Senior Software Architect

*NOTE: This role requires being onsite in our NYC office an average of 1 day per week.*

*NOTE: This role requires being onsite in our Austin TX office an average of 3 days per week.*

About SecurityScorecard:

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings with over 12 million companies continuously rated operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by world-class investors SecurityScorecards patented rating technology is used by over 25000 organizations for self-monitoring third-party risk management board reporting and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint.

Headquartered in New York City our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a Best Workplace by Crains NY as a Best Places to Work in NYC and as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Companys annual list of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing forward-thinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement. SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by world-class investors including Silver Lake Waterman Moodys Sequoia Capital GV and Riverwood Capital.

About the team

Be part of an exciting and growing Technology team focused on product development. Our team emphasis is collaboration and shared responsibilities you will be hands-on involved in the entire Software Development Life Cycle. We are implementing DevOps Principles in our CI/CD Pipeline. Our team is growing and so will you! Check out our tech stack below and let us know if you are our next star.

You Will Do

As a Software Architect specializing in Full Stack Development you will play a pivotal role in modernizing our platform. You will:

• Architect and guide the transition of a large-scale legacy TypeScript/JavaScript codebase while implementing greenfield development.
• Define best practices patterns and tooling for a large team of full-stack engineers.
• Lead and mentor engineers on architectural decisions to ensure long-term technical sustainability.
• Spearhead architectural discussions driving alignment on best practices across engineering teams.
• Develop and maintain a 12-24 month technical roadmap for API and frontend evolution balancing short-term goals with long-term scalability.
• Optimize system performance by designing highly available distributed and fault-tolerant solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Managers and UX Designers to define and implement scalable solutions.
• Implement monitoring logging and performance tuning to ensure system stability and uptime.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Guide and mentor developers on best practices in TypeScript performance service reliability APIs and frontend architecture.
• Lead architectural decision-making to ensure maintainability scalability and security.
• Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies to enhance platform efficiency.
• Own and document system-wide architectural standards and patterns.

Development & Implementation

• Drive the modernization of a large-scale TypeScript/JavaScript codebase.
• Design and optimize REST and gRPC APIs.
• Define data models optimized for OLTP and OLAP workloads.
• Maintain high-quality testable and maintainable code adhering to clean code principles.

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Partner with engineering product and data teams to drive innovation.
• Conduct code reviews fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Communicate complex technical challenges and solutions to stakeholders with clarity.

Our Tech Stack

• Languages & Frameworks: TypeScript React Redux Saga Jest
• Databases & Messaging: PostgreSQL Clickhouse Kafka
• Infrastructure & DevOps: Docker Jenkins Terraform AWS Kubernetes Helm ArgoCD

Technical Skills

Must-Have:

• Full-stack proficiency with expertise in both backend and frontend development.
• 5 years of experience in agile environments (Scrum preferred).
• Advanced expertise with and its ecosystem.
• Strong experience refactoring large TypeScript/JavaScript codebases.
• Extensive experience designing and extending REST APIs.
• Strong experience designing scalable fault-tolerant distributed systems.
• Familiarity with DRY and YAGNI principles in code design.
• Experience with performance benchmarking profiling and observability tools.
• Strong knowledge of source control best practices (Git).

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience working with event-driven architectures (Kafka RabbitMQ).
• Familiarity with GraphQL and gRPC.
• Experience with modern functional programming techniques.
• Cybersecurity industry experience is a plus but not required.

Communication & Collaboration

• Ability to present and defend architectural decisions with confidence.
• Skilled at estimating project complexity and setting technical priorities.
• Strong attention to documentation and maintaining project-wide standards.

Why Join Us

• Work with cutting-edge technology in a rapidly growing cybersecurity space.
• Opportunity to lead large-scale modernization efforts and drive strategic architectural direction.
• A collaborative remote-friendly work environment with a strong culture of mentorship and learning.

If youre passionate about designing scalable high-performance applications and leading a team of talented engineers wed love to hear from you! Apply today and help shape the future of cybersecurity technology.

Communication & Collaboration

• Ability to present and defend architectural decisions with confidence.
• Skilled at estimating project complexity and setting technical priorities.
• Strong attention to documentation and maintaining project-wide standards.

Why Join Us

• Work with cutting-edge technology in a rapidly growing cybersecurity space.
• Opportunity to lead large-scale modernization efforts and drive strategic architectural direction.
• A collaborative remote-friendly work environment with a strong culture of mentorship and learning.

If youre passionate about designing scalable high-performance applications and leading a team of talented engineers wed love to hear from you! Apply today and help shape the future of cybersecurity technology.

Benefits:

Specific to each country we offer a competitive salary stock options Health benefits and unlimited PTO parental leave tuition reimbursements and much more!

The estimated total compensation range for this position is $200000 - $275000 (base plus bonus). Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to affordability skills qualifications and experience and may vary from the range. In addition to base salary employees may also be eligible for annual performance-based incentive compensation awards and equity among other company benefits.

SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds skill sets ideas and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race color religion national origin sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status) sexual orientation age marital veteran disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability please contact

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