Senior C++ Developer
About Us
Our mission at Talon is to enable and protect the distributed workforce, impacting how hundreds of millions of employees around the globe work. We empower organizations to adopt hybrid, flexible and productive work models while gaining a robust cyber security posture regardless of the device and location. At Talon, we are delivering the first secure enterprise browser designed to secure the distributed workforce, solving a major technical challenge, and seizing a unique business opportunity.
As Talonists, we value kindness, excellence, creativity, problem-solving, ownership, personal integrity, teamwork, and professionalism while maintaining a super fun and friendly environment.
Winner of the Innovation Sandbox Contest at RSA Conference 2022, Talon is partnering with the two leading vendors in endpoint security: CrowdStrike and Microsoft. Talon has raised $126M in funding from top cybersecurity VCs, including Ballistic Ventures, CrowdStrike’s Falcon Fund, Evolution Equity Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Merlin Ventures, Sorenson Ventures, SYN Ventures, and Team8.
Key responsibilities:
- Be part of an R&D team responsible for end-to-end feature development, from inception to production release and maintenance.
- Tackle diverse challenges, from intricate low-level platform-specific issues to high-level software engineering decision-making.
- Help shape our startup's vision by leveraging your experience and insights to make informed design decisions and set priorities.
- Analyze and comprehend the Chromium project's complexity, research and define solutions for optimal implementations achieving required functionality while maintaining the product's high quality and maintainability.
- Drive independent learning and problem-solving to address intricate challenges unique to building a mission-critical enterprise browser.
Requirements:
- Team player, ambitious, and creative.
- Minimum of 5 years of hands-on software development experience in either/both:
a. C++, preferably using modern standards (C++14, C++17, C++20).
b. Objective-C in a MacOS environment. - Excellent scripting skills in bash and python.
- Experience with developing large-scale, multi-platform systems (Windows, macOS, Linux).
- Exceptional debugging skills, capable of unraveling complexities using a variety of tools.
- Familiarity with security-focused development
Nice to Have:
- Familiarity with the Chromium project.
- Familiarity with web browser fundamentals, including concepts like cookies, sandboxing, and profiles.
- Experience working with JavaScript and/or building Chrome extensions.
- Active participation in and contributions to open-source projects.
- Comprehension of security concepts such as authentication and authorization mechanisms.
- Understand cryptographic concepts and experience implementing secure protocols.