Senior Software Developer

Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, world-leading global threat research and intelligence, and continuous innovation, our cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints

With 7,000 employees across 65 countries, and the world’s most advanced global threat research and intelligence, Trend Micro enables organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. TrendMicro.com

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Position Summary:

Trend Micro is a world-leading cybersecurity company building the next generation of cloud security services to make the digital world a safer place to do business. As a part of the Vision One team, your role will be to design, implement, test, deploy and support high quality cloud native services on AWS. This is a software development role requiring top-notch programming skills, proven software design abilities and a willingness to learn new tools and technologies. We are continuously looking for new and innovative approaches to solving problems. Team members are encouraged to 'think differently' and experiment. Whether it's a new technology, fixing an inefficient process or just learning how things are done on another team, we are looking forward to seeing your creativity in practice. If you love writing quality code to solve real customer problems, then we want to talk to you.

We're looking for someone who:

• Cares about what they do and is proactive and self-directed

• Has a great attention to detail in identifying issues and opportunities ahead of time

• Is able to take ownership of a task up and down the stack from inception to completion

• Collaborates as a great team player to iterate on solutions that delight our customers

• Strives for open and honest communication with respect for others

• Is passionate about documenting your knowledge and work, and has a desire to share what you learn with the rest of the team

As a senior software developer on the Vision One team in your day-to-day you will:

• Build and architect rich AWS cloud Native applications

• Work with your squad of 5-7 in short sprints or kanban to achieve regular business and customer outcomes

• Use DevOps principals to deliver incremental improvements or features to production multiple times a day

• Own and operate your team's services, respond to business-hours incidents, and participate in blameless post-incident reviews

• Write non-application code, such as infrastructure as code, unit tests, metrics, monitoring, alarms etc.

• Take time for learning and continuous improvement to build your skills and pursue interests not directly related to current work tasks

• Look for opportunities to share your knowledge with other team members and the wider organization

Key qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with complex application development including debugging, analysis, and optimization

• Proven track record of working on complex problems without clear solutions, and proactively driving the development and delivery of business value

• Willingness to learn new tools and technologies and ability to get up to speed quickly

• Capable of understanding existing designs and technology choices for your team's services and suggesting appropriate adjustments when necessary.

• Skilled at writing maintainable code and building maintainable services (i.e. automated tests, debuggable code, complete documentation)

Relevant skills & experience:

• Experience with AWS Cloud native application development, including AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, etc.

• Knowledge of Serverless concepts and AWS Services (S3, CloudFront, Cognito, etc.) or equivalent on other cloud providers

• Experience with microservice architectures, REST API development and event-driven architectures

• Experience with automated Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions or AWS CDK

• Great scripting skills and a preference for automation over manual toil

• Knowledge or experience developing secure code and/or working in a security space.

• Programming experience with Golang, Typescript, Python, Java or JavaScript

DEI Commitment:

Not meeting every single requirement? At Trend Micro, we're committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and genuine workplace. If you're enthusiastic about this position but find that your experience and background don't perfectly match every qualification listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to apply. You could very well be the ideal candidate for this position or others within our organization.

What We Offer You:

You're important to us. What matters to you, matters to us too. Trend Micro provides benefit options for you and your family.

• Group benefits program with health and dental coverage

• Telehealth Virtual Health Services

• Life Insurance

• Short & Long Term Disability 

• Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leave

• Critical Illness Insurance

• Mental Health Wellness Program

• Wellness Incentive Program

• Retirement Savings Programs with company match

• Paid Time Off

• 14 Annual Holidays

• Tuition Assistance

• Employee Resource Groups

In our Ottawa office we also enjoy:

• Collaborative office workspaces with unique and spacious lounge areas

• Foosball and ping-pong

• Free coffee, tea and snacks

• Secure indoor bicycle room & shower/change rooms

• Regular hack days!

Our Hiring Process:

Building our team at Trend is an incredibly important shared responsibility. The typical process looks like this -

• After you apply online, if you're selected for an interview you will hear from someone in our recruitment team within a week.

• A quick initial call with a recruiter is typical, and you can use it to share more about yourself and get answers to questions about the position

• For coding positions, we often ask candidates to spend up to 2 hours completing a take home assessment that we can then discuss with you during the interview.

• An interview with the hiring manager where we get a chance to go into detail about your experience, the position and the team.

• A multipart interview that gives you the chance to meet more members of the team you'll be joining. Pair programming with a potential future colleague is common.

• Next comes the offer stage and a final call with a manager to discuss expectations and terms.

We offer competitive compensation with bonus opportunity tied to company performance, along with room to enhance your skills through ongoing learning and broad technological opportunities. Achieving work-life balance is a priority, complemented by team activities, fostering an environment rooted in equity, inclusion, and collaboration, that is reflected in both our culture and our work.

Trend Micro Canada has been recognized as one of the National Capital Region's Top Employers. If you're curious to learn more, click the link below to discover why joining Trend Micro could be the perfect career move for you: Trend Micro Top Employer

Be Passionate. Be Innovative. Be a Trender.

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