Full-Stack Engineer

WatchGuard embraces a Flexible Work Philosophy. Most of our employees can choose to work from the office, at home, or any combination of the two. We’ve built a global workforce of outstanding team members and a flexible culture built on trust, collaboration, and belonging.

About The Position

As a Full-Stack Engineer, reporting to the Engineering Manager, you will be building out and enhancing our MDR solution while delivering new features and improvements that provide value to our customers. You will work on everything from analytics dashboards to Serverless backend services to big data ingestion and processing pipelines.

A day in the life…

As a member of the development team, you will be a participant in the growth and evolution of a unique cloud-based security solution in the market. In your day-to-day life, you will be involved in all the steps and areas of development of one of the most advanced Threat Hunting and security analytics platform in the market following an Agile methodology. Requirements analysis, estimation and management of user stories, development, tests, code validations, continuous improvement… until delivery and production. You will help developing one of the leading market solutions for the rapid detection, response, prevention, and investigation of advanced threats that occur in large organizations, in a project that uses innovative technologies within the cybersecurity market.

Position Responsibilities

• Gather requirements, design, develop, test, and ship services and features while collaborating dynamic and results-driven environment.
• Work at all levels of the stack, from building cohesive customer experiences to scaling ML pipelines
• Take an active role in mentoring junior engineers
• Make a direct impact on the success of WatchGuard as a company
• Participate in on-call rotation approximately once every 2 months

Skills And Qualifications

• A proven track record of success building cloud-based, highly automated, micro-services
• A desire to contribute to a collaborative engineering culture through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• An innovative and passionate spirit, an ability to overcome technical issues in a cooperative environment, a commitment to ship quickly, and familiarity with agile software development practices
• The ability to deal with ambiguity, communicate well with partner teams, and a compassionate understanding of the customer experience
• Proficiency in writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests for both front-end and back-end applications.
• A passion for building scalable and maintainable code that supports growth and futureproofing of systems.

Experience

• 3+ years of experience with Python in a production environment
• 1-2 years of experience with AWS, in particular Lambda functions and Serverless development
• 1+ years of experience working with CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Serverless, or Ansible
• Experience with SQL and a relational database such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
• 1+ years of experience with front end development (JS, React, CSS, etc.)

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is $130,000 - $150,000 USD , exclusive of benefits. This position is also eligible for a bonus of 5% of the base salary. Your base salary compensation will be based on your individual skills, education, and experience. Please keep in mind that the above range is the full base salary range for this role; hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical in order to allow for future salary growth.

U.S. Benefits

• Under our Flexible Work Philosophy, most employees can work from an office, at home, or any combination of the two.
• Comprehensive benefits plan including medical, dental, life, vision, disability, and life insurance
• Healthcare FSA
• FSA with employer contribution
• 13 holidays, including a floating holiday, Juneteenth, and your birthday
• 15 days of paid annual leave
• 9 days of paid sick time
• Paid parental leave
• 401(k) with employer match

Other Perks

• Education assistance program
• Dependent Care FSA match
• Adoption assistance
• Fertility care support
• Backup care for family and pets
• A growing network of employee resource groups
• Employee referral program
• Virtual boot camp
• Employee Assistance Program

Why Work for WatchGuard?

WatchGuard is a global leader in network security and intelligence, advanced endpoint protection, multi-factor authentication, and secure Wi-Fi. Our award-winning products and services are trusted worldwide by more than 18,000 security resellers and service providers to protect over 250,000 customers. Our technology keeps our customers ahead of increasingly sophisticated hackers and has fueled record revenues at WatchGuard.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values each team member's unique background, experiences, and contributions. As part of our dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), we prioritize creating an environment where all voices are heard and respected. We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer a range of caregiver support benefits, including parental leave, family care resources, and flexible work arrangements tailored to individual needs. Our flexible work options allow you to balance personal and professional priorities, empowering you to thrive in all areas of life while contributing meaningfully to our team's success. Learn more about our company culture at www.watchguard.com/wgrd-careers

WatchGuard provides equal employment opportunities for all qualified employees, regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, age, sex, sexual orientation (including gender expression or identity), marital status, mental or physical disability, honorably discharged veteran or military status or any other category protected by federal, state or local laws.

WatchGuard participates in E-verify.

WatchGuard is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. Please let us know if you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability.