Posted 18 days ago
Senior Software Engineer I
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Contributes to scaling a SaaS product and REST APIs, decouples backend services into microservices, designs non-REST APIs, and champions best practices for microservice architecture and CI/CD.
About this role
Bitsight is a cyber risk management leader transforming how companies manage exposure, performance, and risk for themselves and their third parties. Companies rely on Bitsight to prioritize their cybersecurity investments, build greater trust within their ecosystem, and reduce their chances of financial loss.
Built on over a decade of technological innovation, its integrated solutions deliver value across enterprise security performance, digital supply chains, cyber insurance, and data analysis.
- We invented the cyber ratings industry in 2011
- Over 3500 customers trust Bitsight
- Over 600 teammates are dispersed throughout Boston, Raleigh, New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and remote
Responsibilities:
Contribute to scale our SaaS product during a time of rapid user growth to ensure an
excellent customer experience;
Maintaining, building, and optimizing our REST APIs with a particular focus on making
existing APIs scale to handle larger and larger amounts of data;
Decoupling existing chunks of our primary backend service with an eye towards
spinning
them off into their own microservice if prudent;
Where appropriate, design and implement non-REST APIs to improve performance for
specific customer or front end needs--e.g. websockets for real time notifications, etc.;
Championing best practices for our microservice architecture and design;
Working closely with the DevOps team to improve and optimize our CI/CD processes
and production architecture to improve both developer and customer experience.
Additional Information for European Union Applicants:
Bitsight is committed to full pay transparency in accordance with the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The compensation elements outlined below represent a good faith estimate effective as of the date of this posting and may be modified in the future. The total rewards package for this position includes:
Belonging & Inclusion. Bitsight is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.
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.
Bitsight also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email [email protected]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
This role uses AI-assisted transcription during the interview process. All hiring decisions are made by our recruitment team.
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