Liferay, Inc. Careers

About Liferay 

Liferay is a uniquely profitable B2B enterprise software company with 1,200+ fiery-eyed employees all across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. As a renowned provider of enterprise open source technologies, we have been recognized by Gartner for empowering businesses around the world to solve complex digital challenges.  Liferay Experience Cloud is an all-in-one solution that unites our Liferay DXP and cloud platform capabilities with built-in analytics and B2B commerce functionality, reducing the time to market and allowing for accelerated innovation - serving notable customers across the globe such as Airbus, US Bank, Honda, and Desjardins. 

But we don’t just make awesome software, we are also fueled by a greater-than-profit vision. By building a vibrant business, making technology useful, and investing in communities, we make it possible for people to reach their full potential to serve others. We give our employees five days off to volunteer at charities they’re excited about, and Liferay donates 10% of our profits to charities around the world. Oh, we’re also self-funded which gives us the freedom to work on whatever we think brings the most value to customers and communities in the long run!

About You and this Role

Are you a driven Software Engineer with a strong technical background and a passion for safeguarding software?  Do you thrive on proactively identifying and resolving security vulnerabilities, ensuring the integrity and protection of Liferay DXP?  If so, your experience in evaluating security risks, developing automated detection tools, and collaborating with development teams to implement robust solutions makes you a perfect fit for this role.

Key Objectives

• Implements software that meets expectations

• Develops software applications or tools based on a well defined work description

• Has a good understanding of the relevant features of the product, how they add value to customers and why they are implemented or is able to search for it in a timely manner

• Continuously learning how to improve craft

• Evaluate security vulnerabilities in the product, classify them

• Fix security vulnerabilities or give guidance for other developers

• Write public facing summary of vulnerabilities

Required Qualifications

• Holding an IT-related degree and a technical background is essential for a Security Engineer role

• Ability to speak and write English fluently 

• Strong time management and organizational skills

• An enthusiasm for staying up to date with the very latest updates about security threats and solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a fast paced technical environment 

• 2+ years previous work experience into the security

• Mid+ engineer level knowledge of Java and/or Javascript

What We Offer

• Salary package w/ competitive benefits according to qualifications and experience

• Opportunities to take responsibility, grow professionally, and Stay Nerdy

• A positive and collaborative work culture

• Check out what employees say about us on Glassdoor 

• Working at a leading open-source company

Equal Opportunities Employer - Statement

Liferay is committed to the equal treatment of all candidates, customers and employees and to fostering a culture of dignity at work. Our operating procedure provides for equal opportunities in recruitment and employment with the aim to eliminate discrimination against any job applicant or employee on the basis of race, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion or beliefs, marital or civil partnerships status, family or dependency status, disability, pregnancy and maternity or membership of a traveling community.