Software Engineer (Mid-Level) – Email Security Platform

About the role

Hornetsecurity, a Proofpoint company, develops cloud-based security solutions for its international teams. It is looking for an experienced mid-level Software Engineer to join its engineering team in Skopje and help develop and continuously improve its email security platform. The role suits someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, taking ownership of their work and collaborating with colleagues around the world.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain reliable, scalable and secure backend services for the email security platform.
• Take ownership of complex engineering initiatives, from design and implementation through deployment and production support.
• Develop and enhance backend services, integrations and processing pipelines, mainly using Go and Python.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and improve system performance, resilience, observability and maintainability.
• Write automated unit, integration and service-level tests.
• Work with engineering, product management, UX and operations teams, and take part in code reviews and technical discussions.
• Support and mentor fellow engineers and share knowledge.

Required profile

• Substantial professional experience developing, testing and maintaining production software.
• Experience designing and developing backend services or distributed systems, including APIs, data flows and error handling.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in agile software development environments.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, clear communication and teamwork across teams and locations.

Required skills

• Programming in at least two of: Go, Python, Perl, PHP.
• Linux, Git, CI/CD pipelines and Jenkins or similar tools.
• Automated functional and non-functional testing.
• Nice to have: cloud-based SaaS, high-throughput systems or cybersecurity products; email technologies (SMTP, MIME, Postfix); databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Redis or MariaDB; Jest, React, Selenium, JUnit, PHPUnit, JavaScript or Mountebank; performance testing and build deployment.

What we offer

• A permanent contract.
• Flexible working hours and the option to work from home.
• Temporary employee exchange program with global offices (Berlin, Madrid, Malta, Montreal, Washington D.C.).
• Team events, FitKit subscription and private health insurance.
• €1,500 referral bonus for each successful hire.