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Senior Software Engineer

Recruiting From Scratch
3 days ago
Full-time
On-site
San Francisco, New York, United States
$190,000 - $240,000 USD yearly
Software / Technology / IT
 
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Title of Role: Senior Software Engineer

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)

Company Stage of Funding: Series B ($56M+ raised, backed by Kleiner Perkins, Gradient Ventures, Accomplice)

Office Type: Hybrid (moving toward 3 days/week in-office)

Salary: $190,000 – $240,000 + Competitive Equity

Visa: No visa sponsorship available

Company Description

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.

What You Will Do

  • 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

Ideal Candidate Background

  • 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

Preferred Experience

  • 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

Compensation and 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

Why Join

This is an opportunity to join one of the strongest cybersecurity companies at a major product inflection point.

You’ll help build the next generation of cybersecurity tooling for the U.S. federal defense industrial base while working at a company with elite investors, strong revenue traction, and meaningful product-market fit.

If you’re excited by high-ownership engineering work, product building, and the opportunity to shape a major strategic company pivot, this is a standout role.