Senior Software Engineer, SaaS
San Mateo, CA :: Engineering

Webroot is currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing SaaS (Software as a Service) Development team. The successful candidate will have the unique opportunity to help design and develop Webroot’s flagship Security SaaS product line.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the creation of product design specifications for the Email Security SaaS architecture
• Write quality source code which meets defined project standards and deadlines.
• Perform unit testing on source code where required, prior to handover to test/ quality assurance teams
• Perform maintenance on source code, analyzing and fixing bugs where necessary, whether they be raised internally or in the field
• Occasionally provide 3rd line support to 2nd line support team or in some cases 3rd line support to the customer
• Provide estimates on future development programs, and good and accurate progress reports to support planning activities
• Periodically design and implement custom enhancements for specific customer requirements
• Active participation in, and contribution towards: technical documentation, code reviews, design reviews, team review meetings, project planning input, management information
• Perform occasional evaluation of new technologies and methodologies for use within the product set

Skills and Experience:

Required

• 7+ years working as a software engineer within a C/C++ Linux development environment, actively using relational databases ( preferably MySQL )
• Demonstrable experience designing and implementing systems software in a similar environment (i.e. SaaS, ISP or Telco environment)
• Working knowledge of technologies including Socket & Thread based programming, OpenSSL and LDAP
• SQL development skills - including modifying/analyzing existing code, and query performance tuning
• Must have DB experience handling large tables (millions of rows), assessing logic from existing code and schemas (code debug skills)
• Full project Life Cycle development experience
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle Tools – source control (Perforce), issue tracking, bug tracking (Test Track Pro), etc.
• Must be able to quickly and adeptly manipulate existing engineering code, as opposed to re-writing
• Self starter able to make progress with minimal supervision
• Ability to work within a team environment with good communication skills

Desired

• Development of products within messaging (SMTP) and security environments
• Experience with No-SQL databases (key-value/document-oriented)
• OO PHP programming and recent experience working within a LAMP environment
• Web UI skills