Staff Software Engineer - Core Platform (Ruby/Rails)

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Location: Remote US

Compensation Range: $195,000 to $210,000 base plus bonus and equity

What We Do: 

Huntress is a fully remote, global team of passionate experts and ethical badasses on a mission to break down the barriers to cybersecurity. Whether creating purpose-built security solutions, hunting down hackers, or impacting our community, our people go above and beyond to change the security game and make a real difference.

Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress protects all businesses—not just the 1%—with enterprise-grade, fully owned, and managed cybersecurity products at the price of an affordable SaaS application. The Huntress difference is our One Team advantage: our technology is designed with our industry-defining Security Operations Center (SOC) in mind and is never separated from our service.

We protect 3M+ endpoints and 1M+ identities worldwide, elevating under-resourced IT teams with protection that works as hard as they do. As long as hackers keep hacking, Huntress keeps hunting.

What You’ll Do:

Huntress is looking for an experienced and innovative Staff Software Engineer with excellent communication, problem-solving, collaboration, and team-building skills. You will join a team responsible for end-to-end feature delivery: designing, developing, and releasing software features for the Huntress Core Platform.

Our Core Platform contains the foundational components that power the entire Huntress product suite. It consists of several capabilities, including the notification system, onboarding and activation, authentication and authorization, end-to-end user experience, integrations and APIs, and billing and subscriptions. Your contributions to our already high-performing team will help us scale our product suite that protects the 99%.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the technical aspects of the development of features for the Portal, including UX/UI and API-focused work
• Lead and develop high-quality software, software designs, and architecture, setting the standard for team excellence
• Convert acceptance criteria into functional workflows, data models, and associated software design
• Be a technical thought leader for your team, providing architectural and design direction
• Focus on the entire life cycle of the system, including evolution, configuration, and risk management
• Ensure code quality and test code coverage through code reviews and test plan reviews
• Lead the team in providing accurate estimates and taking ownership over the timely completion of work
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering an environment that values professional development to help uplevel their skills
• Motivate teams and promote collaboration and engagement
• Actively engage with the team and lead by being a positive role model

What You Bring To The Team:

• 8+ years of experience developing complex software products
• 6+ years of programming in Ruby on Rails
• Experience with Javascript
• Experience with AWS Cloud Environments
• Experience working on Linux-based infrastructure
• Experience with databases such as Postgres
• Excellent technical, diagnostic, and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to grasp new tools and technologies quickly
• Ability to prioritize and execute multiple tasks at a time in a fast-paced environment, often operating independently
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work and coordinate between multiple teams
• Ability to communicate highly technical concepts clearly and concisely
• Demonstrated ability to take high-level requirements, decompose them into actionable work units, and lead the entire SDLC
• Passion for technology and strong motivation and responsibility for high-quality software features
• Ability to build strong interpersonal relationships with product, development teams, leadership, senior management, and internal and external stakeholders

What We Offer: 

• 100% remote work environment - since our founding in 2015
• Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans 
• 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
• Life and Disability insurance plans
• Stock options for all full-time employees 
• One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
• Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance 
• $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
• Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth

Huntress is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity where every single member of our team is valued, has a voice, and is empowered to come to work every day just as they are. 

We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other legally protected status.  

We do discriminate against hackers who try to exploit small businesses.

Accommodations: 

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete this application, interview, or pre-employment testing or participate in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Please note that non-accommodation requests to this inbox will not receive a response. 

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