Senior Software Engineer (compiler focused)

Job description

**About Kasada** Join us in stopping bad bots, for good! Kasada protects millions of online users everyday. Founded to stop automated bot attacks, we believe the internet should be a safe place for everyone. Bad bots are highly destructive. They take over accounts, steal content, overload systems and infrastructure and cause billions of dollars in damages every year. Seeking to restore trust in the internet, Kasada stops bots at the very first request including those that have never been seen before. We’ve grown from a few friends working out of a shipping container under the Sydney Harbour Bridge to now operating globally, we’re spread across the world protecting some of the most well-known brands on the face of the earth. We’re an innately curious team that’s not afraid to bring bold ideas to create better ways of solving problems. We’re looking for people who are passionate about solving some of the most difficult and pressing cybersecurity issues, while having fun doing it! ### **About the role** Kasada has an exciting opportunity to join our team responsible for defending our customers against automation. This is a role where you will get the opportunity to apply your apply your knowledge in compiler theory. Kasada uses novel obfuscation techniques that involve custom languages and virtual machines. You will be researching ways to leverage these and invent new ones to prevent attachers from getting the upper hand. As a member of our Engineering team, you will be able develop new creative innovations to our Virtual Machine and compiler and establish yourself as a leader in the growing field of cyber security. As a Senior Software Engineer (compiler focused) you will get to work deeply within our VM compiler working on all aspects of the compiler chain. ### What you will be doing - Building and enhancing our Kasada Virtual Machine - Building and optimising different stages of our compiler chain - Using proof-of-concept work from our security research and turning it into practical solutions that enhance our bot defences - Perform research in collaboration with product and engineering teams - Contributes to architecture design discussions in how we can build efficient solutions ### What you will bring We don’t expect you to meet everything below, but we do look for candidates eager to develop in areas where they have less experience - At least 3 years experience working in a Senior Software Engineering role - Understanding of compiler architecture - Experience working with compilers - Experience with ASTs - TypeScript / JavaScript experience - A great ability to communicate highly technical concepts to non-technical audiences - Strong debugging skills and willingness to delve into unknowns - Understanding of writing user based tests Highly desirable - Knowledge of browsers including backwards compatibility - Cybersecurity experience - Client based testing experience - Babel experience - VM experience ### What you will be working with - NodeJS - TypeScript - JavaScript VMs - Buildkite - AWS - Docker