Senior Software Architect, Security Platform

Keeper Security

8d • Remote

About The Position

Keeper Security is hiring a Senior Software Architect, Security Platforms, to provide architectural leadership across multiple engineering teams and product areas, including Privileged Access Management, Browser Extension and other core security platforms. The role establishes scalable technical patterns, resolves complex cross-product architectural challenges and guides major design decisions across frontend, backend, client, browser and security platforms.

This is a hands-on architecture role involving prototyping, code reviews and technical problem solving. The architect partners with Engineering, Product and Security leadership to ensure Keeper’s systems remain secure, performant and maintainable as the platform grows. The position is 100% remote, with the option of a hybrid schedule for candidates in the El Dorado Hills, California, or Chicago, Illinois, metro areas.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant software architecture or technical leadership responsibilities.
• Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale production software across multiple product or platform areas.
• Strong full-stack technical background across frontend, backend, APIs and distributed systems.
• Experience designing highly available, scalable and secure SaaS architectures.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, object-oriented and modular design principles, and architectural trade-offs.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture and cloud-native application design.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, identity, access control and secure application architecture.
• Experience designing and integrating APIs, shared services and cross-product platform capabilities.
• Strong knowledge of relational and non-relational database architecture, data modeling and performance considerations.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern deployment environments such as AWS, containers and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of application performance, profiling, debugging and reliability engineering.
• Experience evaluating architectural trade-offs involving scalability, resiliency, maintainability and developer velocity.
• Proven ability to work across multiple engineering teams and influence technical decisions without direct authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to engineers, Product and leadership.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to use modern AI-assisted development tools effectively for research, architecture, coding and technical analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience architecting browser extensions, desktop applications or client-side security platforms.
• Experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks such as React.
• Experience with backend technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Rust, C++, Go or similar languages.
• Familiarity with browser security models, extension architecture, CORS and web application security.
• Experience with endpoint security, operating system integrations or native client development.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing and secure software supply chain practices.
• Experience with observability platforms, performance testing and production diagnostics.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards, analytics platforms or enterprise product requirements.
• Experience working across AI-enabled product initiatives, agentic systems or modern AI development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive architecture across multiple Keeper product areas, including PAM, Browser Extension and other core security platforms.
• Establish scalable architectural patterns and technical standards across frontend, backend, client and distributed systems.
• Lead architecture reviews and major technical design decisions for complex cross-product initiatives.
• Partner with Engineering leadership and product teams to translate business and product requirements into scalable technical designs.
• Evaluate trade-offs across centralized and distributed architectures, monoliths and microservices, synchronous and asynchronous systems, and cloud-native deployment models.
• Design systems with strong consideration for security, reliability, performance, extensibility and maintainability.
• Guide architecture for APIs, services, authentication, authorization, data flows and integration patterns across product teams.
• Provide technical leadership for high-scale SaaS systems and security-sensitive workflows.
• Support architecture across browser-based, desktop, endpoint and platform components where applicable.
• Identify architectural risks, technical debt and scalability constraints, and drive pragmatic remediation strategies.
• Build prototypes or reference implementations to validate architectural approaches and de-risk major initiatives.
• Review critical code and design changes and provide technical guidance to senior and staff-level engineers.
• Partner with Security teams on secure architecture, threat modeling and protection of sensitive data and credentials.
• Establish standards for observability, reliability, testing and operational readiness across distributed systems.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence technical direction across multiple engineering teams.
• Evaluate technologies, frameworks and architectural approaches that can improve platform capabilities and developer productivity.
• Use AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot or similar platforms for technical research, prototyping, coding, debugging and documentation.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage, including domestic partnerships.
• Employer-paid life insurance and supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses and children.
• Voluntary short- and long-term disability insurance.
• 401(k) with Roth and traditional options.
• Generous PTO plan that recognizes commitment and seniority, including paid bereavement and jury duty.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior