3 days ago
Base Salary
$165k - $223k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, maintain, and monitor highly available, scalable services and internal tools for MDR and IR delivery.
- Develop distributed microservices and backend systems in Python and create frontend self-service tooling with JavaScript and React.
- Design and provision scalable AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
- Build deployment pipelines and containerized services using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Docker, and EKS.
- Establish automated testing, monitoring, observability, log monitoring, and telemetry strategies for production workloads.
- Partner with operational practitioners, program managers, and engineering teams to translate pain points into architecture and delivery milestones.
- Mentor engineering peers on architecture, design reviews, code quality, and sustainable operational practices.
- Apply AI-first engineering methods and LLM integrations to accelerate automation and developer workflows.
Requirements
- Proven experience architecting, building, and maintaining distributed microservices and backend systems in Python.
- Experience with Django, Django REST Framework, FastAPI, or Flask.
- Hands-on proficiency with JavaScript and React for frontend development.
- Extensive experience designing and provisioning AWS infrastructure, including ECS, API Gateway, EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and IAM, with Terraform.
- Strong experience establishing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins and using Docker and EKS.
- Experience with programmatic testing, observability, log monitoring, and telemetry tools such as DataDog.
- Practical experience or strong interest in AI-first software engineering methodologies and LLM integrations such as Claude and Amazon Bedrock.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts, make timely technical decisions, collaborate cross-functionally, and drive end-to-end technical outcomes.
- Ability to mentor peers and provide technical leadership across architecture, design, and operational practices.
Benefits
- Remote work is indicated by the #LI-Remote designation.
- Rapid7 describes a collaborative, inclusive workplace focused on meaningful impact and diverse professional experiences.
About Rapid7
Rapid7 builds a cloud security operations platform and services for enterprises, combining vulnerability management, detection and response (SIEM/XDR and MDR), application security testing, and security automation. Its Insight platform products include InsightVM, InsightIDR, InsightAppSec, and InsightConnect, sold as subscriptions with optional managed services. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Boston, the NASDAQ-listed company (RPD) serves more than 11,500 customers worldwide.