Senior Software Engineer
West New York, NJ - USA
Job Summary
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Location: New York City
Work Style: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full-time
Focus: Full-Stack Engineering Product Engineering Security & Compliance SaaS
About Our Client
Our client is a fast-growing cybersecurity compliance company helping businesses achieve manage and maintain critical security and compliance standards.
Their platform supports thousands of companies around the world by simplifying complex compliance workflows and giving teams the tools they need to stay secure audit-ready and focused on their core business.
The company is backed by leading venture investors and has been recognized by major business and technology publications for its impact on the future of security and compliance software.
About the Role
Our client is hiring a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to join a highly collaborative product engineering team in New York City.
This is a high-ownership role for an engineer who enjoys building customer-facing products solving complex technical problems and working closely with product design and engineering stakeholders.
The right person will be comfortable owning features end-to-end contributing across the frontend and backend mentoring other engineers and stepping into product thinking when needed to make sure the team ships high-quality solutions.
What Youll Do
- Build full-stack product features that improve user experience reliability and customer value
- Work closely with product management design and engineering stakeholders
- Own features from planning and architecture through development deployment iteration and optimization
- Solve complex technical challenges across frontend backend data and product workflows
- Maintain a high quality bar in a fast-paced iterative engineering environment
- Step into product management-style responsibilities when needed to clarify scope and drive execution
- Participate in code reviews technical planning performance optimization and deployment processes
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and help raise the engineering bar across the team
- Build user-centric solutions for customers managing security and compliance workflows
What Were Looking For
- 5 years of professional software development experience
- Strong full-stack engineering experience across frontend and backend systems
- Proficiency with HTML CSS TypeScript and a modern backend language such as Ruby Python or JavaScript
- Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and software engineering principles
- Experience building customer-facing SaaS products
- Strong product instincts and a desire to understand customer impact
- Ability to own work from concept through deployment
- Adaptability in a fast-paced environment where priorities may shift quickly
- Strong communication skills and comfort collaborating across product design and engineering
- A craftsmanship mindset with a desire to keep improving technically
Preferred Experience
- Experience with Rails PostgreSQL or Elasticsearch
- Prior startup experience as a founder early employee or high-ownership builder
- Experience in cybersecurity compliance GRC audit risk or enterprise SaaS
- Experience mentoring junior or intermediate engineers
- Comfort working in hybrid highly collaborative team environments
Why This Opportunity
- Join a fast-growing cybersecurity compliance company with strong market traction
- Build software used by thousands of businesses to manage security and compliance
- Work on meaningful product problems across trust risk audit readiness and enterprise workflows
- Own full-stack features with real customer impact
- Collaborate closely with product design and engineering leaders
- Mentor other engineers and help shape team culture
- Join a venture-backed company with strong growth potential and meaningful career upside
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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