As a Software Engineer I you’ll get the opportunity to be a hands-on engineer, learning best practice engineering processes and approaches whilst receiving ongoing development through coaching, mentoring and pairing with other engineers on your team. From problem-solving to challenging old ways of thinking, you will have the opportunity to unleash your full potential and creativity whilst working with cutting edge technologies in a dynamic and collaborative team.

About the Team

The Data Platform team is responsible for building ETL Pipelines that fuel the Data Platform at Rapid7.  Moving both Product Usage and Product Data into our Data Platform to enable Product Analytics at Rapid7 and for product teams to develop new features, enhance existing features and build shared experiences to create value for customers across the world.
 

We have a cutting edge data stack including Kafka, K8s, Spark and Iceberg.

About the Role
The Software Engineer I is a part of our Data Platform Engineering. In this role you will be focussed on helping our product teams move data into our Data Platform for in product experiences and product analytics.  You will be given the time to learn and develop your skills surrounded by a team of incredibly smart and experienced Engineers.

In this role, you will:

• Build and Maintain Reliable Data Pipelines

• Participate in the design and planning of upcoming work, our Engineers are first class stakeholders in all parts of the development process

• Ability to work cross functionally to help deliver a shared Data Platform

• Work with Practice specific technologies

The skills you’ll bring include:

• 1-2 years experience in software development using Python or other equivalent programming languages

• Excited by technology, curious and eager to learn

• Knowledge of some tooling from within the Data Space e.g. (Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Jenkins)

• The attitude and ability to thrive in a high-growth, evolving environment

• Collaborative team player who has the ability to partner with others and drive toward solutions

• Strong creative problem solving skills

• Solid communicator with excellent written and verbal communications skills both within the team and cross functionally

• Passionate about delighting customers, puts the customer needs at the forefront of all decision making

• Excellent attention to detail

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy - apply today.
 

About Rapid7

At Rapid7, we are on a mission to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by embracing tenacity, passion, and collaboration to challenge what’s possible and drive extraordinary impact.

Here, we’re building a dynamic workplace where everyone can have the career experience of a lifetime. We challenge ourselves to grow to our full potential. We learn from our missteps and celebrate our victories. We come to work every day to push boundaries in cybersecurity and keep our 10,000 global customers ahead of whatever’s next.

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Join us and bring your unique experiences and perspectives to tackle some of the world’s biggest security challenges.