Senior Software Engineer

Recruiting From Scratch • San Francisco, NY

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

Our client is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity infrastructure companies transforming how businesses achieve and maintain compliance. Initially built as a market-leading compliance automation platform, the company is now making a major strategic pivot into cybersecurity infrastructure for U.S. federal defense contractors. They are cash-flow positive, backed by top-tier investors including Kleiner Perkins and Google’s AI Fund, and have seen explosive growth with federal defense now driving the majority of new revenue. The engineering team is entering a major build phase focused on experimental cybersecurity products and foundational platform infrastructure. This is a rare opportunity to join a category-defining cybersecurity company at an inflection point as it expands aggressively into federal defense infrastructure.

Requirements

• 4–10 years of software engineering experience
• Strong full-stack engineering background
• Excellent TypeScript experience
• Experience with modern backend OOP languages
• Product-focused engineering mindset
• Startup or high-growth company experience
• Strong ownership mentality
• Experience shipping customer-facing products
• Comfortable moving quickly with ambiguity
• Strong systems design fundamentals
• Located in or willing to relocate to NYC

Nice To Haves

• React
• GraphQL
• Ruby on Rails
• Node.js
• Rust
• Series A–C startup experience
• Security / cybersecurity exposure
• Defense tech interest
• Mentorship experience
• Cross-functional product ownership
• Strong Signals
• CS degree from top-30 program
• Promotions / strong upward career trajectory
• Product ownership end-to-end
• Series A–C startup experience
• Long tenure / commitment patterns
• Strong technical breadth
• Experience building customer-facing systems
• Excitement for defense cybersecurity mission

Responsibilities

• Build full-stack product features end-to-end
• Design and ship experimental cybersecurity products
• Work across frontend and backend systems
• Build foundational platform infrastructure
• Collaborate across product, design, and engineering
• Own projects from architecture through deployment
• Write high-quality scalable production code
• Participate in system design and technical planning
• Mentor engineers and influence engineering culture
• Improve performance, reliability, and scalability
• Contribute to product direction and roadmap decisions
• Help establish the growing NYC engineering presence

Benefits

• Base salary: $190,000 – $240,000
• Competitive equity
• Relocation assistance potential
• Hybrid NYC engineering presence
• High ownership and product scope
• Mentorship opportunities
• Strong growth trajectory
• Work on cutting-edge cybersecurity infrastructure

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED