Platform Software Engineer

StrongDM is driven by a clear mission: Secure Access, Zero Trust.

We design products and solutions that reflect this commitment, transforming the way organizations manage privileged access across their critical infrastructure. By leading with Zero Trust Privileged Access Management (PAM), we help our customers achieve secure, dynamic, and fine-grained control over access to their most sensitive resources. This focus on security has earned us an industry-leading 98% customer retention rate.

Once a customer, forever a fan. That's our goal.

When you work at StrongDM, you join a team committed to solving today’s security challenges with technology that works and customers who trust us to protect their most critical assets.

If you ask anyone at StrongDM, you’ll find that our values truly guide everything we do—from how we innovate to how we treat each other. These values are the foundation of our culture and define who we are as a company. It may sound cliché, but we’re onto something great—and G2 agrees.

We embrace the mission

We pursue mastery

We win together

These are the principles we embody as an organization. They influence how we work as individuals and teams, and what we look for in candidates who join us. We’re glad you’re here! If this sounds like an environment where you’d thrive, read on.

We build... ...secure, high-throughput networking systems in Go. If you enjoy writing code that is parsimonious, correct, yet featureful - you will enjoy coding with us! If you enjoy shipping a product that is appreciated by a growing population of happy, paying customers every day - you will enjoy shipping with us!We're a distributed, but close-knit team. We have high standards and high levels of respect for each other and our customers.

What You'll Do:

• Work with both the Infrastructure and Engineering teams on high leverage projects that will support our growth and developer experience
• Optimize and maintain CI/CD pipelines for scalability and performance
• Improve tooling, code generation, testing, and local development experience

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience developing and operating services in a cloud environment (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Expert command of Go, Rust, C, C++ or a similar programming language.
• Strong familiarity with Docker.
• Experience with at least one of: AWS, Terraform, or Kubernetes.
• Experience writing and maintaining CI/CD scripts and infrastructure.
• Bonus: experience supporting on-prem deployments of cloud products.

Compensation:

• $160-190K DOE + equity salary packages
• Company sponsored benefits, including:Medical, dental, and vision insurance (free to employees and dependents)401K, HSA, FSA, short / long-term disability coverage, life insurance
• 6 weeks of combined accrued vacation + sick time 24 weeks paid parental leave for everyone + 1 month transition time back + childcare stipend for first year
• Volunteer days + standard holidays
• Generous monthly and annual stipend for internet + home office