About SecurityScorecard:

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, with over 12 million companies continuously rated, operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security & risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy & Sam Kassoumeh & funded by world-class investors, SecurityScorecards patented rating technology is used by over 25,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting, & cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find & fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint. 

Headquartered in New York City, our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a "Best Workplace, by Crains NY as a "Best Places to Work in NYC," & as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently, SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Companys annual list of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies for 2023 & to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing forward-thinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement.  SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by world-class investors including Silver Lake Waterman, Moodys, Sequoia Capital, GV & Riverwood Capital.

About the Team:

The Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) team collects signals & data on a massive scale translating them into actionable intelligence that helps drive SecurityScorecards flagship security ratings & Attack Surface Intelligence products. This team develops scalable distributed systems to collect data at scale from the Internet, dark web, clear web, telegram/discord & other content. This team partners with the Threat Research & Insights team & other parts of the organization to understand the requirements that define what goes into new signals. Come be part of an exciting team that is building the next generation of threat intelligence.

About the Role:

This contractor role focuses on the design & development of systems dedicated to distributed data collection & Internet scanning. Responsibilities include overseeing the management of collected data feeds, which are integrated into SecurityScorecard's processing pipeline & scoring mechanisms to enhance the Ratings Platform. A central responsibility of this role is enhancing & expanding the capabilities of web crawling & data collection systems. This includes scaling these systems to handle higher frequencies of web scans & integrating extensive datasets from millions of companies into the Ratings Platform. Moreover, the position is focused on pioneering & refining techniques for efficiently operationalizing the gathering of comprehensive web-based & Internet-wide data & threat intelligence.  This is a remote role located in Canada, LATAM or US only.

Please note that this is a 9-12 month contract position.  

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years experience with low-level languages (e.g. Go, C, C++)
• 3+ years of experience with Scripting languages (e.g. Python, Ruby)
• Experience with SQL (e.g. Postgres)
• Knowledge of Selenium, Scrapy or other web crawling mechanisms 
• Experience with Confluent Kafka, Apache Kafka
• Experience with message queues (e.g. RabbitMQ, SQS)
• 3+ years of experience with building distributed systems
• Experience building Restful API's from scratch.
• Working knowledge in one or more of the following: Networking protocols, Network based scanning (nmap, zmap, nessus, masscan, etc), web crawling

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with software design principles, & test-driven development
• Strong experience with Apache Kafka
• Comfortable working as part of a distributed team
• Excellent communication & teamwork skills
• Experience with Internet scanning (NMAP, masscan, ZMAP, etc)
• Experience building web-crawlers & or data crawlers at-scale
• Ability to do independent research
• Ability to make data driven decisions

Benefits:

SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity & embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring & retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, & perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit & do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law. 

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact talentacquisitionoperations@securityscorecard.io.

Any information you submit to SecurityScorecard as part of your application will be processed in accordance with the Companys privacy policy & applicable law. 

SecurityScorecard does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.  Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.