Senior Software Engineer

About SecurityScorecard:

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings with over 12 million companies continuously rated operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by world-class investors SecurityScorecards patented rating technology is used by over 25000 organizations for self-monitoring third-party risk management board reporting and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint.

Headquartered in New York City our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a Best Workplace by Crains NY as a Best Places to Work in NYC and as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Companys annual list of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing forward-thinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement. SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by world-class investors including Silver Lake Waterman Moodys Sequoia Capital GV and Riverwood Capital.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineer to join our Platform team a strategic hands-on technical leader who will own and evolve the foundational systems that power SecurityScorecards core products. Youll work across the stack to build scalable services optimize infrastructure and improve internal tooling. Collaborating with engineers product managers and stakeholders you will accelerate development velocity improve reliability and ensure our platform evolves with scale in mind.

This role is both people- and technology-focused: youll mentor engineers while guiding complex technical initiatives around microservices architecture distributed systems infrastructure and automation.

What Youll Do:

Technical Leadership:

• Architect design and build scalable platform components using TypeScript AWS and React
• Build and maintain distributed systems real-time pipelines and core microservices to support platform growth
• Lead code and architecture reviews to uphold high standards for reliability performance and maintainability
• Contribute to and drive adoption of modern infrastructure practices CI/CD containerization (Docker) ArgoCD Terraform GitHub Actions
• Own and deliver impactful projects end-to-end translating business needs and R&D insights into scalable technical solutions
• Identify opportunities to reduce toil improve developer workflows and increase system resiliency
• Build systems for the long term balancing speed of delivery with sustainability and technical excellence
• Take part in production support responsibilities

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5 years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend systems platform services or infrastructure
• Expertise in and modern development patterns (TypeScript/JavaScript)
• Solid experience designing and scaling distributed systems with strong focus on performance scalability and reliability
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and production-grade deployments
• Experience with CI/CD monitoring and containerization (Docker Terraform Jenkins New Relic)
• Strong computer science fundamentals (algorithms data structures systems design and networking)
• Excellent communication skills and successful collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Passion for mentoring knowledge-sharing and helping teams grow

Our Tech Stack:

• Programming Languages: Mainly TypeScript / JavaScript; subsystems may use other languages
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS Docker Terraform Jenkins
• Production Monitoring: New Relic
• Databases: ClickHouse PostgreSQL

Nice to Have:

• Experience in cybersecurity threat intelligence or other security-focused platforms
• Familiarity with front-end development and full-stack delivery practices
• Experience building internal platforms developer tools or SDKs
• Background working with high-scale systems and large datasets

Benefits:

The estimated total compensation range for this position is $160000 - $185000 (base plus bonus). Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to affordability skills qualifications and experience and may vary from the addition to base salary employees may also be eligible for annual performance-based incentive compensation awards and equity among other company benefits.

SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds skill sets ideas and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race color religion national origin sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status) sexual orientation age marital veteran disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability please contact

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Required Experience:

Senior IC