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What they do

Socket protects the software supply chain (the open source code that an app depends on). It studies how each package behaves and blocks malicious ones in real time. Feross Aboukhadijeh, an open source maintainer, founded it in 2021. Thousands of organizations use it, and it raised $125M in funding.

What they value

• Pursue excellence, with work of exceptional quality.
• Move with urgency and focus.
• Think rigorously, from first principles, and welcome other views.
• Trust and amplify: assume good intent and give specific feedback.
• Feel a strong sense of ownership of the whole company.
• Be customer obsessed.

Where they hire

All 29 Postings are remote, and Socket calls itself remote-first. Most roles are in the United States. Others are in the United Kingdom, Canada, Denmark, Portugal, and Australia, and two name San Francisco. Many customer roles expect travel. No Posting mentions the right to work or visa sponsorship.

Teams and roles

Most open roles are in go-to-market, and most of those are in customer engineering.

• Customer engineering: sales engineers, technical account managers and their managers, technical support engineers, a customer success manager, and a forward deployed engineer who writes custom Python code for large customers.
• Sales: a sales development representative, account executives, a sales manager, and partnership leads.
• Engineering: a member of technical staff for the web app (Node.js, TypeScript, React, and Postgres), a platform engineer, a vulnerability research engineer, a threat researcher, an engineering manager, a VP of engineering, and a product manager.
• Security and operations: a compliance engineering lead and a commercial counsel.

Where a Posting gives pay, ranges run from $94,000 to $300,000 USD, and all include equity. The benefits include quarterly team off-sites.

What they look for

Many Postings ask for experience with security tools, open source, or software supply chain security. Sales and customer roles ask for several years in B2B SaaS (software sold to businesses as a service), often 4 to 6 years. Many roles ask for strong communication skills. Engineering roles ask for JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js, or Python. Where a Posting lists its interview steps, they start with a call with the talent team and a video interview with the hiring manager. Many then ask for a presentation, technical interviews, or a take-home task.