Open source supply chain security for developer package ecosystems
Socket protects software teams from malware and threats hidden in open source dependencies, with a stack spanning TypeScript, Go, Rust and Python plus Kafka, NATS, ClickHouse and BigQuery for package-analysis data. Hiring is accelerating and skews toward sales and support over engineering, signaling a shift from product build-out to customer retention and EMEA pipeline growth, backed by a full HubSpot, Salesforce, Outreach, Salesloft and Gong sales stack.
Socket is a San Francisco-based cybersecurity company founded in 2020 that focuses on software supply chain security. Its platform scans open source packages for malware, vulnerabilities and risky behavior, combining software composition analysis, SBOM capabilities and zero-day prevention. The company sells to organizations whose applications depend on open source code and integrates with package managers and developer tooling such as npm and pnpm. Socket is privately held, employs 51–200 people, and hires across the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal and Bulgaria.
Socket builds with TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, React, Go, Rust and Python, uses PostgreSQL, ClickHouse and BigQuery for data, Kafka, NATS and RabbitMQ for messaging, and Docker, Jenkins and CircleCI for delivery.
Yes. Socket's hiring is accelerating and led by sales and customer support, with engineering close behind, focused on post-sales operations, customer retention and EMEA pipeline growth.
Socket, headquartered in San Francisco, is hiring in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal and Bulgaria.
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