Golang Job: Senior Information Security Engineer

If you are a talented Senior Security Engineer and would be interested in working on a product loved and used by 40+ million monthly active users, this job is for you!

Who are we?
The last thing anyone living abroad needs is to figure out how to receive their post from home, right? Well, that’s the exact problem that inspired our founders in 2013 to create an online tool to turn huge PDFs into tiny, email-friendly ones. And it turned out that they weren’t the only ones with this problem; millions of people started using their tool to compress PDFs and that was the explosive start of Smallpdf as we know it today.
Today, we’re a team of over 130 people and 34 nationalities, with offices in Zurich, Belgrade, and Barcelona. We’re proud to have made PDFs—and life—just a little bit easier for over a billion customers in 24 languages with over 20 PDF tools across our web, mobile, and desktop applications.
About the Team:
The Core Platform team is responsible for developing shared services and tools to improve the productivity of our engineering teams and the quality of our platform. The team consists of back-end and DevOps engineers who develop the core infrastructure used by all other teams within Smallpdf.

What you will do:

• As Security Engineer at Smallpdf, you will help ensure that our software and systems are designed and implemented to the highest security standards

• You will perform technical security assessments, code reviews, vulnerability testing and advanced monitoring to highlight risks, helping Smallpdf to improve security

• You will also work closely with other engineers to design and build proactive methods, tooling and piece of code to enhance our security

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Responsibilities: *

• Explore the problem space and innovate solutions to solve systemic problems

• Partner with internal product teams to continuously improve our product

• Conduct research to identify new attack vectors against Smallpdf products and services

• Develop technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities

• Promote and advise security and secure practices throughout Smallpdf

• Perform investigations on a wide variety of sources and events to determine whether they are threats to Smallpdf

• Contribute to the certification and audit processes

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

• Technical knowledge of security engineering, computer and network security, authentication and security protocols

• Expertise with threat hunting, threat modelling and web app pentesting

• Familiarity with common vulnerabilities (OWASP, etc..)

• Experience working with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, etc..)

• Experience coding / scripting in one or more general purpose languages including but not limited to: Go, Python, JavaScript, Terraform, etc..

• Fluent English

• Swiss or EU passport holder (or other permits that allow you to work in Switzerland)

Nice to have:

• Experience with CI/CD tools and workflows (Jenkins, Github Actions, CircleCI, Gitlab CI, etc..)

• Experience working with Golang

• Container security related experience

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Why Smallpdf?*
You get to impact the way over 40 million people get work done every month.
Push boundaries and dare to fail—that’s how we learn!
Enjoy hybrid work environment, you can work both from home and in the office, but there is a minimum of 4 days per quarter when you are expected to meet up with your team, work together in synergy and strengthen your team bond.
Need to relocate? No problem! We offer relocation support for successful candidates living abroad. (Visa conditions apply.)
Unlimited vacation days—yep, you read that right—plus year-end company holidays.
Need a long break? We offer sabbatical leave to employees who’ve been with us for over 2 years.
16 weeks parental leave—100% of your salary—for all new parents
Don’t leave your four-legged friends at home, our offices are pet-friendly
A personal development budget of up to 2,000 CHF every year, plus 8 days off for courses or training.
Possibility of an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Conditions apply.
Hack days to challenge you and your team, plus build amazing things.
BBQs, game nights, meetups in the Swiss Alps, or in kayaks on Lake Zurich—we’re serious about great coffee, karaoke, and Mario Kart, too!

Rated by Forbes as one of the top 10 cities in the world for work-life balance, Zurich is the place to work for anyone who wants more out of life. From chocolate, cheese, and rӧsti to snow-capped mountains, haute couture, Swiss-made watches, and outstanding public transport, whatever it is that makes your heart beat faster, it’s all right here in Switzerland—the home of Smallpdf.

Smallpdf is an equal opportunity employer. We believe a talented, diverse, and inclusive workforce is our greatest strength. We strongly oppose any form of hiring or workplace discrimination against candidates or employees on any basis, including race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, philosophy, nationality, disability, or genetic information. We’re committed to fostering a safe, supportive environment where everyone can come to work as their full selves and reach their greatest potential.

By submitting your application, you allow Smallpdf to handle and store your data.
Smallpdf does not seek or accept unsolicited applications or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for and will not pay any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited applications or CVs except as required in a written contract between Smallpdf and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.

Job Type: Full-time