Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join GreyNoise, a mission-driven security startup, and lead initiatives related to deployment, scaling, monitoring, and enhancing backend services supporting deception technologies. Work as part of a team responsible for sensor and core networking technologies, developing new capabilities for deception profile deployment. Collaborate with the research team, support development using Go and Rust, and participate in on-call rotations. Debug and troubleshoot complex production issues. This fully remote US-based position requires 5+ years of production software engineering experience with backend services, REST APIs, Go, cloud infrastructure management, and CI/CD pipelines. GreyNoise offers competitive benefits including 100% covered health insurance, a 6% 401k match, unlimited PTO, remote work, an equipment budget, paid family leave, and a learning & development budget.

Requirements

• 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
• 5+ years of production software engineering experience, including
• Developing and maintaining high-throughput networked backend services and REST APIs
• Working with Go (Golang) for backend development
• Managing cloud-based infrastructure using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
• Designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Github Actions
• Experience designing modular OS images and managing build artifacts
• Familiarity with containerization, process jailing, and virtual-machine isolation technologies
• Knowledge of common networking protocols and networked services
• A firm understanding of the networking layers encompassing the OSI model
• A collaborative and communicative mindset, with a willingness to engage across teams and disciplines to deliver customer value

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives related to deployment, scaling, monitoring, and enhancing the backend services, pipelines, and infrastructure supporting GreyNoise’s deception technologies
• Work as a member of the team of engineers responsible for GreyNoise’s sensor and core networking technologies
• Develop new capabilities to enable wider and more diverse deception profile deployment in a scalable, observable, and modular fashion, combining software engineering and infrastructure management skillsets
• Collaborate with the GreyNoise research team to support their deception profile development efforts
• Support development efforts on our sensor and core networking technologies using Go and Rust
• Participate in an on-call rotation helping triage on-call tickets, prioritize and unblock team members, and guide sprint planning to drive effective execution
• Debug and troubleshoot complex production issues across multiple systems, leveraging strong analytical skills and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building integration platforms with support for external contribution
• Experience using Rust
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools to improve observability (e.g. Grafana, Honeycomb, CloudWatch)
• Experience managing event-driven application architectures using technologies like Kafka
• Awareness of anti-virus evasion techniques and how to incorporate these concepts into OS level monitoring
• Experience with delivering data to customers through APIs, SDKs, or other data integration methods
• Strong interest in customer success and the ability to translate technical requirements into impactful solutions

Benefits

• 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
• Equity in a high-growth, Series-A startup