About Anaconda

Be at the center of AI. With more than 45 million users, Anaconda is the most popular operating system for AI providing access to the foundational open-source Python packages used in modern AI, data science, and machine learning through a seamless platform. We pioneered the use of Python for data science, championed its vibrant community, and continue to steward open-source projects that make tomorrow’s innovations possible. Our enterprise-grade solutions enable corporate, research, and academic institutions around the world to harness the power of open source for competitive advantage, groundbreaking research, and a better world. To learn more visit https://www.anaconda.com.

Here is why people love most about working here: We’re not just a company, we’re part of a movement. Our dedicated employees and user community are democratizing data science and creating and promoting open-source technologies for a better world, and our commercial offerings make it possible for enterprise users to leverage the most innovative output from open source in a secure, governed way.

Summary

Anaconda is seeking a talented Software Engineer, Backend III to join our rapidly-growing company on the Package Security Manager Team! Anaconda's Package Security Manager (PSM) is at the forefront of securing open-source packages, ensuring safe and reliable software environments for millions of users. Working on PSM offers an exciting opportunity to innovate in a critical area of software security, shaping the future of package management and protection of AI workflows. This is an excellent opportunity for you to leverage your experience and skills and apply it to the world of Python, data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the development and enhancement of Anaconda's Package Security Manager, driving innovations in software security that protect millions of users and shape the future of package management.
• Attend the team’s daily scrum meetings, planning, sprint reviews, etc.
• Collaborate with external teams for joint deliverables, Product Management, and other stakeholders within Engineering (Frontend, UX, QA, etc.) to maintain a high quality in fast-paced, agile development environments.
• Review PRs and contribute to the engineering and product discussions.
• Create and implement new processes that add to product quality, security, and performance.
• Take ownership of the team’s process inefficiencies, and implement cross-team efforts to ensure things are running smoothly.
• Increase productivity skills by improving knowledge of core infrastructure and tooling, as well as testing best practices.
• Create and present areas of interest within the organization during lunch and learn or team learning events.
• Play a significant role in mentoring junior engineers and participating in support calls to understand customer use cases.

What You Need

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Deep and proven experience with Python.
• Advanced knowledge of the Python ecosystem, including best practices.
• Experience with application monitoring (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki monitoring stacks).
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud providers.
• Strong team collaboration and communication skills.
• Superior design, debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Team attitude: “I am not done until WE are done”.
• Embody our core values:
• Great People
• Great Product
• Great Performance
• Care deeply about fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds and experiences can flourish.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Working in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Working in an open-source, AI, or data science-oriented company.
• Experience with Go.
• High-load, performance-focused database and data storage design experience.
• A DevOps mindset.
• Experience with Redis Streams.

Why You’ll Like Working Here

• Unique opportunity to translate strong open-source adoption and user enthusiasm into commercial product growth.
• Dynamic company that rewards high performers.
• On the cutting edge of enterprise application of data science, machine learning, and AI.
• Collaborative team environment that values multiple perspectives and clear thinking.
• Employees-first culture.
• Flexible working hours.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, Life and 401K.
• Paid parental leave - both parents.
• Monthly productivity stipend.
• Open vacation policy*.
• Quarterly Snake days (company-wide bonus day off).
• 100% remote.
• FTE employees based on your region.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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