Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join GreyNoise, a mission-driven security startup, as a Software Engineer and lead projects involving API development, integrations, and data delivery pipelines. You will act as a technical leader, collaborating with engineering and product teams to design and deliver customer-facing APIs. Responsibilities include debugging complex production issues, improving team practices, and mentoring other engineers. This fully remote US-based position requires 5+ years of production software engineering experience with specific technologies like Go, Elasticsearch, and GCP. GreyNoise offers competitive benefits including 100% covered health insurance, a 6% 401k match, unlimited PTO, remote work, paid family leave, and a professional development budget.

Requirements

• A culture-first, team-first attitude to everything you do
• 5+ years of production software engineering experience, including: Developing and maintaining RESTful APIs and integrations
• Working with Go (Golang) for backend development
• Leveraging Elasticsearch for search and analytics pipelines
• Managing cloud-based infrastructure, including S3 and GCP , with proficiency in tools like Protobuf for efficient data serialization
• Proven experience leading technical projects and helping teams navigate competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• A structured approach to triaging issues: the ability to quickly assess, prioritize, and delegate or resolve problems during on-call rotations
• Strong debugging skills, including the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues across APIs, integrations, and distributed systems
• A collaborative and communicative mindset, with a willingness to engage across teams and disciplines to deliver customer value

Responsibilities

• Lead projects involving API development, integrations, and data delivery pipelines, ensuring alignment with customer and organizational needs
• Act as a technical leader, helping triage on-call tickets, prioritize and unblock team members, and guide sprint planning to drive effective execution
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to design and deliver customer-facing APIs and integrations with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance
• Debug and troubleshoot complex production issues across multiple systems, leveraging strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Help the team improve practices for logging, monitoring, and telemetry to ensure quick identification and resolution of issues
• Serve as a mentor for other engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and technical excellence

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with delivering data to customers through APIs, SDKs, or other data integration methods
• Familiarity with authentication and security standards like Auth0, API keys, and TLS
• Strong interest in customer success and the ability to translate technical requirements into impactful solutions
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools to improve observability (e.g. Grafana, Honeycomb, CloudWatch)
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices

Benefits

• Equity in a high-growth, Series-A startup
• 100% covered health, dental, vision, and life plans for all employees
• Competitive 401k employer match of 6%, which is special for a startup. This will be 100% matched and vested from day 1
• Unlimited paid time off. To encourage time off from work and ensure overall employee health and wellness, GreyNoise strongly recommends each employee to take at least 120 hours of PTO (3 weeks) annually, including at least five consecutive business days
• Remote-first culture. While we are headquartered in the Washington DC area, we have a distributed workforce -- with the majority of our team working remotely from across the country
• Equipment budget. Every new employee gets $3,000 to spend on equipment, so you can pick whatever works best for you
• Paid family leave for all employees. We offer 4 months of paid leave (birth or adoption), plus 2 months of optional unpaid leave, so new parents have time to adjust to the new life (and work) schedule
• Learning & development budget. All employees receive an annual $1,500 towards professional development related to their job function. The stipend can be applied to tuition, books, conferences, and more
• Company offsites and monthly local hangouts to encourage team bonding