Lookout Inc is looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join our Security Intelligence team. You will contribute to the core systems that power our mobile security platform, focusing on large-scale static analysis and behavioral detection for iOS and Android applications.
What You'll Do
- Contribute to detection engines, analysis systems, and core intellectual property.
- Build, monitor, and maintain high-volume, low-latency distributed SaaS solutions.
- Enable threat hunting for state level security actors and their infrastructure.
- Support processing of continuously acquired Android and iOS applications.
- Identify components and functionality of mobile applications to determine behavior and evaluate privacy risks.
- Invent new app analysis techniques, engines, and domain specific languages.
- Participate in hackathons and innovation fairs.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of overall development experience.
- BS degree in Computer Science or a similar Engineering discipline, or equivalent work experience.
- Experience designing and 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.
- Ability to drive features from conception to deployment in an agile team with continual delivery.
- A quality-oriented mindset with strong commitment to automated testing, metrics collection, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
- A strong motivation for self-directed learning, while collaborating with experts across Lookout engineering teams.
Nice to Have
- Functional programming experience is highly desired.
- Desire and ability to work across platforms and languages.
Technical Stack
- Scala, Java, Ruby (in JVM)
- iOS and Android development toolchains
- Graph, SQL, and NoSQL databases including TinkerPop, ElasticSearch
- AWS and GCP primitives and distributed technologies
Team & Environment
You will be a member of the Security Intelligence team, collaborating with experts across Lookout's engineering organization.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $130,000 – $170,000 CAD
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates in Canada.
Lookout Inc is an equal opportunity employer.
