Job Description

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Company

Kharon is a leading source for analysis on the intersection of international security and the global economy. The world's largest financial institutions and multinationals rely on Kharon's technology platform to identify threats and opportunities in markets impacted by today's most pressing security issues, including WMD proliferation, terror finance, corruption, environmental degradation, forced labor, and political interference.

We are hiring a Software Engineer to design and produce data-driven software products that enable customers to make informed decisions on complex security, policy, and regulatory issues. We are a small team of highly focused, ambitious, and resourceful engineers. We work across disciplines and collaborate closely, incorporating research and experimentation into evolving product development.

This position is located in Los Angeles, CA.

About You

The successful candidate will excel in designing and executing solutions to open- ended problems through the use of analytical skills, theoretical knowledge, resourcefulness, and ongoing discovery. You are independently motivated to identify and learn new areas of theoretical and practical knowledge, and to share information with your colleagues.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Create secure, resilient, integrated software, working with a variety of data sources and consumers in a complex, distributed environment

• Integrate and extend security components

• Integrate and produce data tracking and event metrics

• Collaborate with Operational Engineers, Data Engineers, Search Engineers and

  Data Scientists, as well as Product and Research teams

Key Qualifications

• 4+ years experience as a professional software engineer

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience in completed online

  coursework

• Experience in a variety of programming languages, with strong skills in Python,

  Java or Go

• Experience in multiple languages and stacks, using Procedural and Functional

  programming

• Experience implementing best practices in use of data structures and design

  patterns

• Deploying and troubleshooting code in a distributed cloud environment

• Javascript front and back end

• HTML and CSS

• API development and integration

• SQL querying and optimization

  Bonus

  Experience with one or more of the following technologies:

•  Neo4j

•  Kubernetes

•  GraphQL

  Kharon values candidates with unique perspectives and experiences. If you have the skills to join our team, please apply—we're excited to hear from you!