Our Opportunity
Are you a pioneering engineer with a passion for building transformative products from the ground up? Do you excel in high-autonomy environments where you can innovate like a startup but leverage the resources of a global leader?
Snyk’s Incubation Accelerator is seeking a Staff Incubation Engineer to lead the technical design, development, and deployment of groundbreaking products that empower developers and enhance security worldwide.
As a Staff Incubation Engineer within Snyk’s Incubation Accelerator, you’ll be at the forefront of technical innovation, working on complex engineering challenges to build a transformative new product. This role involves full-stack development, system architecture, and end-to-end ownership of the product lifecycle - from rapid prototyping to large-scale deployment. You’ll work in a lean, agile environment, rapidly iterating on solutions to achieve product-market fit.
This is a rare opportunity to operate with the agility and creativity of a startup while leveraging Snyk’s extensive infrastructure, customer reach, and industry insights
You’ll Spend Your Time:
* Designing, developing, and implementing scalable, high-performance software solutions from scratch, covering both frontend and backend components.
* Architecting systems for flexibility, scalability, and security, ensuring robust, maintainable, and high-quality codebases.
* Building rapid prototypes to validate ideas, iterate on feedback, and pivot quickly to achieve the best product-market fit.
* Analyzing and optimizing system performance, ensuring high availability, low latency, and efficient resource utilization.
* Designing and deploying cloud-native applications leveraging modern infrastructure, including containerization and microservices architecture.
* Operating within a lean, agile environment, utilizing continuous integration and delivery pipelines to accelerate development cycles.
* Collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to ensure cohesive product development and alignment with business goals.
* Providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of high ownership, creativity, and technical excellence.
What You’ll Need:
* 8+ years of relevant experience in software engineering, with a focus on full-stack development and system architecture.
* Proven track record of building scalable, high-performance applications from scratch.
* Extensive experience in building and deploying scalable full-stack applications, including expertise in at least one of the following backend languages: Node.js, Python, or Go.
* Demonstrated experience in applying machine learning (ML) techniques to solve real-world problems.
* Strong experience in system architecture, design patterns, and cloud-native solutions, with the ability to make strategic technical decisions.
* A proactive problem-solver who thrives in high-autonomy environments and is passionate about building products from the ground up.
* Demonstrative interest in the product, actively seeks to understand user needs, and is enthusiastic about engaging with users to gather feedback.
* Experience with agentic AI/LLM stacks (e.g., MCP, Langchain).
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