Senior Software Engineer, Scanning Engine

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the complete systems design for essential components of the scanning engine.

• Create and implement maintainable, well-tested, and observable services using Python and Go.

• Enhance performance, scalability, and reliability for extensive distributed scanning tasks.

• Collaborate with security, product, and data teams to develop production-ready systems and APIs.

• Promote code quality, secure coding standards, design documentation, and code review practices.

• Contribute to the architecture and roadmap decisions of the scanning platform.

• Identify and resolve production challenges related to scanning performance, accuracy, and stability.

• Provide mentorship to engineers through design feedback, collaborative work, and knowledge sharing.

⛳️ Requirements

• Significant experience as a Senior Software Engineer (or similar) focusing on backend or systems-level services.

• Expertise in at least one of Python or Go, with the readiness and eagerness to work in both languages over time.

• Proven experience in systems design for distributed or high-availability services, encompassing scalability, reliability, and observability.

• Practical experience in building or maintaining scanning, detection, or comparable engine-like systems.

• Strong foundation in software engineering principles: data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and performance optimization.

• Experience in a cloud-native setting, including microservices, containers, CI/CD, monitoring, and logging.

• Ability to work collaboratively across product, security, and platform/infrastructure teams, clearly articulating trade-offs.

• Demonstrated ability to manage projects from inception to completion.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while ensuring quality and security are upheld.

• Familiarity with testing, static analysis, code reviews, and the development of maintainable systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage at 100%.

• 401(k) retirement plan with a competitive employer match.

• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Up to 14 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents and 8 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents.

• Annual home office stipend and access to WeWork.

• Wellness programs for mental and physical health, including One Medical, Headspace, Wellhub, and more!

• Competitive salary with opportunities for career advancement.

• A remote-first and highly inclusive workplace culture.