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Senior Software Engineer – Security Foundations – Networking Infrastructure Projects

Senior Software Engineer – Security Foundations – Networking Infrastructure Projects

CompanyLyft
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Salary$148000 – $185000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • Solid experience with a high level programming language (bonus points for experience with Python, Go-lang and shell scripts)
  • Strong understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, HTTP, TLS, DNS) and working experience with edge or sidecar proxies.
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM): provisioning least privilege access to users and services. Familiarity with authn/authz and frameworks and concepts related to SSO, SAML, OAuth, OpenID.
  • Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or another major cloud service provider
  • Kubernetes and container security and running fleets of endpoints or servers in the cloud.
  • Cryptography, PKI, or key/certificate distribution
  • Running multi-tier or distributed web services at scale

Responsibilities

  • Work on our network security initiative such as our Internet edge proxies (Envoy), Web Application Firewall, service-to-service authentication and authorization.
  • Architect and build services that improve the security of our systems with an eye towards scalability and avoiding unnecessary friction.
  • Evangelize our shared security responsibility model by collaborating with other Infrastructure teams at Lyft to ensure that our services and workflows are secure by default.
  • Work on embedding security best practices such as least privilege, isolation, monitoring, authentication and authorization across our entire infrastructure (systems, application, networking).
  • Develop critical services that Lyft depends on such as our credential management service that provides secrets to all our services at Lyft.

Preferred Qualifications

  • When facing a problem that’s poorly defined or outside of your expertise, you can quickly learn what you need to dig in, make sense of the problem, and start working towards a solution
  • You’re a great communicator, and can advocate for your proposals while also empathizing with your teammates’ goals and priorities
  • You understand that security work must be prioritized because all teams have finite resources. You have good judgment and a sense of when to compromise and when to hold your ground