Senior Software Engineer, Attribution

About the position

Censys is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team working in the area of Attribution. This role is crucial for our Attack Surface Management platform, which is a growth product for Censys. The position requires building a highly scalable streaming attribution engine that accurately attributes internet entities to the correct organization. The ideal candidate will have deep internet knowledge and experience in data pipelines, stream/batch processing at scale, and API development. We expect all employees to prioritize customer happiness and come to work with a positive attitude, eager to learn and educate.

Responsibilities

• Build a complete Attack Surface for customers based on data in the Censys Internet Map and other 3rd party data sources.
• Explore and utilize multiple technologies, often being the first to try new platforms or architectural designs.
• Develop 'pivots' to find potential attribution paths, such as linking certificate domains to IP addresses.
• Design automated solutions for building, testing, monitoring, and deploying applications in a CI/CD environment.
• Maintain a strong customer focus, prioritizing customer feature requests and helping define the Attribution roadmap.

Requirements

• A positive attitude biased towards action and iterative problem solving.
• Deep understanding of internet data and asset attribution methods, including WHOIS, Certificate Subject Alternative Names (SANs), and DNS record types.
• 3+ years of experience building scalable data pipelining solutions across billions of records.
• 5+ years of experience with data-oriented programming languages such as Golang, Python, and Scala.
• 3+ years of experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery tools and methodologies.
• Experience with REST/GRPC and service-oriented architectures.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Cyber security engineering background with knowledge of helpful data sets and services for attribution.
• Experience with microservice-based designs using GCP PubSub and understanding their tradeoffs.
• Value for building maintainable software, ensuring test coverage, adding linters, and code complexity checks.

Benefits

• 401k match
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Bonus eligibility
• Equity