Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Posted on 9/19/2024

HUMAN

HUMAN

201-500 employees

Cybersecurity solutions against bot attacks

Cybersecurity

Compensation Overview

$140k - $160kAnnually

+ Bonus + Incentives

Senior

United States

Hybrid position in the United States.

Category
Backend Engineering
Full-Stack Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Data Science
Go
Linux/Unix
Requirements
  • You have experience developing products in Golang.
  • You have your share of war stories about distributed architectures and their common pitfalls.
  • You constantly drive for correctness and performance, in that order. You are a stickler for following a thorough merge request process and leaving things better than you found them.
  • You look to find new and innovative ways to solve complex problems through rigorous experimentation.
  • You have an open attitude and collaborate well across team boundaries- be they the office hallway or the continental divide.
  • You have been actively involved in innovating across all stages of the software development life cycle, setting objectives and clarifying outcomes for the teams you’ve worked on.
  • You are proactive in identifying issues and misalignments in team tasks and customer expectations and help your team solve them.
Responsibilities
  • Support the development and delivery of the MediaGuard product, one of our flagship offerings that handles 1.5 trillion prediction requests a day from some of the largest internet companies on the planet.
  • Profile, debug, optimize and harden Linux-based software.
  • Partner closely with our Platform Engineering teams to find ways to deliver unique value to our MediaGuard customers by extending and reusing common platform components.
  • Collaborate with detection researchers (data scientists, malware reversers, threat analysts) to design and propose new ways to demonstrate the return on investment our customers are realizing as a result of using our software.
  • Participate in an agile development cycle, write clear and usable documentation, give lightning talks and mentor others.
  • Work with a team of uniquely talented engineers who love to learn, experiment, and push the limits of modern technology.
  • Participate in building a unique culture that emphasizes lean principles and optimizes for deep work, collaboration and doing the best work of your career.
  • Provide technical leadership on the team through coaching, mentoring, and design documentation.

HUMAN focuses on cybersecurity by protecting businesses from advanced bot attacks to ensure safe online experiences. Their main product, BotGuard, is designed to defend digital assets, APIs, and applications from harmful bots. This technology works by utilizing advanced detection methods, global visibility, and insights from hacker activities to effectively prevent fraud and abuse on a large scale. Unlike many competitors, HUMAN emphasizes a subscription-based model and enterprise contracts, which allows for ongoing support and updates. Additionally, they have initiated The Human Collective, a program aimed at improving internet security through shared protection efforts. The goal of HUMAN is to be a reliable partner in combating cyber threats and enhancing the overall security of the digital landscape.

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$176.1M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2012

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

116%

1 year growth

116%

2 year growth

116%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • HUMAN raised over $50 million in growth funding for expansion.
  • The company is expanding its public sector offerings, aligning with rising cybersecurity investments.
  • HUMAN's MediaGuard solution benefits from the expanding digital advertising market.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from emerging cybersecurity startups threatens HUMAN's market share.
  • Rapid evolution of AI-driven bot attacks may outpace HUMAN's detection capabilities.
  • Integration challenges from the clean.io acquisition could lead to operational inefficiencies.

What makes HUMAN unique

  • HUMAN specializes in protecting enterprises from sophisticated bot attacks.
  • Their flagship product, BotGuard, safeguards digital properties, APIs, and apps.
  • HUMAN leverages superior detection and hacker intelligence to stop fraud at scale.

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