Scala Developer
Scala Developer
80-100% | October 2023 | remote in Switzerland or Germany
About Exeon:
Exeon Analytics AG is a Swiss cyber tech company specialising in the protection of IT and OT networks through AI-driven security analytics. Our Network Detection & Response (NDR) platform ExeonTrace allows companies to monitor corporate networks, immediately detect cyber threats and thus effectively protect their organisation’s IT landscape - quickly, reliably, and completely hardware-free. The self-learning algorithms for detecting anomalies in network activity were developed at ETH Zurich and are based on more than ten years of academic research. Exeon was awarded as one of the top three high-tech companies at the SEF 2021 and consists of an interdisciplinary team of data scientists, machine learning experts, white hat hackers, network security specialists and business professionals. Exeon is determined to become the leading NDR provider in Europe and already counts renowned companies such as PostFinance, Planzer and SWISS Airlines among its customers.
What your impact will be like:
As a Backend Developer, you will be a member of our Development team and closely collaborate with our back- and frontend developers and professional service engineers to introduce new analysers and further improve ExeonTrace so that it becomes truly scalable. We work with Scala (Cats, Akka HTTP), MongoDB, Docker and ElasticSearch.
You will take responsibility for key parts of our ExeonTrace NDR tool and solve challenges in building scalable solutions to help our customers efficiently assess and combat cyber threats. In particular:
- You will develop new functionalities of ExeonTrace from prototyping to deployment.
- You will improve the performance of system critical components of our cutting-edge software.
- You will work on complex problems, troubleshoot and improve software quality.
- You will help our Development team solve problems on the spot.
What you can expect from us:
Exeon offers an open company culture that values and encourages diversity, teamwork and a growth mindset. Our goal is to provide our employees with an exciting, supportive and motivating environment for personal growth and career development while ensuring that our team maintains a healthy work-life balance. We strive to achieve this by offering:
- Manifold opportunities to shape your professional profile and grow according to your personal goals in an innovative start-up environment
- Working in close collaboration with our interdisciplinary team and learning from our Security Experts, Data Scientists, and Business Professionals
- Taking over responsibilities quickly and help shape and promote a cutting-edge security software
- A high degree of trust, flexibility and independence
- An exciting and impactful job in a fast-growing Swiss cyber tech company expanding across Europe
- Many freedoms in terms of working hours and place of work (remote or in the office)
- A young, diverse and dynamic team of tech and business professionals
- A competitive salary and appealing benefits package.
Job requirements
We are looking for:
We are looking for a proactive, self-motivated and enthusiastic individual who’s comfortable in a high-paced start-up environment. In addition, we are looking for certain requirements and skills to establish a good person-job-fit:
- A professional who has at least a Master’s degree in Computer Science/Electrical Engineering (or similar) and ideally at least three years of practical experience.
- Experience in programming with Scala (or alternatively with Java).
- Background in network security (such as SoC, Splunk, etc.)
- Experience in Data Science/Machine-Learning is a plus.
- A strong background in developing highly scalable data structures and applications is a big plus.
- A fluent English speaker.