Staff Software Engineer
(Calculated after EPF (12%), Gratuity (4.81%), Professional Tax & New Tax Regime FY 2025-26 deductions)
- Target Role:Staff Software Engineer
- Employer:Rapid7
- Work Mode:REMOTE
- Location:Remote (United States)
- Compensation:USD 164,600 - 222,600 / annual
- Experience:2+ Years
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- Candidate Fee:₹0 (Zero Placement Fee Guarantee)
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About the Role
Rapid7 is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to empower and scale our 24x7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and Incident Response (IR) operations. In this role, you will act as a critical technical force multiplier, leveraging modern cloud architectures and AI-driven workflows to automate repetitive tasks and engineer high-impact solutions for front-line cybersecurity practitioners. This is an opportunity to solve high-stakes challenges at scale and shape the future of managed security operations. About the Team The Managed Services Engineering team designs, builds, and maintains the mission-critical applications, cloud services, and automation tooling that power Rapid7 's global MDR, Vulnerability Management, and Incident Response delivery teams. We partner directly with operational security practitioners to eliminate operational friction and deliver resilient, high-velocity capabilities across our AI-driven security ecosystem. About the Role As a Staff Software Engineer, your primary responsibility will be to architect, build, and optimize resilient services and automation tools that accelerate MDR and IR service delivery. Specifically, your focus will be to: Architect, design, maintain, and monitor highly available, scalable services and internal tools utilizing an AI-first software development lifecycle. Partner with stakeholders and program management teams to capture operational pain points, translate requirements into technical architecture, and scope delivery milestones. Collaborate cross-functionally with broader product and platform engineering teams to integrate shared platform services and enhance service delivery efficiency. Drive technical excellence and robust engineering standards across microservices, cloud infrastructure, and modern deployment pipelines. Champion pragmatic automated testing, monitoring, and observability strategies to ensure uptime, system health, and rapid incident resolution across production workloads. Mentor and
Requirements & Qualifications
- Strong problem solving foundations, knowledge of modern engineering practices, and interest in technology systems.
Perks & Benefits
- Official mentor support
- verified hiring timeline
- and career progression.
The employer seeks candidates proficient in the following core technologies:
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