Staff Software Engineer: Architecting Scalable Security

Requirements

• If you think you match at least 70% of these criteria, please apply,
• Here's what we consider essential for success in this role:,
• Leadership and Cross-Functional Collaboration,
• You have a track record of effectively leading technical initiatives and collaborating with multiple teams in an organization of at least one hundred people,
• Strong background in fostering cross-functional skills across engineering teams,
• Fluency in English,
• You are an expert in Python with solid experience in Django and large monolithic codebases,
• Experience working with large monolithic codebases transitioning to modular architectures,
• You have led several initiatives around performance optimization and scalability challenges,
• You are an expert in web application development, Unix/Linux environments, and distributed and parallel systems,
• Cloud and Containerization Knowledge,
• You have expert-level knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes),
• Security and Compliance Experience,
• Experience working in security-focused environments, particularly with companies adhering to compliance standards such as SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO certifications,
• (Desirable) You have expertise around plain text search at scale,
• (Desirable) You have built and operated graph databases with millions of nodes,
• (Desirable) You like building tools for developers,
• (Desirable) You have experience building security products,
• (Desirable) You’re eager to conference or meet-up speaking inside or outside the company,
• (Desirable) You don’t hard code API keys in your code

What the job involves

• We are looking for highly skilled software engineers to reinforce our 50+ engineers department and build the best secret security platform in the world,
• Staff engineers are leading the engineering excellence at GitGuardian, they own our technical vision,
• In practice, they lead the design, development, and implementation of complex technical solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance,
• Drive architectural decisions, technical strategy, and best practices across the engineering organization,
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and excellence,
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define requirements and deliver innovative solutions that address customer needs,
• Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices,
• Identify technical challenges and proactively propose solutions to address them,
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies, trends, and best practices in software engineering and apply them to enhance our products and processes,
• Do hands-on software development,
• Maintain and ensure an excellent quality of code and healthy codebase,
• Participate in the growth of our engineering teams We are growing fast and we need you to support our continued growth in 2026,
• Stack:,
• Backend: Python (Django), Rust,
• Frontend: JavaScript (React), TypeScript, React Query, Jest,
• DB: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse,
• Observability: Sentry, Grafana, Coralogix,
• Deployment: ArgoCD, GitlabCI, Terraform,
• Runtime: Kubernetes (Karpenter, Istio),
• Cloud providers: AWS and OVH,
• Message brokering: RabbitMQ, Redis