Senior Backend Engineer with Security Focus (Platform)
Aiven
- Helsinki
- Vakituinen
- Täyspäiväinen
- Aiven platform generalist with security emphasis
- General purpose development on the Aiven platform, focusing on security best practices
- Identity and access management specialization
- Specialist focus in secure authentication, identity, and access management
- Secure cloud infrastructure specialization
- Specialist focus in secure cloud APIs, IaC solutions, and custom orchestration
- Secure cloud networking specialization
- Specialist focus in secure cloud networking, VPN protocols, and tunneling technologies
- Writing high-quality, maintainable, and secure code, releasing and monitoring secure features
- Performing peer reviews and participating in technical discussions both at the team level and among the product development engineering domain with a focus on security
- Contributing to technical planning and backlog management
- Ensuring the backend has strong unit, functional, and security testing coverage
- Advocating for improvements to software quality, security, and performance
- Contributing to secure feature design, system architecture, and product roadmap
- Mentoring junior team members on security best practices
- Excellent development skills in Python
- Strong understanding of security in backend software
- Experience with SQL and secure database design
- The urge to write automated tests, including security tests
- Fluency in English, verbal and written
- Identity and Access Management (IAM):
- Secure identity management protocols like OAuth2, SAML, SCIM.
- Publishing secure applications with Okta and Azure.
- Secure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer specialization:
- Cloud provider APIs (e.g., AWS, GCP) with a security focus.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions like Terraform and Ansible, emphasizing security.
- Secure Cloud Networking Engineer specialization:
- Secure Linux networking stack.
- Enterprise website security:
- Industry-leading practices, such as those outlined by OWASP
- Participate in Aiven's equity plan.
- With Aiven locations spanning the globe, we want all of our crabs to find the right balance with our hybrid work policy.
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