Full Stack Developer (Backend-Focused)

Come join our passionate team! Barracuda is a leading cybersecurity company providing complete protection against complex threats. Our platform protects email, data, applications, and networks with innovative solutions, and a managed XDR service, to strengthen cyber resilience. Hundreds of thousands of IT professionals and managed service providers worldwide trust us to protect and support them with solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use.

We know a diverse workforce adds to our collective value and strength as an organization. Barracuda Networks is proud to be an employer that complies with all applicable national, state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity regardless of race, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.

Envision yourself at Barracuda

Barracuda’s Application Security team builds our Web Application Firewall (WAF) and WAF-as-a-Service product lines, protecting against the latest web application threats such as API attacks, bots, and client-side attacks. Our customers range from top-5 global banks and oil companies to small businesses who lack IT expertise — therefore, a key focus of our engineering efforts is using automation and Machine Learning to help our customers detect threats and tune their configuration for maximum security.

Tech Stack Exposure

Required

• Proficient in Python and relevant work experience

• Very good knowledge and experience working with the Django REST framework

• Proficient in React / TypeScript / Material UI / state management

• Database management skills and prior experience with MySQL / PostgreSQL

• Excellent understanding of RESTful APIs

• Knowledge of SDLC and Agile practices — working with source code management tools (Git)

Nice to Have

• Exposure to cloud technologies and services on Azure / AWS platforms

• Linux background experience (Shell/Bash scripting knowledge)

• Experience working with Docker and containers

What you’ll be working on

• Design and develop new features/enhancements

• Troubleshoot, fix, and test product issues to resolve complex problems

• Work with Product Management to understand business requirements for projects and remove gaps and ambiguity; create technical tasks out of general requirements

• Understand performance and security implications of how the design/code impacts the product

• Write and maintain unit, integration, and E2E tests across backend and frontend

• Conduct code reviews with focus on code quality, security, and test coverage

• Build and maintain React UI components aligned with design specs

What you bring to the role

• B.E/B.Tech or Masters in Computer Science or related fields

• 5+ years of relevant experience working as a full stack developer with backend emphasis

• Self-motivated, quick learner, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to communicate clearly and use a collaborative approach across boundaries to get work done

• Experience with test automation frameworks and quality-first development practices (TDD/BDD)

What you’ll get from us:

A team where you can voice your opinion, make an impact, and where you and your experience are valued. Internal mobility – there are opportunities for cross training and the ability to attain your next career step within Barracuda. In addition, you will receive equity, in the form of non-qualifying options.

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