F-Secure delivers research-led cyber security to defend organizations, society and people from real-world attacks and build resilience into their approach. Our people are a mix of technical and creative experts – diverse, talented, and passionate people – working tirelessly to help us advance the industry with new ways of thinking. They lead their own development, in and out of the office. They call the shots when it comes to building a place to call home in our organization.

F-Secure delivers research-led cyber security to defend organizations, society and people from real-world attacks and build resilience into their approach. Our people are a mix of technical and creative experts – diverse, talented, and passionate people – working tirelessly to help us advance the industry with new ways of thinking. They lead their own development, in and out of the office. They call the shots when it comes to building a place to call home in our organization.

We are currently looking for a junior software engineer to join our global team. The successful candidate will help to deliver our Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service, Countercept, which defends organisations against targeted cyber attacks. The Tools Development team designs and develops technology for our internal operations teams.

The role we are offering will provide you an opportunity to evolve into a solid part of our development team as a backend software engineer - working on data processing and visualisation tools that the Countercept operations teams use to deliver and communicate the service to our customers.

The primary location for the position is at our offices in Finland either Helsinki or Oulu - but we do offer extensive possibilities for remote working.

If you feel that this could be your next step in becoming a backend software developer, please submit your application.

Key Responsibilities...

• Take part in design, implementation and maintenance of back-end data processing and analysis tools that are used by our security operations team
• Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members within MDR – DevOps, Platform Management, Detection & Response Team
• Enforce good software engineering processes, from design through to QA
• Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, performance and stability
• Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.

You’ll use...

• Languages such as Rust, Go and Python
• DB – SQL, NoSQL
• AWS
• CI/CD technologies, e.g. Docker
• Linux

What are we looking for...

• Ideally 1+ years' experience in software engineering – but we’re open to less!
• Software Development Life Cycle experience
• Knowledgeable on application containerization and development of applications running in cloud environments
• A versatile programmer who can take on new technologies and concepts
• Degree educated, with at least a 2.1 in a numerate subject such as Computer Science, Maths, Engineering
• Innovative mindset, to work on unique solutions to common problems
• Ability to grasp the inner workings and philosophy of the F-Secure Countercept service
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment with English as your working language

Bonus points...

• Experience developing solutions using AWS and AWS-native services

• Experience in mentioned languages (Rust, Go, Python) is a bonus - knowledge of comparable languages will be considered

Our four promises to you…

• You will have the freedom and flexibility to define new methods and products for solving real world challenges
• You will develop your expertise in current technologies whilst increasing your exposure to the information security space
• You will work together with experienced and enthusiastic colleagues, and within F-Secure you'll find some of the best minds in the cyber security industry
• Your work will be clearly visible – all over the world

You can’t design culture!

The F-Secure team is diverse, fluid, fun-loving, and full of energy. It’s our job to preserve that, so we’ve made it our business to help individuals traverse from passion to passion, from specialism to specialism, from the flavor of today to tomorrow’s. We move with their needs, and help them build pathways, always focusing on the things that make them happy in and beyond of the office.