Staff Software Engineer

Bitsight•Boston, MA

11d•$123,000 - $179,000

About The Position

Bitsight is seeking a highly experienced, collaborative Staff Software Engineer to join a diverse, multicultural Engineering team. The role focuses on delivering robust, high-quality code in a continuous delivery environment, working within a small, cross-functional Agile team to design and ship key features and evolve core infrastructure. The engineer will own complex system-level problems through resolution, work across team boundaries, and raise engineering practices across the organization. The position is based in the Raleigh, NC or Boston, MA area. The role offers the opportunity to contribute to cybersecurity products that help governments, companies, and NGOs understand and mitigate risk. The engineer will collaborate with engineers and product managers, contribute ideas for continuous improvement, and support technical skill development and career progression. The role is eligible for a bonus or commission plan and an equity grant, in addition to the stated benefits package.

Requirements

Curiosity and a growth mindset, with a passion for continuous learning and expanding knowledge.
Strong computer science fundamentals in system design, data structures, and algorithms.
Ability to own large, loosely defined initiatives from technical design through completion, divide work for parallel execution, and deliver business outcomes on commitments.
Seven years of experience as a Software Engineer building and maintaining a SaaS application.
Proficiency in AI-powered developer tools to accelerate software development lifecycles, and ability to lead team members in these practices.
Experience maintaining, building, and optimizing REST APIs.
Strong Python development background.
Hands-on experience with big data technologies, such as PySpark and the broader Spark and Hadoop ecosystems.
Experience with CI/CD, such as GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins, and container technologies, such as Docker or Kubernetes.
Experience addressing high-complexity, wide-scope system-level problems spanning multiple components or teams, identifying risks early, and driving mitigations.
Experience mentoring engineers, raising engineering best practices, and providing technical guidance on decisions affecting other teams.
Experience working with engineers and product managers to deliver a product to end-users.
Responsible, team-oriented, and well-organized.
Excellent written and spoken English communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with cloud computing environments, such as AWS.
Experience with modern Python frameworks and technologies, such as Django, FastAPI, Flask, or SQLAlchemy.
Experience integrating AI/ML models into production codebases.
Familiarity with prompt engineering or LLM-based API integrations.
Experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
Experience with non-relational distributed databases, such as Apache HBase.

Responsibilities

Deliver robust, high-quality code in a continuous delivery environment.
Work in a small, cross-functional Agile team to design and ship key features and evolve core infrastructure.
Own large, loosely defined initiatives from technical design through completion; break work down so others can build in parallel and deliver business outcomes on commitments.
Take ownership of complex system-level problems through resolution, including problems spanning multiple components or teams.
Identify risks early and drive mitigations for complex, wide-scope technical problems.
Raise engineering practices across the organization and provide technical guidance on decisions affecting other teams.
Mentor other engineers and promote engineering best practices, including effective use of AI-powered developer tools.
Work with engineers and product managers to deliver products to end-users.
Contribute ideas and support continuous improvement, technical skill development, and career progression.