVM).
• iOS, Android, and their respective development toolchains.
• Graph, SQL, and NoSQL databases including TinkerPop, ElasticSearch, and others.
• AWS and GCP primitives and distributed technologies.
  
  This posting is for an existing vacancy. We are actively recruiting to fill this position immediately