What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer | Front End position at extrahopnetworks?
At ExtraHop, we're on a mission to help organizations achieve complete visibility, real-time threat detection, and proactive security through cutting-edge network detection and response (NDR) technology. Our NDR product is a market leader, providing our customers with the ability to detect, investigate, and respond to threats faster than ever before.
We’re proud of the work we do and the recognition we’ve received, including our recent Gartner Peer Insights award, which reflects the trust and satisfaction our customers have in our solutions.
If you're passionate about innovation, dedicated to protecting digital infrastructures, and ready to make a real impact, we invite you to join our team and help us shape the future of cybersecurity.
Position Summary
We’re looking for a creative Sr. Software Engineer with expertise in building intuitive and visually compelling front-end applications. Our dynamic UI team crafts sophisticated web interfaces that act as gateway to ExtraHop’s industry-leading products. We deliver data-rich visualizations and powerful investigative tools to diverse users, from from analysts to seasoned experts.
Our development culture values maintainable, high-quality code, proactive technical improvements, and continuous learning. With TypeScript, modern front-end frameworks, and functional programming paradigms at our core, we tackle challenging problems collaboratively and with a keen eye toward innovation and an excellent user experience to keep our quality bar high, using tools like Prettier and ESLint to automate the pedantic bits.
We offer an engaging and innovative environment in which people are encouraged and supported to collaborate on industry-leading technology and create a world-class engineering team, while they develop and enrich their individual growth. Join ExtraHop and contribute your talents to develop innovative technology that genuinely makes a difference.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop and maintain sophisticated front-end components for ExtraHop’s products.
- Collaborate closely with UX designers, Product Management, QA, and other engineering teams to define requirements, interfaces, and architect solutions that ensure cohesive and seamless user experiences.
- Lead and participate actively in agile development processes, code reviews, and technical strategy discussions.
- Act as a technical expert, fostering a culture of excellence, curiosity and collaborative problem solving.
- Address technical debt proactively, continually improving our codebase and technical stack.
Required Qualifications
- 7 years of professional front-end development experience using JavaScript, TypeScript, Reason, or Elm
- 5 years expertise with a modern front-end framework (React, Angular, Vue, or Svelte)
- Significant experience developing and scaling Single Page Applications (SPAs)
- Strong foundational knowledge of data structures, algorithms and performance optimization.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor other developers.
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with cybersecurity and Network Detection & Response (NDR) industry practices, challenges, and visualization requirements
- Familiarity with strong static types and functional paradigms
- Exposure to backend development (e.g., Python, Golang, Rust, C, SQL)
- Experience building interactive, real-time visualizations (Canvas, SVG, D3.js or three.js)
- Proficiency with advanced build and automation (Webpack, Docker, Makefile, npm)
- Experience writing comprehensive tests (Jest, Jasmine, Behave) to ensure product reliability
- Familiarity cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and CI/CD processes
Skills and Competencies
- User Interface Expertise: Deep understanding of UI/UX principles, responsive design, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility.
- Problem-Solving Skills: Exceptional problem-solving skills, capable of analyzing complex issues and developing scalable solutions.
- Collaboration and Communication: Strong team player who communicates clearly, facilitating effective cross-team partnerships.
Technical Leadership: Ability to guide technical decisions, mentor peers, and elevate engineering practices across the team.
The salary range for this role is 140,000 - 180,000 bonus benefits
ABOUT EXTRAHOP
ExtraHop is the cybersecurity partner enterprises trust to reveal the unknown and unmask the attack. We’re on a mission to protect and propagate trust by revealing the cybertruth, and we partner with every customer, every day, to uncover it. Our Reveal(x) 360 platform is the only network detection and response solution delivering the 360-degree visibility needed to see everything on the network. When organizations have full network transparency with ExtraHop, they can see more, know more, and stop more cyberattacks.
ExtraHop is recognized by leading organizations for both its innovation in the market and its commitment to building a world-class team. We’ve been recognized as a “Customer’s Choice” by Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer, and as a Leader in the Forrester Wave®: Network Analysis and Visibility, Q2 2023. ExtraHop has won AI Breakthrough Awards four times (2018-2020, 2023) and our Channel Partner program has received a 5-star rating from CRN for our 2023 Partner Program Guide. Our flagship product, Reveal(x), has received numerous accolades, including a 2022 Edison Award for Cybersecurity.
Employees' wellbeing is top of mind for the ExtraHop team. Employees and their families will have the option to participate in the following benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits
- Flexible PTO, Sick Time Prorated Based on Date of Hire, and All Federal Holidays (US Only) 3 Days of Paid Volunteer Time
- Non-Commissioned Positions may be eligible to participate in the Annual Discretionary Bonus Plan
- FSA and Dependent Care Accounts EAP, where applicable
- Educational Reimbursement
- 401k with Employer Match or Pension where applicable
- Pet Insurance (US Only)
- Parental Leave (US Only)
- Hybrid and Remote Work Model
*Candidates should note that the Company may modify reporting relationships, job titles and compensation, including commissions and benefits, from time to time at its sole discretion, as it deems necessary, with or without prior notice.
We are intentional about our culture, diversity, and inclusion, and we welcome everyone to come ready to participate in contributing to this truly unique environment. At ExtraHop, we believe that the best products, services, and companies are built by strong teams that include a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, ideas, and experiences. We are committed to supporting and enabling growth and opportunity for every employee at every level. This is the foundation of our success.
We are equally committed to equal employment opportunity, and it is foundational to how we recruit and hire our talented team. Employment is determined based upon capabilities and qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identification and expression, marital status, military status, pregnancy (including but not limited to potential pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, age , national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, disability ,, genetic information, or any other protected class as established by law.
Our people are our most important competitive advantage, leading the charge cyber criminals and insider threats.
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