Snyk is the leader in secure AI software development, helping millions of developers develop fast and stay secure as AI transforms how software is built. Our AI-native Developer Security Platform integrates seamlessly into development and security workflows, making it easy to find, fix, and prevent vulnerabilities — from code and dependencies to containers and cloud.
Our mission is to empower every developer to innovate securely in the AI era — boosting productivity while reducing business risk. We’re not your average security company - we build Snyk on One Team, Care Deeply, Customer Centric, and Forward Thinking.
It’s how we stay driven, supportive, and always one step ahead as AI reshapes our world.
Why this role?
As a Senior Engineer on the Guardrails team, you’ll take ownership of our most high-leverage features: the Policy Engine and approval workflows. These aren't just features; they are the logic layer that governs how risk is accepted or blocked across the entire platform. You will build sophisticated, cross-platform systems that turn messy compliance requirements into streamlined, automated workflows, directly shaping how modern teams ship secure software.
You will join a team that is:
- **Redesigning Core Architecture: **You will help lead the migration of our policy logic into a high-scale, event-driven data pipeline. You will move us away from legacy services toward a modern, centralized architecture capable of enriching millions of security findings in real-time.
- **Solving Complex Identity Challenges: **You will tackle one of our hardest engineering problems: persistence and consistency. You will design systems that track software components across different branches and repositories, ensuring that risk decisions follow the code wherever it goes.
- **Operating at the Intersection of the Platform: **This is a highly collaborative role. You will work across the stack, partner with the scanning engines, data platform, and developer tooling (CLI/IDE) teams, to ensure governance logic is unified and seamless across the entire development lifecycle.
What You’ll Do:
- Actively build a new codebase, as well as expanding an existing one
- Play a key role in ideation, shaping the way developers adopt the Snyk platform to secure their applications
- Lead the execution of our policy engines and customer approval workflows development
- Influence roadmap strategy for the future of our platform
What You Bring:
- 7+ years’ experience in software engineering, and comfort working in TypeScript and/or Go
- Strong understanding of developer workflows - your perspective as a developer is crucial to our success
- Proven ability to collaborate with engineering peers across multiple product lines
****It’d Be Awesome If You Also… ****
- Have hands-on experience building modern security tools
- Contribute to open-source or developer communities
- Love solving complex problems with a collaborative team
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We care deeply about the warm, inclusive environment we’ve created and we value diversity – we welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this role but are not totally sure whether you’re the right person, do apply anyway!
About Snyk
Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where our employees can thrive as we rally behind our common mission to make the digital world a safer place. From Snyk employee resource groups, to global benefits that help our employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend, we aim to support our employees along their entire journeys here at Snyk.
Benefits & Programs
- Prioritize health, wellness, financial security, and life balance with programs tailored to your location and role.
- Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances, in-office perks, and time off for learning and self development
- Generous vacation and wellness time off, country-specific holidays, and 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers
- Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance
- Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs, plus mobile phone and education allowances