Cybersecurity - Senior Systems Software Developer - MacOS

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Principal Systems Software Developer, macOS

Be part of something special; come join the Endpoint Security Engineering team!

BlackBerry® – the iconic brand you know and trust – is now a market leading cybersecurity software and services company.

Creating the gold standard for Unified Endpoint Security (UES), BlackBerry Cylance uses artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and automation to provide improved cyber threat prevention and remediation, while offering transparency across all endpoints for better management and control.

Among the first to market with full seventh generation AI for cybersecurity, BlackBerry Cylance helps users understand risks and make intelligent decisions to mitigate them before they happen. Today BlackBerry secures 96% of the threat landscape, preventing more than 165 million cyberattacks in 2021 alone. Named by Cybersecurity Ventures as 1 of the top 150 companies to watch, we securely connect more than 500 million mobile, desktop and IoT endpoint devices for G7 governments, 9/10 global financial institutions as well as the largest global aerospace, defense, healthcare, automotive and media companies.

Chances are, we are more a part of your life today than we ever were as a handset company.

Are you the person we are looking for? 

We are seeking an experienced MacOS Developer with ability to interact in C# & .NET to design, implement, test, and optimize with a high degree of autonomy and an emphasis on tangible results. You'll be joining our endpoint security engineering team working on a scalable endpoint protection and monitoring system that produces actionable results that empowers our customers to keep their networks safe and secure. You'll also research new technologies to improve existing systems and design new ones, writing highly scalable code, harvesting data from different services, sensors, drivers, and APIs, as well as working with cloud-based APIs and services.

In return for your skills, experience, and passion, we offer a great salary, bonus, and outstanding benefits package. In short, you bring the talent, and we will provide the environment, tools and share our development know-how to accelerate your professional growth and development.

What we will do for you: 

• Support your ideas and initiatives  
• Provide access, market knowledge and insight into the hottest and fastest moving industries, Cyber Security and IOT
• Give you the opportunity to try new things and work with a team whose priority is driving growth, developing our portfolio, and building long lasting relationships with customers 

• Provide a vast amount of training and growth opportunities  
• Give you access to some of the newest and cutting-edge technology  

What we would like you to do for us:

• Develop features and improvements to Cylance security products in a secure, well-tested manner 
• Design and implement cohesive cross-platform solutions
• Collaborate with Product Owner and other stakeholders within the company to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment
• Advocate for improvements to product quality, security, and performance that have impact across your team and others
• Analyse and provide feedback during code reviews to ensure code is correct and adheres to the team’s quality standards
• Shepherd the definition and improvement of our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for endpoint development. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review
• Drive innovation on the team with a willingness to experiment and to boldly confront problems 
• Provide mentorship for Engineers on your team to help them grow in their technical responsibilities and remove blockers to their autonomy

What we need you to bring:

• Advanced level of experience in software development on macOS
• Program primarily in C# and Python, with macOS platform integration using Objective C and Swift
• Strong proficiency with object-oriented programming using C#, .NET, and Git
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Visual Studio, VS Code, Rider, or IntelliJ
• Significant professional experience in:
  • Multithreaded and Asynchronous programming
  • Extensible API development
  • Application installation and updates under macOS, Windows, and Linux environments
  • Commercial software development and application distribution
  • Design patterns and SOLID object-oriented concepts
• Familiarity with SW security concepts such as vulnerability, exploitation, and mitigation
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions 
• Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
• Requires the ability to work independently with substantial latitude for action and decision while maintaining focus on achieving optimal outcomes as part of a collaborative development effort
• Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process
• Humility, accountability, and a positive approach with a solution-oriented mindset

An Absolute Commitment to Equality

It is the policy of BlackBerry to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship, status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

EEO Minorities/Females/Protected Veteran/Disabled

BlackBerry strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the selection process. Should you require an accommodation, please contact recruitment@blackberry.com to discuss your needs.

Interested to learn more? We would love to hear from you!

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