Vice President of Human Resources

About us

Astra is a cyber security SaaS company that makes otherwise chaotic pentests a breeze with its one of a kind Pentest Platform. Astra's continuous vulnerability scanner emulates hacker behavior to scan applications for 8300+ security tests. CTOs & CISOs love Astra because it helps them fix vulnerabilities in record time and move from DevOps to DevSecOps with Astra's CI/CD integrations.

Astra is loved by 650+ companies across the globe. In 2023 Astra uncovered 2 million+ vulnerabilities for its customers, saving customers $69M+ in potential losses due to security vulnerabilities. 

We've been awarded by the President of France Mr. François Hollande at the La French Tech program and Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Global Conference on Cyber Security. Loom, MamaEarth, Muthoot Finance, Canara Robeco, ScripBox etc. are a few of Astra’s customers.

Role Overview

As an SDE 2 Back-end Engineer at Astra, you will play a crucial role in the development of a new vulnerability scanner from scratch. You will be architecting & engineering a scalable technical solution from the ground-up.

You will have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals, collaborating to deliver innovative solutions and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in vulnerability scanning. The role requires deep collaboration with the founders, product, engineering & security teams.

Join our team and contribute to the development of a cutting-edge SaaS security platform, where high-quality engineering and continuous learning are at the core of everything we do.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• You will be joining our Vulnerability Scanner team which builds a security engine to identify vulnerabilities in technical infrastructure.
• You will be the technical product owner of the scanner, which would involve managing a lean team of backend engineers to ensure smooth implementation of the technical product roadmap.
• Research about security vulnerabilities, CVEs, and zero-days affecting cloud/web/API infrastructure.
• Work in an agile environment of engineers to architect, design, develop and build our microservice infrastructure.
• You will research, design, code, troubleshoot and support (on-call). What you create is also what you own.
• Writing secure, high quality, modular, testable & well documented code for features outlined in every sprint.
• Design and implement APIs in support of other services with a highly scalable, flexible, and secure backend using GoLang
• Hands-on experience with creating production-ready code & optimizing it by identifying and correcting bottlenecks.
• Driving strict code review standards among the team.
• Ensuring timely delivery of the features/products
• Working with product managers to ensure product delivery status is transparent & the end product always looks like how it was imagined
• Work closely with Security & Product teams in writing vulnerability detection rules, APIs etc.

Required Qualifications & Skills: 

• Strong 2-4 years relevant development experience in GoLang
• Experience in building a technical product from idea to production.
• Design and build highly scalable and maintainable systems in Golang
• Expertise in Goroutines and Channels to write efficient code utilizing multi-core CPU optimally
• Must have hands-on experience with managing AWS/Google Cloud infrastructure
• Hands on experience in creating low latency high throughput REST APIs
• Write test suites and maintain code coverage above 80%
• Working knowledge of PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka
• Good to have experience in Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
• Good understanding of Data Structures, Algorithms and Operating Systems.
• Understanding of cloud/web security concepts would be an added advantage

What We Offer:

• Adrenalin rush of being a part of a fast-growing company
• Fully remote & agile working environment
• A wholesome opportunity in a fast-paced environment where you get to build things from scratch, improve and influence product design decisions
• Holistic understanding of SaaS and enterprise security business
• Opportunity to engage and collaborate with developers globally
• Experience with security side of things
• Annual trips to beaches or mountains (last one was Chikmangaluru)
• Open and supportive culture 

• Developing Simple to Complex Functionality for Websites and Applications
• Write reusable code preferably using classes and libraries.
• Programming databases specially MySQL.
• Establishing projects from scratch or working on accessible projects
• Developing front-end and back-end applications.
• Take on multiple projects varying in size and complexity.
• Manage projects on AWS and other servers.

• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related discipline.
• 1 to 3 years of experience developing eCommerce web applications.
• Should be technically sound in OOPs Concepts.
• Programming databases specially MySQL/PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of server side technologies like PHP 7/8, NodeJS, NUXT.
• Knowledge of client side technologies like Javascript, JQuery, VueJS.
• Experience in MVC Framework, especially laravel.
• Basic knowledge of HTML5, CSS, XML, JSON.
• Good command on PostgreSQL database and its optimization techniques.
• Exposure to database transactions, stored procedures and triggers.
• Experience working with third-party APIs and developing web services using REST/GRPC.
• Experience with SCM tools like svn/git.
• Ability to adapt and pick up new techniques and technology.
• Knowledge of web security and vulnerabilities.
• Ability to prioritize the work and multi-tasking.
• Excellent communication skills & self-motivated

Skills: React JS/Next JS, NodeJs, ExpressJs,JavaScript, Typescript, Restful/SOAP web servicesMongo DB(NoSQL/SQL)database technologies.

Experience preferred:

● You have a strong passion for start-ups and the proactiveness to deliver
● You have hands-on experience building services using NodeJs, ExpressJs technologies
● You have hands-on experience of MongoDB (NoSQL/SQL) database technologies.
● You are good at web technologies like React JS/Next JS, JavaScript, Typescript
● You are good at web technologies like Restful/SOAP web services
● You are good at caching and third-party integration
● You are strong on debugging and troubleshooting skills
● If you have Knowledge of Python, Chrome extension & DevOps development is a plus.
● You must be proficient in building scalable backend infrastructure software or distributed systems with exposure to Front-end and backend libraries/frameworks.
● Experience with Databases and micro services architecture is an advantage
● You should be able to push your limits and go beyond your role to scale the product
● Go-getter attitude

Overview

Apiwiz (Itorix Inc) is looking for software engineers to join our team, grow with us, introduce us to new ideas and develop products that empower our users. Every day, you’ll work with team members across disciplines developing products for Apiwiz (Itorix Inc). You’ll interact daily with our product managers to understand our domain and create technical solutions that push us forward. We want to work with other engineers who bring knowledge and excitement about our opportunities.

You will impact major features and new product decisions as part of our remarkably high performing, collaborative team of engineers who thrive on the business impact of their work. With strong team support and significant freedom and self direction, you will experience the wealth of interesting, challenging problems that only a high growth startup can provide.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and manage cloud compute and data storage infrastructure for multiple instances of AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
• Manage VPCs, security groups, and user access to our various public cloud systems and services.
• Develop processes and procedures for using cloud-based infrastructures, including, access key rotation, disaster recovery, and building new services.
• Help the business control costs by categorizing and tagging assets running in the cloud.
• Develop scripts and workflows to manage cloud computing systems
• Provide oversight on log aggregation and application performance monitoring surrounding our production environments.

What we’re looking for

• 2-3 years of experience in the provision, configuring, administrating, automating, monitoring, and supporting enterprise Cloud services
• Strong experience in designing, building, maintaining and securing AWS resources for high-availability and production level systems and services
• Familiar with Cloud concepts with practical hands-on experience on any Cloud Platform.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services like Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Elastic Load-balancers, S3, Elastic File system, VPC, Route53, and IAM.
• Providing 24/7 support for the application and Infrastructure support
• Prior experience using infrastructure as a code software tool like Terraform.
• Knowledge in software provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tools like Ansible.
• Working knowledge of container technologies like Docker & Kubernetes cluster operations.
• Familiarity with software automation tools Git, Jenkins, Code Pipeline, SonarQube