Key skills
CloudTypeScriptCommunicationRemote Work
About this role
Role Overview
- Contribute to the design and implementation of product features that align with technical strategy, quality standards, and functional requirements.
- Develop clean, maintainable code along with corresponding automated tests.
- Participate in release planning, providing reliable estimations and delivering work that meets scope and quality expectations.
- Engage in code reviews and other collaborative engineering practices.
- Take part in daily standups, sprint ceremonies, and retrospective discussions.
- Participate in security reviews of new development to help ensure compliance with Sophos security requirements and industry best practices.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues, escalating complex problems to more senior team members when appropriate.
Requirements
- Practical experience building backend services or APIs in a modern programming language (TypeScript preferred but not required).
- Good understanding of API design, request/response lifecycles, and common integration patterns.
- Experience writing clean, maintainable code accompanied by automated tests.
- Awareness of secure coding practices, authentication/authorization concepts, and cloud native development.
- Ability to debug production issues methodically and collaborate with senior engineers on complex problems.
- Solid problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Tech Stack
- Cloud
- TypeScript
Benefits
- Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach.
- Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit
- Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy
- Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities
- Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint
- Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp
- Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge
- Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing