Remote Principal Software Engineer

Who is SimSpace:

SimSpace launched in 2015 with a singular purpose – addressing the most urgent and sophisticated cybersecurity challenges to reduce risk for our most vulnerable and valuable infrastructure. The organizations around the world that we depend on every day to keep our loved ones safe and secure. Our healthcare facilities, schools, financial institutions, transit centers, grocery stores, and workplaces just to name a few. To deliver global resiliency, we provide an elite cyber range platform to curate unassailable cyber defenses, data driven decisions, cutting edge training labs, live attack scenarios, and extensive individual and dynamic team readiness training.

SimSpace works as OneTeam to elevate humanity around the world. We are committed to continuously improving and delivering a cultivated member experience whether that is accomplished through focusing on supporting our client’s teams or our own mission driven SimSpacers.

We are an international company headquartered in Boston’s Fort Point in the U.S. If you are interested in elevating the technology and creative solutions necessary to secure and safeguard our future while working alongside others who share your passion for purpose and development, we want to meet you!

Why should you choose a career at SimSpace?

We are an organization that is focused on building our culture and mindfully enhancing our atmosphere everyday which is why we have collaborated on an integral value system. Our governing philosophy of being Human Centered is deeply embedded within our value system. We apply this philosophy to every one of our internal team members, external clients, and their customers.

Our core values:

• Serve to Protect – We provide safe space, deliver on the mission, and elevate humanity
• Acquire Understanding – We seek and provide clarity 10x, cultivate comprehension, and believe information goes both all ways
• Operate as Innovators – We stay curious, practice consistency over intensity, and continue to be the change we need in the world
• Teamwork Without Borders – We are never alone, we solve for all, and keep people at the heart of everything we do

What will you be doing as a Principal Software Engineer at SimSpace?

• Work directly with the VP of Engineering and the Chief Product Officer as part of the team driving the platform roadmap
• Stay up to date on the latest development trends, evaluating new libraries, frameworks
• Provide technical direction and set technical priorities across the organization
• Develop features and improvements in a secure, well-tested, and performant way, consistently shipping large features with minimal guidance
• Craft code that raises the standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a high-scale web environment. Advocate for these standards through code review
• Support and mentor other engineers, contributing to the long-term technical vision and grooming/breakdown of work

What are the qualifications to apply? To be successful as a Principal Software Engineer, you need to have:

• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience with high-availability commercial systems
• Proficiency with on-prem and cloud environments
• Humility with the ability to quickly pick up new technologies and comfortable leading, driving, and delegating work.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Preferred qualifications:

• Familiarity with Cybersecurity or Networking
• Familiarity with Kubernetes
• Familiarity with AWS, GCP and/or Azure

Attributes that lead to success in the role:

• You feel comfortable leading and providing mentorship within a technical team.
• You enjoy solving complex problems and building solutions through collaborative methods.
• You’re always open for feedback and willing to provide it to your colleagues.
• You are driven by goals and focused on the iterative delivery of high-quality well-tested code.
• You’re conscious of scalability, re-usability, but also pragmatic when it comes to trade-offs

Our full tech stack:

React.js, Node.js (Nest), Cypress, Typescript, Kotlin, Haskell, Kubernetes, Python, Postgres, GCP, VMware

We provide the following:

• Salary Range $204,000 - $270,000
• Comprehensive benefits package that start on day one
• 401k match with immediate vesting
• Flex time, the time off you need when you need it
• Equity options at hire and potential for additional based on performance
• Generous employee referral bonus program
• Peloton Interactive Wellness Program
• LinkedIn Learning Membership
• Monthly reimbursement for meaningful connections with other SimSpacers

SimSpace is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

SimSpace does not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression and identity, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military/veteran status, in any of its activities or operations. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.

Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups only apply to jobs if they meet all of the qualifications. However, no one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. SimSpace encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. We look forward to your application!

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 [email protected].

SimSpace does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.

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.