Backend Engineer (Safety & Trust)

LastPass is looking for a Backend Engineer:

In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing robust software solutions that enhance user safety, security, reliability, and integrity, to ensure a safe and trustworthy experience for our users. 

If you are passionate about user safety, have a keen eye for security and a strong technical background, and you thrive in a collaborative and innovative environment, then this is the role for you.

Who will you work with?

You will collaborate with a diverse and talented cross-functional team dedicated to ensuring the security and trustworthiness of our software products. Your interactions will span across various departments, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment, including Engineering, Security and Compliance, Product & UX teams in Hungary, Portugal, and the United States of America.

What are some of the exciting challenges you will be working on?

Security and Trust-Centric Development

• Research, identify, and implement measures that address trust and safety concerns of new and existing LastPass products and services.
• Improve analytics for abuse detection, enhance AI capabilities for abuse detection, and ensure the activation of critical safety features in our products/platforms in addition to the existing safety measures.
• Integrate additional threat intelligence tooling into the LastPass product software stack.
• Conduct risk assessments with existing frameworks to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities in the LastPass software stack. 
• Implement mitigation strategies to address identified risks and ensure the overall safety of the software. 

Support Customer Trust and Safety

• Participate in the buildout of automated solutions for responding to customer RFx, RPFs and security questionnaires.

Incident Response

• Collaborate with incident response teams to analyze and respond to security incidents promptly.

Quality Assurance and Testing

• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans and automated tests to validate the security and trustworthiness of LastPass.

Collaboration and Communication

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, Product Managers, and UX/CX to deliver exceptional safety and trust features on time.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to convey complex security concepts and requirements.

What does it take to work at LastPass?

• Background in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Experience in software engineering with a focus on security, safety, and trust.
• Understanding of cryptographic principles and secure storage mechanisms.
• Familiarity with authentication protocols, access control, and identity management.
• Experience with security audits, vulnerability assessments, and incident response.
• Capability to devise and execute solutions adhering to security industry best practices, standards, and compliance frameworks.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as PHP and C#, with a willingness to acquire new skills and technologies as needed.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, collaborative mindset, and proactive approach.
• Effective communication skills to engage with diverse stakeholder groups regardless of their backgrounds or technical expertise within LastPass.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

It's great, but not required:

• Experience working with global teams.