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Arctic Wolf

Lead Developer

Arctic Wolf, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States,


Arctic Wolf,

with its unicorn valuation, is the leader in security operations in an exciting and fast-growing industry—cybersecurity. We have won countless awards for our excellence in security operations and remain dedicated to providing an industry-leading customer and employee experience.Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk. We’re looking for a Lead Developer to be part of making this happen.About the RoleYou’ll be working as a Lead Developer on our Virtual Platform and Appliance Backend Team, responsible for delivering the software that helps solve the real-world security problems that IT professionals face. We develop the internal tools used by the security services team to keep our customers safe and informed.A lead developer is responsible for providing the team technical direction to deliver high value, performant software solutions. The lead developer will provide technical guidance and direction to a team of developers through the design, implementation and automated/integration testing of our software. They will also provide guidance on best practices for running, monitoring, and maintaining our system. This is different from a Team Lead. The Team Lead is responsible for leading the team and projects that team works on.Some of your day-to-day responsibilities will be:Influence the work of team members, and mentor emerging technical leaders.Demonstrate advanced, wide-ranging experience, using in-depth professional knowledge, acumen, concepts and company objectives to develop, resolve complex models and procedures.Provide solutions to issues in creative and effective ways.Understand the interrelationships of different disciplines.Direct the application of existing principles and guide development of new policies and ideas.Build well-designed, testable, efficient, secure code.Share your deep understanding of the product and how Security Services delivers the service.Understand and work on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.Determine methods and procedures on new assignments.Exercise judgment in selecting methods, evaluating, adapting of complex techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.Your work is reviewed upon completion and is consistent with departmental objectives.Contribute to the growth and mentorship of other team members.Develop trusted cross-team relationships to deliver solutions that span multiple areas of expertise.We value a culture of sharing, so every team has the opportunity to share their work with the entire department during our monthly R&D Demos. Once a year we hold a department-wide Hackathon, teaming up across all R&D teams over four days to collaborate and build cool ideas outside the normal project scope. While innovation is the focus, some of these ideas do make it into our products.About YouYou’re an experienced software developer who has the ability to perform programming tasks and large engineering projects with independence and expertise. With the responsibility of the end-to-end delivery of projects, you are responsible for guiding and mentoring other staff members, and regularly lead technical projects. You demonstrate mastery over software development practices, and easily develop reusable design patterns. You easily enhance relationships and networks with senior internal/external partners who are not familiar with the subject matter often requiring persuasion, adapting your style to differing audiences and often advising others on difficult matters.Here are some of the core technologies we use and teach across our appliance teams. You should have experience in one or more of these, or equivalent technologies:GoPythonVMWareAWSGitDockerIn addition, you have proven leadership experience from previous projects, regardless of title held. You have the ability to perform programming tasks and large engineering projects with independence and expertise. You will be responsible for guiding and mentoring other staff members and will regularly lead technical projects. You have a high level of mastery over software development best practices and building reusable design patterns.You have a history of delivering successful projects, as well as some lessons learned from failures.About Arctic WolfAt Arctic Wolf we’re cultivating a collaborative and productive work environment that welcomes a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and ideas to make our teams even stronger as we grow globally. We’ve been named among the list of Top Workplaces in USA, Minnesota (2021-2024), and Texas (2023-2024), Best Places to Work San Antonio (2023, 2024) and Minneapolis/St. Paul (2022-2024), Great Place to Work - Canada (2021-2024), and on the list of Best Workplaces in Technology (2024) in Canada. As well as on Fortune’s Best Place to Work for Millennials (2023) and Top Technology Workplace (2023) lists.Our ValuesArctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people’s and organizations’ sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including:Equity for all employeesFlexible time off, paid volunteer days, and paid parental leave401k & RRSP matching programEnhanced maternity leave and fertility support servicesRobust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health servicesTraining and career development programsArctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our entire employee experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing recruiting@arcticwolf.com.Security RequirementsConducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN’s Information Security policies, standards, processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).Background checks are required for this position.This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). Please note that, if applicable, an offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations.

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