WithSecure™ protects businesses all over the world from modern threats. We do this through a Co-security approach born from first-hand knowledge that no one can solve every cyber security problem alone. Every single day, our diverse, growing team fights against online extortion, threats to national infrastructure, the unlawful spread of sensitive information, and everything in-between. The best part about working for WithSecure is our people! We are a community of dedicated and passionate professionals that take workplace happiness seriously. If you’re looking for something that’s more than just a job – we’d love to hear from you.

WithSecure is looking for a 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 MDR development team designs and develops technology for our internal operations teams.

We are looking for a skilled and motivated developer to work on tools that the Countercept operations teams use to deliver and communicate the service to our customers.

The location for the position is at our offices in Finland or the UK either Helsinki, Oulu or London - but we do offer extensive possibilities for remote working from within Finland or the UK

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement applications that are used by our security operations and customer experience teams
• Integrate and enrich data from data processing and analysis tools that are used by our security operations team
• Design and create API’s consumed by other tooling and our Front End applications.
• Brainstorm, define, and build collaboratively with members across multiple teams within MDR – DevOps, Platform Management, Detection & Response Team
• Enforce good software engineering processes, from design through to QA
• Add your perspective to influence the engineering culture of the development team
• Constantly re-evaluate our product to improve architecture, user experience, performance and stability
• Be an energetic ‘self-starter’ with the ability to take ownership and be accountable for deliverables.

You’ll use:

• Rust
• Python
• GraphQL and OpenAPI
• DB – SQL, NoSQL, OpenSearch
• AWS services
• CI/CD technologies, e.g. Jenkins
• Linux, Docker

What are we looking for?

• Ideally 3+ years' experience in software engineering.
• Experience with two or more product deliveries
• A versatile programmer who can rapidly build proof-of-concept solutions but knows when a disciplined approach is needed (e.g. when modifying critical services!)
• Familiarity with fundamental security concepts, e.g. certificates and encryption, and common networking protocols such as DNS and HTTP/S
• 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 work in a multicultural environment with English as your working language.

If you find the position interesting but feel you don’t meet all the criteria, we still encourage you to apply.

Bonus points

• Experience developing solutions using AWS, AWS-native services and a microservices architecture
• Experience with security products such as firewalls, proxies and VPN’s
• Experience in 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 WithSecure you'll find some of the best minds in the cyber security industry
• Your work will be clearly visible – all over the world