Software Engineer, Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR) - India

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Join a growing team in Security Engineering to build the next generation of our active defense platform against identity threats by analyzing risk signals and automating responses.
All roles at JumpCloud are Remote unless otherwise specified in the Job Description. About JumpCloud JumpCloud® delivers a unified open directory platform that makes it easy to securely manage identities, devices, and access across your organization. With JumpCloud, IT teams and MSPs enable users to work securely from anywhere and manage their Windows, Apple, Linux, and Android devices from a single platform. JumpCloud is IT Simplified. Do you enjoy solving challenging problems using the latest technologies within a great team? Is knowing your work will be highly visible and mission critical a key component for the next step in your career? At JumpCloud, we’re looking for best-in-class talent to help define the future of modern identity and device management from the ground up. About the Role: JumpCloud is looking for experienced Software Engineers to join our growing Security Engineering organization. As the identity landscape evolves, we are expanding our capabilities in Identity Threat Detection & Response (ITDR). You will be a key technical leader in building the next generation of our active defense platform—ingesting high-volume risk signals, analyzing threats in real-time, and automating the response to stop attacks. What you’ll be doing:
  • Feature implementation through both individual contributions and providing guidance in terms of organization, process, and design.
  • Our team primarily uses Go for backend development and JavaScript for frontend development, although experience with other modern languages and frameworks is fine.
  • Collaborating closely with architects, UX, and DevOps to ensure our systems are highly available, scalable, performant, and deliver an amazing user experience.
  • Using the scrum framework.
  • Learning and working with cryptography and security concepts, including PKI and TLS/SSL agreement protocols, authentication, symmetric and asymmetric encryption, and related concepts. Bonus points if you have experience with these already.
  • Implementing OAuth/OIDC flows to authenticate users and then allow them to use services.
  • Integrating identity via certs, OAuth, and other methods into cloud services like AWS API Gateway.
  • Contributing to the future of our Device Management services by participating in strategic planning and scoping sessions with product managers.
  • We’re looking for:
  • 3-6 years of experience developing distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs (including using them as integration points with third-party applications).
  • Experience in back end service development, ideally using Golang and/or NodeJS, or other languages (Java, JavaScript, Python, C, or C++)  with a desire to learn Golang and NodeJS
  • Experience in frontend applications in a variety of programming languages including JavaScript (Vue or similar frameworks).
  • Experience using one of the public cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI) to build, test, and deploy.
  • Willingness to mentor junior members of the team.
  • Bonus Points :
  • SOC / SIEM Empathy: Experience building tools for Security Operations Centers. You understand concepts like "False Positive Fatigue," "Triage," and "Incident Context."
  • Security & Identity: Exposure to authentication standards (OAuth, OIDC, SAML) or experience building logic for Fraud/Risk engines.
  • Integrations: Experience integrating with third-party threat feeds (e.g., GeoIP, IP Reputation).
  • Other: Experience with Docker, feature flags, BDD, and modern frontend tools and practices (Webpack, Babel, etc.)
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    Where you’ll be working/Location:
    JumpCloud is committed to being Remote First, meaning that you are able to work remotely within the country noted in the Job Description.

    You must be located in and authorized to work in the country noted in the job description to be considered for this role. 

    Please note: There is an expectation that our engineers participate in on-call shifts. You will be expected commit to being ready and able to respond during your assigned shift, so that alerts don't go unaddressed.

    Language:
    JumpCloud has teams in 15+ countries around the world and conducts our internal business in English. The interview and any additional screening process will take place primarily in English. To be considered for a role at JumpCloud, you will be required to speak and write in English fluently.  Any additional language requirements will be included in the details of the job description.

    Why JumpCloud?  
    If you thrive working in a fast, SaaS-based environment and you are passionate about solving challenging technical problems, we look forward to hearing from you! JumpCloud is an incredible place to share and grow your expertise! You’ll work with amazing talent across each department who are passionate about our mission. We’re out of the box thinkers, so your unique ideas and approaches for conceiving a product and/or feature will be welcome. You’ll have a voice in the organization as you work with a seasoned executive team, a supportive board and in a proven market that our customers are excited about.  
     
    One of JumpCloud's three core values is to “Build Connections.” To us that means creating " human connection with each other regardless of our backgrounds, orientations, geographies, religions, languages, gender, race, etc. We care deeply about the people that we work with and want to see everyone succeed." - Rajat Bhargava, CEO
     
    Please submit your résumé and brief explanation about yourself and why you would be a good fit for JumpCloud.  Please note JumpCloud is not accepting third party resumes at this time.   
     
    JumpCloud is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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    All communication related to interviews and offers from our recruiters and hiring managers will come from official company email addresses (@jumpcloud.com) and will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid or purchases to be made by the job seeker. If you are contacted by anyone claiming to represent JumpCloud and you are unsure of their authenticity, please do not provide any personal/financial information and contact us immediately at [email protected] with the subject line "Scam Notice" 
     
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