Engineering Team Lead (Threat Protection Team)

Vilnius, Lithuania

Hybrid

The Threat Protection department is responsible for all of the cybersecurity features inside our products to secure our users from malicious actions and ensure customer privacy. To achieve the desired security goals, we are sharp and base our attitude on high ethical standards and integrity.

Our Threat Protection team combines its expertise and innovative approach to develop advanced, trustworthy products for our users. We acknowledge that success starts with having the right people in the right place. Currently, we’re looking for new team members to join us.

The Threat Protection Team’s mission is encoded in its name - we provide threat protection software-defined solutions for our users. Our team is passionate about solving complex systems, network, software development, automation, and programming-related riddles. Our projects vary from the privacy of the user to malware protection. The team writes code that is deployed at scale, serving hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide. That sounds like the challenge you were looking for - read on!

Main Responsibilities

Drive one of a team delivering Threat Protection functionality for the NordVPN application and increase our customers’ digital security;
Own the output of a development team
Plan and follow team’s technical and delivery goals
Keep the team focused, tracking roadblocks that slow down team delivery, facilitate resolution
Stays continuously aware of the latest security practices and developments, ensures those practices are followed
Empower developers to collaborate & resolve blockers before their active hands-on participation
Ensure that team is timely resolving any issues
Proactively guides the development of team members by preparing their personal & career development plans
Proactively connects & collaborates with team members to solve problems and technical debates

Core Requirements

Understand the business goals and vision of a product and see how your team contributes to it
Experience with C/C++
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and Object-Oriented Design (OOD) mindset;
Some Network stack knowledge and low-level programming experience in general;
Sufficient expertise to make technical solutions, contribute to the codebase and perform quality code reviews
Windows API and Kernel experience is a big plus;
A high sense of responsibility and ownership: you care about the quality of your work and want to get better at it continuously;
Open communication style and transparency;
Positive attitude towards feedback, new ideas, self-improvement, and others.

Bonus Points For

Windows API and Kernel experience is a big plus;
Apple/Mac/Linux expertise is a plus.

Tools You Will Use

C++
Go
Git
Docker
Bash
CI/CD
SQL

Salary Range

Gross Salary 5455 - 7270 gross/month

After you apply

Our recruitment process differs depending on specific positions and/or hiring teams. However, it tends to include the following three main stages and usually doesn’t exceed any more than five steps.

Step 1.

Get to know

The goal of the first step is to get to know each other better. So during that, we talk more about the role and ask you to share your story.

Step 2.

Technical evaluation

We test each applicant's technical knowledge and problem-solving ability through various assessments.

Step 3.

Meet the team

The final step is for you to meet the team, discuss your task, and dig deeper into the role you’re applying for. If everyone’s happy with the result, the closing step will be the offer.

We Offer

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Nord Security is a world-leading cybersecurity solutions provider. We aim to shape a more trusted and peaceful online future for people everywhere. To achieve this goal, we’ve built a like-minded community of over 1000 cybersecurity and tech experts driven by Nord values. And we’re always looking to expand our team of: