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Proofpoint Sr. Software Engineer in Belfast, United Kingdom
It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!
We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.
Corporate Overview
Proofpoint is a leading cybersecurity company protecting organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: vulnerabilities in people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber-attacks. Leading organizations of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions mitigating their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect their greatest assets and biggest security risk: their people. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity.
Protection Starts with People. Proofpoint.
The Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer to assume a key role in an energetic, results-oriented Engineering team. The successful candidate will make a highly visible contribution to the end-to-end delivery of a multi-million dollar product offering. They will work closely with local Engineers in Belfast, global Product Management, and staff based in our Silicon Valley headquarters, as part of an Agile team driving rapid growth through high-quality, on-time feature releases that meet and exceed the expectations of our customers.
Do you enjoy working with the latest technologies? Do you want to learn and apply new skills on an ongoing basis? Do you love working with big, complex and scalable applications that support millions of users? If you answered yes to the questions above, then we want to talk to you!
Your day-to-day
Assume the role of a key Software Engineer on a team working on the leading Email Security product suite on the market
Play a vital role in the delivery of ambitious new features and products from Engineering through to Production
Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management resources to analyse and refine requirements
Contribute to the build out of our CI/CD software delivery process to support the end-to-end delivery of world class software
What you bring to the team:
Expertise in, or a strong desire to learn, a wide range of technologies, including:
Go, REST, Java, ReactJS, PHP, Perl, AWS, Linux, Terraform, MIME, SMTP
Extensive Linux experience
Experience in working collaboratively with Product Management, QA and Operations teams
A track record for delivering high performance, scalable software
A desire to play a major role in the delivery of complex, high value projects
Excellent problem-solving, communication & interpersonal skills
Desirable
Experience working in a product-focused development environment
Exposure to SaaS-based product delivery
Experience working as part of an agile software development team
A keen interest in the cybersecurity domain
In depth knowledge of email technology, including MTAs (e.g. Postfix), MX records and SMTP
Experience of parsing and/or manipulating MIME messages in any language
Why Proofpoint
Protecting people is at the heart of our award-winning cybersecurity solutions, and the people who work here are the key to our success. We’re a customer-focused and driven-to-win organisation with leading-edge products. We are an inclusive, diverse, multinational company that believes in culture fit, but more importantly ‘culture-add’, and we strongly encourage people from all walks of life to apply.
We believe in hiring the best and the brightest to help cultivate our culture of collaboration and appreciation. Apply today and explore your future at Proofpoint! #LifeAtProofpoint
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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.
To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards
Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.
We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.
Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.
We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.
At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:
Build and enhance our proven security platform
Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture
Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel
Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges
We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.