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Business Dev & Design Entertainment | Social Media Tech Web Video |
Develops software to ensure mobile security.
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Address: | Los Angeles, CA 90014 |
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Company URL: | http://www.mylookout.com |
We're a venture-funded startup solving big problems on small devices.
We believe that people should be able to use their mobile phones without having to worry about hackers, viruses, or other hazards of modern life. We’re building a product that keeps your mobile phone (and millions of others) safe from all sorts of nasty things: a product people want because it actually makes their lives easier.
Why Lookout?
We love creating useful, usable, and technologically game-changing software. If we do things right, your work will be instrumental in helping people all over the world be safe.
Besides building something meaningful, here’s why you’ll love working here:
We've recently been featured in the Forbes, CNET, DarkReading, the New York Times and others. Here are some links to our coverage:
Come join Lookout!
At Lookout, we're looking for great generalist engineers, if you don't see something that directly fits, but you still think you can add value, send us a your resume anyway.
Sr. Software Engineer (Client)
What you'll be doing:
We are looking for a senior engineer who strives to create useful, usable, and secure software. You will be part of an agile team that builds software for multiple types of mobile devices, including: Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Blackberry.
We operate everywhere from the highest to the lowest levels of the system, so a superb grasp of both C and Java are critical. Working with object oriented languages such as Ruby and Objective-C are a definite plus.
Experience developing security products or simply dreaming of security problems/solutions/algorithms at night (as we do) is a big plus too. You will often be surrounded by kernel-ness, so you need to have a solid understanding of operating system internals, drivers, hooking, and all that jazz.
Successful applicants are responsible, self-motivated, and confident; can get things done; can intuitively anticipate problems; look beyond immediate issues; take initiative to improve both our software and our development infrastructure. In short, we look for people who take pride in the craft of software engineering and have proven to be quite good at it.
We believe in agile software development, metrics, short feedback loops, well-designed APIs, test driven development, automation wherever possible, and all sorts of other things to make sure we can minimize friction and focus on solving the big problems.
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So, now what?
Lead Server Backend Engineer
What you'll be doing:
We are looking for a lead web backend engineer to build a web-scale product that protects a huge number of mobile phones. You'll be a technical leader on an agile team that is building both a web application and a backend web service that interfaces with our software on the gamut of smartphones.
You'll be working on a web-scale application used by many people, so an aptitude for developing elegant, scalable, robust, and maintainable code is a must. Of course, you should have a very strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g. MySQL), but as we're scaling quite quickly, knowledge of non-relational databases and distributed computing is a definite plus as well.
Successful applicants are responsible, self-motivated, and confident; can get things done; can intuitively anticipate problems; look beyond immediate issues; take initiative to improve both our software and our development infrastructure. In short, we look for people who take pride in the craft of software engineering and have proven to be quite good at it.
We believe in agile software development, metrics, short feedback loops, well-designed APIs, test driven development, automation wherever possible, and all sorts of other things to make sure we can minimize friction and focus on solving the big problems.
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Bonus Points:
So, now what?
Server Engineer
What you'll be doing:
We are looking for a great Ruby engineer to build a web-scale product that protects a huge number of mobile phones. You'll be on an agile team that is building both a web application and a backend web service that interfaces with our software on the gamut of smartphones.
You'll be working a web-scale application used by many people, so an aptitude for developing elegant, scalable, robust, and maintainable code is a must. Of course, you should have a very strong knowledge of relational databases (e.g. MySQL), but as we're scaling quite quickly, knowledge of non-relational databases and distributed computing is a definite plus as well.
Successful applicants are responsible, self-motivated, and confident; can get things done; can intuitively anticipate problems; look beyond immediate issues; and takes initiative to improve both our software and our development infrastructure. In short, we look for people who take pride in the craft of software engineering and has proven to be quite good at it.
We believe in agile software development, metrics, short feedback loops, well-designed APIs, test driven development, automation wherever possible, and all sorts of other things to make sure we can minimize friction and focus on solving the big problems
Key Responsibilities:
Requirements:
Bonus Points:
So, now what?
Security Response Team Lead
What you'll be doing:
We're looking for someone to head up our security response team. Overall, the team will be responsible for hunting down exploits and malware for mobile phones and generally making sure that we are continually protecting our users from all types of attack.
You'll be responsible for building automated analysis systems and developing new techniques for sifting through large datasets in order to identify emerging threats. You'll explore attack vectors that exploits and malware may use in the future (doing research and proof-of-concept development) to make sure we're always ahead threats in the wild.
The ideal person for this role is extremely creative in solving technical problems and adept at a wide range of technologies, as you'll be operating everywhere from the lowest layers of mobile device kernels to distributed data analysis systems.
Successful applicants are responsible, self-motivated, and confident; can get things done; can intuitively anticipate problems; look beyond immediate issues; and take initiative to improve both our software and our development infrastructure. In short, we look for people who take pride in the craft of software engineering and have proven to be quite good at it.
We believe in agile software development, metrics, short feedback loops, well-designed APIs, test driven development, automation wherever possible, and all sorts of other things to make sure we can minimize friction and focus on solving the big problems.
Key responsibilities:
Requirements:
Bonus points:
So, now what?
Senior Operations Engineer
What you'll be doing:
We are looking for a senior operations engineer to join our rapidly growing team. You will be responsible for the security, stability, and scalability of our production infrastructure. You'll get to work hands on with plenty of exciting scale challenges as we grow to support tens of millions of users across hundreds of servers with petabytes of storage in multiple data centers. We use a variety of technologies including Ruby on Rails, Passenger, Apache, MySQL, GlusterFS, Redis, Hadoop, and many more.
Our cloud is the backbone of our service and provides constant support of mobile clients in the field, enabling them to receive real-time threat protection, backup and restore their data, find and protect their lost devices, and stay connected 24 hours a day. The vast majority of our users connect to the service on a daily basis. The performance and reliability of our cloud is paramount to our success.
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So, now what?
May 18, 2010
Lookout Closes $11 Million in Series B Funding Lead by Accel Partners
December 21, 2009
Lookout Launches: Visionaries See Mobile Security Opportunity
December 21, 2009
Stay Safe on Your Smartphone this Holiday Season
Individuals,Khosla Ventures,Undisclosed Firm
John Hering
co-founder and CEO
John is a successful entrepreneur with a passion for solving consumer problems. He co-founded Lookout (formerly Flexilis), along with James Burgess and Kevin Mahaffey, after extensive research into mobile security threats. Prior to Lookout, John founded Unwire Iraq, a non-profit providing wireless networks to U.S. combat troops, and Daily Wireless, an online news and information source covering all aspects of the wireless marketplace for business (acquired by Focus Research, Inc.). His Bluetooth Sniper project resulted in a world-record-setting attack on a Bluetooth-enabled mobile device from a distance of more than 1.2 miles. John is a frequent speaker at industry events, including Black Hat Technical Security Conference, DEFCON, Microsoft's Bluehat Security Conference and was recently selected by BusinessWeek as a Best Young Tech Entrepreneur for 2010. John studied at the University of Southern California and has extensive experience with information security and wireless communication technologies.
James Burgess
co-founder and CIO
James co-founded Lookout (formerly Flexilis) in 2007, along with John Hering and Kevin Mahaffey. As Chief Information Officer, James is responsible for all technical operations including global infrastructure, IT and security. Prior to Lookout, James was a co-founder of Daily Wireless, an online news and information source covering all aspects of the wireless marketplace for business (acquired by Focus Research, Inc.). James holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California.
Kevin Mahaffey
co-founder and CTO
Kevin is an entrepreneur and technologist with a background in security, wireless, and web applications. He is the CTO of Lookout, which he co-founded in 2007 with John Hering and James Burgess. Kevin is responsible for driving Lookout's technology to protect people from current and future threats while keeping the product simple and easy to use. He started programming when he was 8 years old and it has been a love affair ever since. Kevin is a frequent speaker on security, mobile, and other topics, and has recently spoken at Black Hat Technical Security Conference, DEFCON, Yahoo! Security Week, and Microsoft's Bluehat Security Conference. Kevin graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Eric Bothwell
Vice President of Engineering
Bringing more than 12 years of experience in software engineering and management, Eric is responsible for engineering, product operations, security response and support at Lookout. Prior to Lookout, he was senior director of engineering at Symantec, where he managed a 120 person global engineering team that was responsible for developing the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) security products, Symantec's fastest growing business. Eric joined Symantec through the acquisition of Vontu, where he was vice president of engineering and led the development of the most scalable and secure DLP products on the market. Prior to Vontu, Eric held various software engineering and management positions at several start ups. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Julie Herendeen
Vice President of Marketing
Julie is an experienced marketing executive with over 15 years in consumer applications. As VP of Marketing at Lookout, Julie is responsible for the company's go-to-market strategy, customer acquisition, and customer insight. At Yahoo! she served as vice president of both advertising solutions and network products, with responsibility for the Yahoo! Front Page, My Yahoo!, and community properties. Previously, she was founding vice president of marketing at Shutterfly.com. Before that she was director of product management at Netscape Communications. Julie began her career as a product manager at Apple, where she was responsible for the Apple PowerBook. She holds a BA in Economics (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Christopher Jones
Vice President of Products
With over 14 years of startup and large company experience, Chris has a track record of delivering market defining technology products. As VP of Products at Lookout, Chris is responsible for defining market requirements and driving product strategy and innovation. He joined Lookout from Symantec where he was senior director of portfolio product management. Prior to Symantec he led product management at Vontu (acquired by Symantec), where he drove the creation of the industry-leading Vontu Data Loss Prevention products, adopted by more than a third of the Fortune 100. Previously, he was owner and principal of Medicineman Internet Product Design. Before that, Chris was a software developer and professional services manager at Trilogy. He holds a BS in Computer Science (Phi Beta Kappa) from Stanford University.