Staff Incubation Engineer-3
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Job description
A Staff Incubation Engineer role in Snyk's Incubation Accelerator, building a new product from the ground up with startup-like agility while leveraging Snyk's infrastructure and customer reach. The role covers full-stack development, system architecture for AI applications, and end-to-end ownership from rapid prototyping to large-scale deployment.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and implement scalable, high-performance software solutions from scratch, covering both frontend and backend components
- Architect flexible, scalable, and secure systems, ensuring robust, maintainable, and high-quality codebases
- Build rapid prototypes to validate ideas, iterate on feedback, and pivot quickly to achieve the best product-market fit
- Design, develop, and deploy intelligent AI agents and autonomous systems, focusing on their integration into new product offerings
- Analyze and optimize system performance, ensuring high availability, low latency, and efficient resource utilization
- Design and deploy cloud-native applications leveraging modern infrastructure, including containerization and microservices architecture
- Operate within a lean, agile environment, utilizing continuous integration and delivery pipelines to accelerate development cycles
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to ensure cohesive product development and alignment with business goals
- Foster a culture of high ownership, creativity, and technical excellence
What we're looking for
- Deep experience in AI/ML systems, including deploying intelligent agents using agentic or multi-agent architectures, with foresight for future needs and strategic alignment
- Strong proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g., Python, Golang, NodeJS) and frameworks, applying them to innovative products
- Experience with agile and CI/CD, with autonomy to streamline processes for efficient delivery in a fast-paced environment
Nice to have
- Genuinely excited by the prospect of working on early-stage products, engaging directly with customers to rapidly identify, prioritize, and iteratively solve problems to build truly beloved solutions
- Thrive in the face of complex, ambiguous technical challenges, consistently finding innovative solutions where others might see roadblocks, and embracing the iterative nature of startup development
Your team
Incubation Accelerator
A team building transformative products from the ground up with the agility of a startup, leveraging Snyk's extensive infrastructure, customer reach, and industry insights.
Benefits
- Snyk employee resource groups
- Global benefits that help employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend
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About Snyk
Unleash AI Innovators, Securely
Snyk is building the next generation security platform where security isn't a set of tools people operate, but a team of security agents working alongside engineers, finding, fixing, and governing risk at the speed software is now built.
Mission
To make the digital world a safer place
Key facts
- Software security
- Building a next generation security platform with security agents working alongside engineers
- Incubation Accelerator builds transformative products from the ground up leveraging Snyk's infrastructure, customer reach, and industry insights
What they value
- Inclusive and engaging environment
- High ownership
- Creativity
- Technical excellence