Software Engineer II - Java

As a Software Engineer II at Rapid7, you will play a key role in designing and delivering high-quality software that helps secure our customers and drive business outcomes. You'll bring curiosity, problem-solving skills, and technical expertise to build impactful solutions while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. This is an opportunity to grow your craft, contribute to meaningful projects, and thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
About the Team
Our Product and Engineering team works with our award-winning products to help us create a single experience to help customers assess risk, detect threats and automate their security programs at over 10,000 organizations. These teams use best-in-class technology, leading-edge research, and broad, strategic expertise to develop new products and features, and enhance existing features, in order to create value for customers across the world.
Join us in fortifying digital resilience by becoming a part of our engineering team working on InsightVM. Our Intelligent Vulnerability Management solution ensures real-time visibility, risk prioritization, and automated remediation. Experience enhanced security, operational efficiency, and compliance assurance.
Help us build and innovate great products on our Insight platform using the latest technologies to make the world a safer digital space.
About the Role
The Software Engineer II is a part of our Product and Engineering team who are at the forefront of keeping our customers safe from attacks and breaches. This role will focus on developing the Nexpose Scan Engine. The Scan Engine utilises network scanning techniques to discover customer assets and then runs vulnerability and/or policy assessments. You will have the opportunity to further broaden your skills surrounded by a team of incredibly smart and experienced engineers while getting the opportunity to mentor others.
In this role, you will:

• Build, maintain, and release our well architected services by writing correct and clean code consistently and following best practices and conventions
• Participate in the design and planning of upcoming features, our Engineers are first class stakeholders in all parts of the development process
• When required, partner with internal teams such as UX and Product Management who work deeply with our product to ensure we are understanding our customers needs
• Work towards developing a deep understanding of our products in order to best support our customers
• Work with Practice specific technologies

The skills and qualities you'll bring include:

• A minimum of 2 years experience in software development using Java
• Experience working with protocols from multiple layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model (e.g. Network, Transport, and Application) is nice to have
• Decent analytical skills. Comfortable debugging complex problems and providing creative solutions
• Experience working with Unix tool sets, e.g. comfortable working on the command line
• Comfortable working across multiple Operating Systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS)
• Passionate about delighting customers, puts the customer needs at the forefront of all decision-making
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience in delivering complex solutions to customers
• Excited by technology, curious and eager to learn, with the ability to mentor more junior members of the team
• The attitude and ability to thrive in a high-growth, evolving environment
• Collaborative team player who has the ability to partner with others and drive toward solutions
• Solid communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills both within the team and cross-functionally
• Core Value Embodiment: Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
About Rapid7
At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.
Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope - just like we've been doing for the past 20 years. If you're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.
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