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Senior Software Engineer, Security Automation (Python) (Remote)
upGrad Rekrut
About the role
🚀 Hiring: Senior Software Engineer, Security Automation (Python) | Remote
About the Client
We are hiring for a leading US-based Cybersecurity product company with an established presence in Hyderabad. The organization specializes in AI-driven security automation, cybersecurity solutions, and enterprise security operations, helping global businesses strengthen their security infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of an innovative, product-focused organization and work on cutting-edge technologies alongside global teams.
📍 Location: Remote
💼 Experience: 7 – 12 Years
💻 Role: Senior Software Engineer, Security Automation (Python) | Remote
🏢 Industry: Product base / SAAS Product
What you will do
- Design multi-stage Python processing flows: boundaries, interfaces, data contracts, and where work should be sync, async, batched, or deferred.
- Optimize existing flows — latency, throughput, memory, API usage, retries, idempotency, and backpressure — using measurement, not guesswork.
- Build reusable components with stable inputs/outputs (OCSF / TEDS or equivalent). Keep business logic in code; use the canvas to compose, not to hide complexity.
- Integrate security and IT systems over REST, webhooks, and custom clients. Own auth, pagination, rate limits, timeouts, and partial failure.
- Apply production engineering habits from large-scale DevOps or DevSecOps: observability, CI, packaging, versioning, and safe rollout of content.
- Make components safe for the AI SOC — Hero AI and deep agents will call what you publish. Contracts and guardrails have to be explicit.
- Write design notes, review approaches with the team, and raise the quality bar for how content is structured and tested.
What you bring
- 7+ years as a software engineer (backend, platform, or automation systems), with Python as a primary language in production.
- Evidence you have designed non-trivial systems: service/module boundaries, data contracts, and tradeoffs you can explain.
- Evidence you have optimized processing flows: profiling, concurrency (asyncio / threads / processes), batching, caching, I/O wait, or similar — with a result you can walk through.
- Comfort with APIs, JSON, queues or workflow orchestration, and making unreliable third-party systems behave.
- Production discipline: tests, Git, CI, structured logging/metrics, and owning something after it ships.
- A large-scale DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE, or platform background is a strong fit — especially if you have run high-volume pipelines, not only written Terraform.
Nice to have
- Security automation, SOAR, or SIEM/EDR integrations (XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, custom Python orchestration)
- SOC, IR, or MSSP context — useful, not required if the engineering bar is there
- JavaScript for Turbine-native actions
- Data pipeline work (ingestion → transform → enrich) or workflow engines
- Experience making systems callable by automation or agents (stable interfaces, timeouts, confirmation steps).
📩 Interested candidates can share their updated resume & Details to
karishma.shaik@upgrad.com
Eligibility & process
Who can apply
Seniority: Director. Employment type: Full-time
Skills & stack
Selection process
Details are shared by the recruiter after shortlisting.
Prep kit
20 resourcesStudy material 4
Aptitude Practice Questions & Mock Tests
Curated logical, quantitative, and verbal reasoning problems for the initial online screening round.
Company-Specific Interview Preparation Corner
Detailed interview experiences, exam formats, and previous test questions for upGrad Rekrut and tech roles.
Technical Placement Question Bank
High-yield coding cheat sheets, core CS fundamentals (OOP, DBMS, OS, Networks), and rapid revision guides.
Algorithm, DSA & Live Code Debugger Practice
Hands-on problem sets to improve coding speed and step-by-step memory debugging.
Company-specific guides 4
APTITUDE & LOGIC
Aptitude Practice Questions & Online Mock Tests
Curated logical, quantitative, and verbal reasoning problems to sharpen reasoning skills required for the initial screening test.
COMPANY GUIDE
upGrad Rekrut Interview Preparation Corner
Comprehensive guide covering typical interview formats, common questions, and preparation tips for upGrad Rekrut and off-campus tech roles.
MOCK TESTS & PAPERS
Comprehensive Interview Prep Resources & Syllabus
Collection of previous year questions, company-specific test patterns, and interview experiences for technical and HR rounds.
CODING PRACTICE
Algorithm and Data Structure Problem Set
Practice problems to improve coding proficiency and algorithm problem-solving speed for technical rounds.
Likely coding questions 4
Round-wise strategy 4
Round 1: Online Assessment (OA)
Aptitude, Quantitative Logic & 2 Coding Problems
Focus on accuracy and speed. Practice arrays, strings, and standard arithmetic puzzles.
Round 2: Technical Interview 1
Core Tech Stack (Python, JavaScript, REST APIs, Terraform, Git, Django, FastAPI, Docker) & Live Code Tracing
Explain your thought process aloud. Analyze time & space complexities before coding.
Round 3: System Design & Problem Solving
Database Schemas, APIs & Architecture Basics
Clarify edge cases, diagram schemas cleanly, and discuss scalability trade-offs.
Round 4: HR & Cultural Fit Discussion
upGrad Rekrut Core Values, Learning Agility & Offer Terms
Demonstrate passion, strong communication, and readiness for full-time collaboration.
Technical questions 5
What is the difference between Implicit Wait, Explicit Wait, and Fluent Wait in Selenium? Answer
Model answer: Implicit Wait sets a global timeout for all element lookups. Explicit Wait pauses execution until a specific ExpectedCondition (e.g. elementToBeClickable) is met. Fluent Wait allows defining polling frequency and ignoring specific exceptions like NoSuchElementException.
Explain the Page Object Model (POM) and its advantages in Test Automation. Answer
Model answer: POM is a design pattern that creates an object repository for web UI elements. It separates test scripts from page locators, reducing code duplication and making maintenance easy when UI elements change.
How do you handle dynamic WebElements whose ID changes on page reload? Answer
Model answer: Use dynamic XPath methods like contains(), starts-with(), text(), or XPath axes (ancestor, following-sibling, parent) instead of brittle absolute paths.
What is the difference between @BeforeMethod and @BeforeClass in TestNG? Answer
Model answer: @BeforeClass runs once before the first test method in the current class, while @BeforeMethod executes before each individual test method.
How do you validate REST API response codes and JSON payload using Postman / RestAssured? Answer
Model answer: In RestAssured: given().when().get('/endpoint').then().assertThat().statusCode(200).body('status', equalTo('ACTIVE')).
Behavioural & HR questions 3
Why do you want to join upGrad Rekrut as a Senior Software Engineer, Security Automation (Python) (Remote)?
Highlight upGrad Rekrut's market reputation, recent tech innovations, and how your skills in Python directly solve their team's objectives.
Highlight upGrad Rekrut's market reputation, recent tech innovations, and how your skills in Python directly solve their team's objectives.
Describe a challenging bug or academic project roadblock and how you resolved it.
Use the STAR method: Situation (project context), Task (what needed solving), Action (specific tools/logic applied), Result (quantifiable positive outcome).
Use the STAR method: Situation (project context), Task (what needed solving), Action (specific tools/logic applied), Result (quantifiable positive outcome).
How do you handle strict deadlines or sudden scope changes?
Explain your prioritization strategy, proactive communication with mentors/peers, and agile mindset.
Explain your prioritization strategy, proactive communication with mentors/peers, and agile mindset.
Competitive Package
Bengaluru, India
Seniority: Director. Employment type: Ful…
