Lead Software Engineer

Your Impact:
We are OpenText-Fortify and we specialize in Enterprise Application Security. Our product helps you manage, measure and integrate security for the entire software lifecycle.

What the role offers:

• Design and implement static analysis algorithms based on recent relevant computer science research and literature.
• Develop new analysis features and add support for new languages and language features.
• Apply recent research developments from computer science literature where we can benefit from upgrading our algorithms and program representations.
• Write specifications for features as they are implemented.
• Analyse the quality of security finding results and product performance characteristics.
• Maintain the Fortify Static Code Analyzer code base using good software engineering practices.
• Collaborate with a project team of other software engineers, security researchers, and quality engineers, to develop reliable, cost-effective, and high-quality solutions.
• Ensure team alignment with release goals, mentoring junior engineers, and ensures project delivery through effective code-reviews, coordination and technical leadership.

What you need to succeed:

• Master's degree or Ph.D. (preferred) in Computer Science or equivalent, with emphasis on programming languages, static program analysis, compilers, or software security.
• Solid enterprise Java backend engineering skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Ability to effectively communicate design proposals and specifications.