Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join ngrok Inc., a universal gateway trusted by millions of developers, and contribute to the design, building, and implementation of core software systems that power our platform serving millions of customers worldwide. You will build and execute our roadmap for improving Cloud Edge functionality, utilize data to enhance customer satisfaction, and lead technical decisions. This role requires strong software engineering skills, experience with large-scale systems, and a passion for mentoring. We offer a competitive salary and equity, along with comprehensive benefits including healthcare, 401k matching, and unlimited PTO.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional experience writing quality, production software
• Experience with best practices around authentication, authorization and access management
• Experience tackling role-based permissions for a large-scale user base
• Go experience or one of the following languages: Rust, C, Java or C++
• A passion for growing and up-leveling your peers, and have pre-existing mentoring experience and a nuanced view around how to help junior engineers grow
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills
• Proven record of deploying high value software for large distributed systems
• All candidates must be US-based, and legally authorized to work in the United States

Responsibilities

• Build and execute our roadmap for improving Cloud Edge functionality and the platform supporting it
• Utilize data to ensure decisions will increase customer satisfaction
• Lead technical decisions, building buy-in with the org
• Write scalable software for large user bases and high throughput
• Mentor other engineers in the org

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in startups
• Kubernetes experience
• Depth in computer networking
• You are based in the San Francisco Bay Area

Benefits

• Competitive mix of salary and equity
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 3% of your salary and a 50% match up to another 2%
• Healthcare, dental, and vision with premiums fully covered on the base plan for employees. Half of premiums are covered for dependents
• Unlimited PTO and a culture in which the overwhelming majority of employees take more than four weeks