[Hiring] Junior Software Engineer @Bitdefender

Role Description

We are looking for a motivated Junior Software Developer to join our engineering team and contribute to the development of secure, reliable, and high-performance software components.

This role is aimed at candidates who have strong programming fundamentals, a solid understanding of computer science basics, and an interest in systems programming, cybersecurity, and modern development practices. Previous professional experience with Rust is not mandatory, but curiosity, ownership, willingness to learn, and openness to working with modern AI-assisted development tools are essential.

You will work alongside experienced engineers, contributing to new and existing components, learning how to build production-grade software, and gradually taking ownership of well-defined technical areas.

What you’ll work on:

• Desktop development in Rust
• IPC communication between desktop components and native services
• Cross-platform development for Windows and macOS
• Debugging and troubleshooting production issues
• Writing reliable and secure system-level code
• Occasionally working with OS-specific integrations, processes, permissions, and services

Qualifications

• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking
• Solid understanding of data structures and basic algorithms
• Good programming fundamentals (memory management, concurrency, debugging)
• Basic understanding of how operating systems work (processes, threads, memory, I/O)

Requirements

• Experience with Rust or systems programming languages (C/C++) - Nice to have
• Ability to use modern development tools (including AI-assisted tools) - Nice to have
• Basic understanding of how LLMs can be used in development workflows - Nice to have
• Interest in open-source software (e.g., using libraries, exploring codebases, or contributing) - Nice to have
• Exposure to OS-specific APIs (WinAPI, macOS frameworks) - Nice to have

Company Description

Bitdefender is a cybersecurity leader delivering best-in-class threat prevention, detection, and response solutions worldwide. Guardian over millions of consumer, enterprise, and government environments, Bitdefender is one of the industry’s most trusted experts for eliminating threats, protecting privacy, digital identity and data, and enabling cyber resilience. With deep investments in research and development, Bitdefender Labs discovers hundreds of new threats each minute and validates billions of threat queries daily. The company has pioneered breakthrough innovations in antimalware, IoT security, behavioral analytics, and artificial intelligence and its technology is licensed by more than 180 of the world’s most recognized technology brands. Founded in 2001, Bitdefender has customers in 170+ countries with offices around the world.