Low-Level Software Engineer
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About the team
Orca Security is a cybersecurity startup and cloud innovation leader. Founded in 2019 in Israel by former Check Point managers, it raised $630+ million and became a 'unicorn' in 2021.
As part of Orca cloud security suite, our team is building Orca Sensor — a lightweight runtime component that brings deep visibility and protection to cloud workloads, without the burden of traditional heavy agents.
📌 Check this article to understand the product, workflow, and see the people on the Sensor team.
About the role
As a Low-Level Software Engineer, you’ll work on a scalable, low-overhead system that collects and processes real-time telemetry to detect threats and anomalies across modern cloud environments.
You’ll take on a hands-on developer role with DevOps exposure, contributing to the design and development of innovative software products.
If you enjoy tackling performance and reliability challenges in cloud infrastructure, you’ll feel right at home with us.
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Responsibilities
- Contribute to end-to-end product implementation primarily in Go language (with some Python/C++/Rust as well)
- Ensure end-to-end ownership of the solution by contributing to DevOps aspects of the product (Helm charts, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring/alerting)
- Provide input into the architecture and design of the product, collaborating with the team in solving problems the right way
- Develop expertise of AWS, Azure, and GCP products and technologies
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in low-level software development / system programming
- Solid knowledge of operating systems internals (Linux or Windows) - processes, networking
- Solid understanding of software design principles, including concurrency, synchronization, memory management, data structures, and algorithms
- Proficiency in either of Go/C/C++/Rust and willingness to learn Go
Nice to have
- Knowledge of cybersecurity domain
- Experience working with cloud-native services (AWS/GCP/Azure) - advantage
- Demonstrated curiosity and initiative in the cloud security or threat detection domain
Benefits
- Work in a highly professional team. Informal and friendly atmosphere in the team
- Paid vacation — 20 business days per year, 100% sick leave payment
- Equipment provision
- Partially compensated educational costs (for courses, certifications, professional events, etc.)
- Legal and Accounting support in Poland
- Ability to work from our comfortable office in Warsaw at Prosta 51
- 5 sick days per year
- Medical insurance (after the end of the probationary period)
- English and Polish classes 2 times a week (online)
- Bright and memorable corporate life: corporate parties, gifts to employees on significant dates
Join us
To be considered for this position, you must have Polish citizenship, a D-type work visa, or a residence permit. Thank you!
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