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Cobalt • Remote — US / Germany / UK

Senior Software Engineer, CX: Collaboration

Remote-first

Fully flexible hours

Dog friendly

Job Description

Who We Are

Cobalt was founded on the belief that pentesting can be better. Our pentests start in as little as 24 hours and integrate with modern development cycles thanks to the powerful combination of a SaaS platform coupled with an exclusive community of testers known as the Cobalt Core. Accepting just 5% of applicants, the Core boasts over 400 closely vetted and highly skilled testers who jointly conduct thousands of tests each year.

Our award-winning, fully remote team is committed to helping agile businesses remediate risk quickly and innovate securely. Today, over 1,000 customers use Cobalt to run pentests on demand via Pentest as a Service, AKA PtaaS, a space which Cobalt pioneered (you could even say we wrote the book on it) and continues to lead.

Description

What’s next? Cobalt is building a Collaboration team to further streamline the workflow between pentesters and our customers’ internal teams. You’ll shape this new team and help define our charter for real-time collaboration and messaging, as well as async notifications and comments, and our use of collaboration platforms like Slack. You’ll work collaboratively with product managers and product designers to drive the implementation and release of major features, and be a champion of best practices for writing well-tested, well-organized code.

What You'll Do

  • Work in a remote-first, globally distributed engineering team with bases in the US, Germany, and the UK.
  • Make an impact as we build the best Pentest as a Service Platform.
  • Be an active member of a cross-functional product development team that frequently interfaces with business stakeholders.
  • Make decisions about code design, architecture, and refactoring to balance technical debt against delivering functionality.
  • Consistently deliver high quality features and functionality.
  • Plan and lead testing for integration projects.
  • Review code and mentor other engineers.
  • Provide time estimates and participate in agile development and continuous delivery processes.
  • Review specifications and work with PMs and Designers to drive sprints.

You Identify As

  • A Self-Starter. As a senior member of the team, you’ll feel at home as a hands-on, self-directed contributor who drives initiatives within the team and cross-team, for the product and for other engineers.
  • A Team-Player. You collaborate with other engineers and the Product team (PMs, Product Designers) daily to deliver high quality features on-time and identify ways to continuously improve how you and your team work.
  • A Technical-Interface. Not only internally, but with customers and other stakeholders, you’ll help others understand technical complexities and opportunities in terms they’ll understand.

You Have

  • 5+ years development experience
  • Strong grasp of SOLID principles with a commitment to engineering excellence
  • Ability to communicate effectively in an asynchronous environment
  • High comfort level with a remote-first and a global company
  • Experience with full stack architectures, working with RESTful API design and implementation
  • Familiarity with Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD
  • Exposure to cloud architectures - we’re on Google Cloud
  • Deep understanding of the SDLC tooling ecosystem (+ security tools, even better)
  • Ability to build scalable, maintainable, and performant production code
  • Good written and verbal communication in English

Bonus if you Have

  • Experience in a SaaS company
  • Experience with integrating collaboration tools + APIs (e.g. Slack)
  • Experience with Kotlin, Ruby, Javascript, PostgreSQL
  • Experience with K8s, GCP, Terraform
  • Experience in the cybersecurity industry / knowledge of best practices

Diversity at Cobalt

With over 45 nationalities already at Cobalt (and counting) we respect and celebrate diversity! We’re proudly committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, or place of origin. We support each other and are grateful for each Cobalter's contribution to our mission — let's make security dance!

Please apply even if you don't think you meet all of the criteria above but are still interested in the job. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone excited to join the team.

Why You Should Join Us

  • Earn competitive compensation and an attractive equity plan
  • Save for the future with a 401(k) program (US) or pension (EU)
  • Benefit from medical, dental, vision and life insurance (US) or statutory healthcare (EU)
  • Treat yourself to paid remote lunches
  • Get to know your team during our quarterly team events
  • Leverage stipends for:
    • Wellness
    • Work-from-home equipment & wifi
    • Learning & development
    • Unlimited books
  • Grow in a passionate, rapidly expanding industry operating at the forefront of the Pentesting industry
  • Work directly with experienced senior leaders with ongoing mentorship opportunities
  • Make the most of our flexible, generous paid time off
  • Work remotely from anywhere in the US, the UK or Germany
  • Explore the world with our travel bonus payouts at your 2, 3, and 5 year anniversary

Company benefits

Enhanced maternity leave – 16 weeks paid
Enhanced paternity leave – 16 weeks paid
Adoption leave – 16 weeks paid
Work from anywhere scheme
Unlimited annual leave
Work from home allowance
Co-working space allowance
Teambuilding days
Teambuilding holidays

The FlexScore® is the result of a rigorous 2-step verification of a company’s flexibility

First we assess the flexibility options Cobalt provides and then we anonymously survey a statistically significant proportion of their employees to make sure Cobalt is as flexible as they say they are. Our assessment is based on the six key elements of flexibility: location, hours, autonomy, benefits, role modelling and work-life balance.

We ask the hard questions so you don’t have to.

Working at Cobalt

Company employees

210

Gender diversity (male:female)

61:39

Office locations

USA, Germany, UK

Funding levels

$37M

Hiring Countries

Germany
United Kingdom
United States

Awards & Achievements

Most flexible companies

Most flexible companies

Flexa100 2023
Saas & Dev Software

Saas & Dev Software

Industry awards 2022