About Us
Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at
www.sophos.com.
Role Summary
As a member of the Labs Platform team, the Full Stack Developer plays a pivotal role in driving the team's vision forward. With software development being a core skillset, proficiency in AWS, Flask and VueJS becomes imperative. The developer will have opportunities to wear multiple hats, from software development to DevOps tasks, ensuring adaptability as the team and technology landscape evolves.
Our team is responsible for developing Sophos web applications and APIs. We must provide high availability, low response time and – of course – secure systems with a high focus on code quality and continuous improvement of our development process.
You’ll feel at home within our Agile team with its open communication, commitment to quality where continuous improvement of your knowledge is not only an opportunity but a requirement as well.
What You Will Do
- Responsible for designing, developing, refactoring, and maintaining both front-end and back-end applications to meet the needs of the business.
- Creating responsive and scalable applications that run efficiently on AWS and leverage VueJS framework for an optimized user experience.
- Taking part in product testing (unit, end-to-end, automated functional tests, and manual tests)
- Debugging, troubleshooting, and refining existing software.
- Agile planning (clarify requirements, break down into sensible epics/stories, estimate user stories).
- Communicating effectively, removing impediments to the team’s progress, asking for and offering help when needed.
What You Will Bring
- 3 - 4 Years Python Full Stack development experience.
- Proficiency in JavaScript with a strong understanding of their respective tool chains.
- Deep understanding of front-end and back-end frameworks, ensuring a seamless interaction between the two.
- Knowledge of VueJS and Flask frameworks or enthusiasm to learn them.
- Proficiency in using development tools (source control, static analysis, profilers, coverage, etc.).
- Strong skills in designing and implementing applications in cloud environment. Knowledge of AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, CloudFront, CloudFormation is a plus.
- Experience with source control (Git) and CI/CD systems (preferably GitHub Actions and/or AWS Code Pipeline).
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs, database systems (SQL, NoSQL).
- Understanding of identity management (single sign-on).
- Knowledge of Linux and shell scripting. Docker knowledge is a plus.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
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Ready to Join Us?
At Sophos, we believe in the power of diverse perspectives to fuel innovation. Research shows that candidates sometimes hesitate to apply if they don't check every box in a job description. We challenge that notion. Your unique experiences and skills might be exactly what we need to enhance our team. Don't let a checklist hold you back – we encourage you to apply.
What's Great About Sophos?
· Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. Please refer to the location details in our job postings for further information.
· Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
· Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
· Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
· Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
· Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
· Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
· Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing
Our Commitment To You
We’re proud of the diverse and inclusive environment we have at Sophos, and we’re committed to ensuring equality of opportunity. We believe that diversity, combined with excellence, builds a better Sophos, so we encourage applicants who can contribute to the diversity of our team. All applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, sex, gender reassignment, marital status, race, religion or belief, color, age, military veteran status, disability, pregnancy, maternity or sexual orientation. We want to give you every opportunity to show us your best self, so if there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.
Data Protection
If you choose to explore an opportunity, and subsequently share your CV or other personal details with Sophos, these details will be held by Sophos for 12 months in accordance with our Privacy Policy and used by our recruitment team to contact you regarding this or other relevant opportunities at Sophos. If you would like Sophos to delete or update your details at any time, please follow the steps set out in the Privacy Policy describing your individual rights. If you have any questions about Sophos’ data protection practices, please contact
[email protected].
