Sr Software Engineer (Data Privacy & Security)

Our client is a profitable SaaS company at the forefront of data privacy and security innovation. Their powerful Data Privacy Governance platform utilizes patented AI technology to revolutionize customer data protection, ensuring compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations for Fortune 100 organizations and mid-market enterprises. Their unified consent and preference management APIs enable seamless data handling across multiple channels, setting new standards in the industry.

• Office Location: Falls Church, VA (hybrid 3 days a week)

• Product: Data Privacy Governance, Data Security & Protection, Consent Management

The company's mission is to contribute to a better society by advocating for proper data protection legislation, responsibly safeguarding customer data, preserving individual privacy rights, and enhancing trust between businesses and consumers through greater transparency.

We are seeking a talented Sr Software Engineer / Lead Engineer to join our client's team in Falls Church, VA. Founders are engineers, and the majority of the team members are engineers. The team is flat in hierarchy and you will likely have more autonomy over your code than what you are previously accustomed to. You won't be just fixing bugs or maintaining existing codebase - you will be building exciting new features, analyzing metrics, re-designing complex interfaces, and making important technical and product decisions.

• Write clean, quality, and secure code based on product requirements

• Build interactive web applications, APIs, and algorithms

• Optimize performance and browser compatibility

• Ensure technical decisions support our client s goals of quality, scalability, reliability, security, and high performance

• Work with a team of engineers and help meet deadlines

• Mentor other engineers

• A degree in Computer Engineering or a related field

• At least 10 years of experience building web applications and enterprise software

• Prior work in a SaaS software platform as a full-stack or back-end developer

• Hands-on programming experience with Javascript, ReactJS, JQuery, Bootstrap, Redis, and building RESTful APIs, AJAX

• Solid experience with LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) or LEMP stack, and excellent command-line skills on Linux

• Skilled in building highly scalable, load-balanced web applications (well-designed APIs, high-volume data pipelines, efficient algorithms)

• Experience with SQL stored procedures, database architecture, microservices, message queues (such as RabbitMQ)

• Knowledge of container technology (docker) and cloud services (IaaS, PaaS), AWS, Elastic Search

• Experience using third-party testing tools and frameworks and working with version control systems such as GIT, Bitbucket

• Ability to work 3 days/week in an office in Falls Church, VA

• Experience with a security-tech or privacy-tech company

• Experience with NoSQL/Hadoop/Hive/HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc.

• Hands-on experience with Python, Java or AI Algorithms

• Contribution to open-source projects

• Hands-on experience with encryption algorithms and vulnerability assessment tools

• Strong technical expertise to make important technical and product decisions

• Good communication and team collaboration with the ability to mentor other engineers

• Comfortable with a dynamic startup work environment

• Competitive compensation: $150,000 per year (negotiable based on experience)

• Full medical benefits, gold plan: 100% coverage for health, dental, and vision (0 out-of-pocket); life insurance

• 401(k)

• Work-life balance, hybrid schedule and paid vacation

• Very fast career growth (Director of Engineering in 1-2 years)

• Proven product-market fit with Fortune 100 customers

• Founders are engineers, and the majority of the team members are engineers

• Impactful work that shapes the future of data privacy

• Collaborative company culture, diverse team and supportive, inclusive environment for all employees

• Stage 1: 30-min virtual interview with the Technical Founder (General fit)

• Stage 2: On-site interview in the office (Skills assessment)

• Reference and Background Checks: conducted after successful interviews

• Job Offer: provided to the selected candidate

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity, or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Compensation Range: $130K - $150K