Staff Software Engineer

THE COMPANY

At Cerby we believe security is everyone’s business. Collaborating across your apps doesn’t need to be chaos. We are a mission-critical cybersecurity company that empowers your teams to operate securely and control their apps completely. We’ve built our product on the idea that teams deserve autonomy over their work apps. It turns out that why they are guaranteed a choice, security comes naturally.

More than 50% of all technology is spent outside of centralized IT organizations. Individual business units are taking their technology destiny into their own hands, and we enable that. End user onboarded applications are behind more than one third of all cybersecurity hacks. We provide the solution to manage that through enabling users to select their own technology and we automatically protect those applications.

Our founding team are proven operators that have achieved more than $1B in exits for multiple start-ups. Cerby raised $17M in a Series A funding round led by Two Sigma Ventures and Outpost Ventures, increasing their total funding to $32.5M. The investment underscores Cerby's momentum in the financial services sector, which often lacks modern identity protocol support. Existing seed investors, including Ridge Ventures, Founders Fund, and others, also joined this round, along with Ben Johnson, co-founder of Obsidian Security and Carbon Black.

OVERVIEW & IMPACT:

At Cerby, software engineers are at the heart of driving our technology and product innovation. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a key role in building and scaling our automation systems platform that are responsible for running automation jobs at scale, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and for owning the quality, scalability and security of our software platform . You will help lead and drive a security-first engineering culture while enhancing our product's user experience and maintaining high standards of software delivery.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design and Develop: Build scalable, high-performance software solutions that align with business goals and user needs.
• Collaborate: Work closely with product managers, engineering managers, UX designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality features and functionality.
• Code Excellence: Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, adhering to best practices and coding standards. Help define and promote best practices across the engineering org.
• Continuous Improvement: Participate in code reviews, share knowledge with team members, and continuously improve development processes.
• Innovation and Curiosity: Champion new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies that drive innovation and product evolution.
• Security Mindset: Actively contribute to our security-first approach by proactively identifying vulnerabilities and implementing robust solutions.
• Remote Collaboration: Collaborate effectively in a remote-first environment, ensuring seamless communication and teamwork across time zones.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIRED SKILLS:

Experience:

• 5-8 years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on building and scaling SaaS applications.
• Technical Expertise:
• Experience with designing, developing, and maintaining scalable SaaS applications in a high performance startup environment (prior experience in high growth venture funded SaaS startups preferred).
• Prior experience with queuing systems (SQS or similar) and event streaming (Kafka or similar).
• Knowledge of cloud and IT security practices and concepts such as zero-trust and encryption.
• Prior experience in cyber security and/or Identity and Access Management (IAM) a plus.

Proficiency in:

• Expertise with Python, Node.js and TypeScript .

• Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and scalable architecture. ECS and Docker are a plus.

• Security stacks and mission-critical systems (experience in cybersecurity is a plus)

• Queuing, Messaging and Streaming platforms such as SQS, Kinesis and Kafka

• Distributed data stores, plus relational databases and key/value databases.

• Containerized workloads.

• Software engineering practices such as Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Trunk based development, Domain Driven Design, Refactoring, Code reviews.

• Architecting and designing modular and decoupled software applications and systems.

• Designing Distributed, fault-tolerant, high availability, and resilient systems.

• Proven ability to instrument distributed systems with well-designed telemetry and observability code (prior experience with Open Telemetry and Datadog a plus).

• Ability to own and drive the software development from design through development, testing, delivery and production release. Writes maintainable code, high quality, scalable, and secure code.

• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions.

• Communication Skills: Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and concisely both in written and verbal form

• Team Collaboration: Experience working in agile teams and a collaborative mindset to contribute to a positive team culture.

• Start-up Experience (Preferred): Prior experience in a venture funded high-growth SaaS startup preferred.

DESIRED QUALITIES:

• Resourceful Achiever: Self-motivated, proactive, and adaptable in solving complex technical challenges.
• Product Minded: Strong ability to understand customer value, to translate customer needs into software products that deliver tangible customer value.
• Precision Executor: Focused on optimizing performance, scalability, and reliability in software delivery.
• Team Player: Strong interpersonal skills, fostering a culture of collaboration and shared success. Actively mentor other engineers.
• Lifelong Learner: A continuous curiosity to learn and explore emerging technologies and industry trends.
• Innovative Thinker: Open to creative solutions, and comfortable navigating ambiguity.