Staff Software Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a highly experienced and collaborative Staff Software Engineer to join one of our diverse, multicultural Engineering teams. Your mission will be to deliver robust, high-quality code within a continuous delivery environment, working in a small, cross-functional Agile team to design and ship key features and evolve our core infrastructure.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be expected to think on your feet, learn quickly, and take full ownership of complex, system-level problems through to resolution, working beyond the boundaries of a single team and raising the bar for engineering practices across the organization, knowing your contributions are securing the digital ecosystem globally.

You will thrive on solving intricate challenges and contributing new ideas that drive continuous improvement, supporting a culture that values technical skill development and career progression. This position is based in the Raleigh, NC or Boston, MA area.

Requirements

• Curiosity and a growth mindset, with a passion for continuous learning, seeking out opportunities to expand your knowledge, and stretching yourself and others to achieve goals.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals in system design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Ability to own large, loosely defined initiatives from technical design through completion, break the work down so others can build in parallel, and deliver business outcomes on commitments.
• Seven (7) years of experience as a Software Engineer building and maintaining a SaaS application.
• Proficiency in leveraging AI-powered developer tools to accelerate software development lifecycles, and leading team members in these best practices.
• Experience maintaining, building, and optimizing REST APIs.
• Strong background in Python development.
• Hands-on experience with big data technologies, such as PySpark and the broader Spark and Hadoop ecosystems.
• Experience with CI/CD (e.g. Gitlab CI/CD, Jenkins) and container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience tackling system-level problems of high complexity and wide scope that span multiple components or teams, identifying risks early and driving mitigations.
• Experience mentoring other engineers, raising the bar for engineering best practices, and providing technical guidance on decisions that affect other teams.
• Experience working with a team of engineers and product managers in delivering a product to end-users.
• Responsible, team-oriented, and well-organized.
• Excellent communication skills in English - both written and spoken.

Preferred

• Experience with cloud computing environments (E.g., AWS)
• Experience with modern Python frameworks and technologies, such as Django, FastAPI, Flask, SQLAlchemy.
• Experience integrating AI/ML models into production codebases.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering or LLM-based API integrations.
• Experience with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
• Experience with non-relational distributed databases (E.g., Apache HBase)

Pay and benefits

The anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is 123,000.00 - 179,000.00 USD Annual for US-based employees. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, is based on a full-time work schedule, and is Bitsight's good faith estimate as of the date of this posting. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for participation in a bonus or commission plan and an equity grant. Bitsight also offers a competitive benefits package, including but not but limited to medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid parental leave; flexible time off; a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities; life and disability insurance; and tuition reimbursement.

Culture. We put our people first. Bitsight offers best in class benefits. We devote the same energy to nurturing our company's inclusive culture as we apply to serving our customers' needs. Working at Bitsight will give you the opportunity to fulfill your professional goals and expand your skills.

Open-minded. If you got to this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you just read. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people that believe in Bitsight's mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways.

This role uses AI-assisted transcription during the interview process. All hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team.

Additional Information for United States of America Applicants

Bitsight is committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Bitsight will not discharge, discipline or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant.

Massachusetts Applicants: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.