Software Engineer II - Security Engineering
at SurveyMonkey
Ottawa, Canada
SurveyMonkey is the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms, built for business—loved by users. We combine powerful capabilities with intuitive design, effectively serving every use case, from customer experience to employee engagement, market research to payment and registration forms. With built-in research expertise and AI-powered technology, it’s like having a team of expert researchers at your fingertips.
Trusted by millions—from startups to Fortune 500 companies—SurveyMonkey helps teams gather insights and information that inspire better decisions, create experiences people love, and drive business growth. Discover how at surveymonkey.com.
What we’re looking for
The Security Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer with experience in or a deep interest in software security and data privacy. Our team works with teams across the company to help ensure that SurveyMonkey’s security standards and practices are world-class.You’ll have the opportunity to develop a wide range of services and tools like rate limiters, secret stores, data anonymizers, and other foundational elements of security and data privacy. These services are used by a wide variety of internal teams, so you will have an opportunity to work with front-end and back-end technologies.
What you’ll be working on
- Working in a mix of python and Terraform most days, with shell scripting and JavaScript on occasion.
- Creating API-driven back end services that are used across many of SurveyMonkey’s engineering teams.
- Helping application teams deploy and use our services, and collecting ideas from those teams for new tools.
- Assisting in reviewing threat models for new application features.
- Participating in code reviews.
We’d love to hear from people with
- 2+ years of experience with application development
- Proficient in Python or equivalent; NodeJS experience a plus
- Hands-on experience developing for and deploying to cloud environments, especially AWS
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code, especially Terraform
- Experience with cryptography libraries, or familiarity with cryptographic operations like encryption, hashing, and digital signatures.
- Experience with web application security risks and control (e.g., OWASP Top 10) or privacy regulations like GDPR, CCPA, etc is a major plus
SurveyMonkey believes in-person collaboration is valuable for building relationships, fostering community, and enhancing our speed and execution in problem-solving and decision-making. As such, you will be required to work from a SurveyMonkey office up to 1 day per week.
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Why SurveyMonkey? We’re glad you asked
At SurveyMonkey, curiosity powers everything we do. We’re a global company where people from all backgrounds can make an impact, build meaningful connections, and grow their careers. Our teams work in a flexible, hybrid environment with thoughtfully designed offices and programs like the CHOICE Fund to help employees thrive in work and life.
We’ve been trusted by organizations for over 25 years, and we’re just getting started. Our milestones include celebrating a quarter-century of curiosity with 25 acts of giving, opening new hubs in Costa Rica and India, crossing the threshold of 100 billion questions answered, and earning recognition as one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces across North America and Asia.
We live our company values—like championing inclusion and making it happen—by embedding them into how we hire, collaborate, and grow. They help shape everything from our culture to our business decisions. Come join us and see where your curiosity can take you.
Our commitment to an inclusive workplace
SurveyMonkey is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.