ABOUT TEAM
The Rubrik Engineering team is comprised of people who produce extraordinary results. Our engineers are driven to build efficient, reliable, and cost effective products. We believe in empowering our teams, giving engineers autonomy and responsibility, not just tasks. Our goal is to motivate and challenge you to do the best work of your career. As part of the Rubrik Engineering team, you will work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define the next generation of products for Rubrik. At Rubrik, nothing will stop you from thinking big. We are looking for individuals who are comfortable with ambiguity and excited by the prospect of a challenge. If you have a positive attitude, high energy and limitless drive, and like to win, we want to talk to you!
The Vision team is composed of highly skilled engineers dedicated to developing Rubrik's data security products, primarily focusing on malware detection with the broader org looking into ransomware detection, sensitive data discovery, and user intelligence. Our malware detection is built on top of our state-of-the-art homegrown analyzer and we let our customers trigger hunts for malware inside their data - while also having an automated passive system for continuous monitoring. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies and tools, we strive to deliver innovative solutions to secure the world’s data.
ABOUT THE JOB
We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Software Engineer to join our core engineering team. You will be integral to designing, building, and optimizing the foundational distributed systems and high-throughput data platforms. This role operates in a fast-paced, results-driven environment where team boundaries are intentionally blurred, requiring you to seamlessly pivot between backend service development, data pipeline construction, and infrastructure automation. The ideal candidate thrives on ownership, collaboration, and rapid iteration.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and Architect: Lead the design and implementation of highly available, fault-tolerant, and performant distributed data pipelines and services. Apply principles of consensus, replication, and eventual consistency.
- Rapid Development & Iteration: Own features end-to-end, from concept to deployment. Participate in an agile, high-velocity delivery cycle, quickly adapting to evolving business needs.
- System Fundamentals & Optimization: Apply deep knowledge of operating systems, networking, and concurrency to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across the entire stack.
- Cross-Discipline Execution (Blurred Boundaries): Switch effortlessly between traditional backend development (microservices), data engineering (Spark/streaming jobs), and DevOps tasks (CI/CD, container orchestration). "You build it, you run it" is our core philosophy.
- Big Data Engineering: Develop, optimize, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT jobs for massive datasets, ensuring data quality, lineage, and accessibility.
- Mentorship & Code Quality: Drive best practices in coding, testing, and documentation. Conduct thorough code reviews and mentor peers on system design and software principles in a constantly moving environment.
Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.
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Inclusion @ RubrikAt Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data.
Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.
Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.
Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.
Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.
Rubrik is 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.
Rubrik provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Rubrik complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact us at [email protected] if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.
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