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JobtailorSydney, Sydney🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 3 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Software Engineer role offers a fantastic opportunity to build impactful security detection and remediation pipelines using Go and Python, fostering significant career growth in distributed systems. You'll thrive here if you possess strong fundamentals in these languages and a passion for solving complex problems, all within a collaborative environment that values your contributions and offers flexibility.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Sydney, Sydney, Australia
GoPython

Job Description

  • Build and extend detection and remediation pipelines across security services using Go and Python
  • Work on distributed-systems problems including deterministic PR check runs, idempotent scan orchestration, and fair queuing across thousands of customer repositories
  • Ship typed, tested, reviewed code deployed by commit SHA
  • Work closely with the product so fixes appear in engineers' pull requests within days
Requirements
  • Strong fundamentals in Go and/or Python
  • Experience with production distributed systems, including queues, state machines, idempotency, and failure modes
  • Preference for simple, correct code over clever abstractions
  • Curiosity about security, even without a security background
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in building and extending detection and remediation pipelines using Go and Python, with a strong focus on production distributed systems and security principles. Capable of delivering high-quality, tested code that integrates seamlessly with engineering workflows.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Go Programming
  • Python Programming
  • Distributed Systems Experience
  • Idempotency
  • Curiosity About Security
Hard Skills
  • Go Programming
  • Python Programming
  • Distributed Systems
  • Queues
  • State Machines
  • Idempotency
  • Failure Modes
  • Typed Code
  • Tested Code
  • Reviewed Code
Soft Skills
  • Curiosity
Industry Keywords
  • Security Services
  • Detection Pipelines
  • Remediation Pipelines
  • Pull Requests
  • Commit SHA

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