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Negotiate priorities, dependencies, and technical tradeoffs with partner teams across the enterprise, driving alignment on shared outcomes, delivery plans, and durable platform integrations. Partner with Security, Legal, HR, Privacy, investigations, data science, and business stakeholders to translate sensitive and ambiguous risk scenarios into practical, high-impact engineering solutions. Uphold the highest standards of discretion, confidentiality, privacy, and compliance in how Insider Risk capabilities are designed, operated, monitored, and communicated. Mentor and influence engineers across teams, raising the bar for design quality, code quality, reliability, security, operational excellence, and responsible data use. Build deep expertise in enterprise-scale security, insider risk, AI-native engineering, and data-informed decision making while solving problems with significant company impact. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable. Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Previous experience in Cybersecurity & Insider Risk is a plus.
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