Production Engineer- Student

Zafran is looking for a motivated student Production Engineer to join our team and help ensure the reliability and smooth operation of our production systems. This role is ideal for a Computer Science or Software Engineering student (2nd year or above) eager to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced production environment and to work alongside experienced engineers.



About Zafran:

Our Mission: To stop the exploitation of vulnerabilities, everywhere.

What makes us different: Zafran de-risks 90% of critical vulnerabilities overnight across your hybrid environment, leveraging Agentic Capabilities and your existing security tools to rapidly mitigate and remediate the 10% most likely to be exploited.

​​Who’s behind us: Zafran is backed by Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts, and a deep belief that cybersecurity should move as fast as attackers do. We’re one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry, scaling to meet demand from the world’s most advanced, security-obsessed organizations.

We’re serious about our mission- so expect work that matters, teammates who challenge and inspire you, and plenty of fun along the way!

Description: 

 As a Production Engineer, you will be on the front lines of our production environment, ensuring system stability, performance, and reliability. You will gain hands-on experience with real-time systems, monitoring tools, and incident management while collaborating closely with R&D teams. This role is a great opportunity to develop practical skills in troubleshooting, automation, and production operations in a dynamic, high-scale environment.

We are looking for a motivated student Production Engineer to join our team and help ensure the reliability and smooth operation of our production systems. This role is ideal for a Computer Science or Software Engineering student (2nd year or above) eager to gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced production environment and to work alongside experienced engineers.

What you will do:

• Real-time monitoring of production systems and alert response
• Incident triage and execution of runbooks
• Escalation to on-call senior engineers when needed
• Alert tuning and reduction of alert fatigue
• Building and improving Datadog dashboards
• Automating repetitive operational tasks
• Supporting RnD teams with manual work and configuration changes.
• Writing and maintaining runbooks
• Clean shift handover with a written report

About Zafran

What you will do

• Active CS / SE student (second year or above) / fresh graduate
• Terminal fluency
• Basic scripting (Python or Bash)
• Familiarity with Git
• Available for 3–5 shifts per week, including some nights/weekends
• Fluent in English

Nice to have

• Kubernetes / Docker basics
• AWS basics
• Familiar with Grafana / Datadog
• Previous NOC / IT/production experience

Requirements

Experience with the following is a plus