Sr Software Engineer

PlexTrac, Inc. is a cybersecurity company on a mission to empower security teams to identify and eliminate the biggest threats to their environments. The PlexTrac platform enables the automated reporting and tracking of cybersecurity risks and allows for enhanced collaboration across the enterprise. PlexTrac takes purple teaming to the next level and is changing the paradigm around continuous security assessment and validation. This innovative approach has allowed PlexTrac to gain significant traction among companies and teams of all sizes, including several of the Fortune 500.

Having recently closed a $70 million Series B funding round as of February 2022, PlexTrac is poised for exponential growth and is seeking top notch talent for strategic roles to join the team. Candidates interested in leveraging extensive professional experience to build innovative programs around a new concept in the cybersecurity market and who love working in a fast-paced, energetic start-up environment should apply!

PlexTrac Mission and Culture is to empower teams to win the right cybersecurity battles. PlexTrac is culturally a mission-oriented organization, by which we mean that we seek to make the lives of our customers better knowing that their improved efficiency and effectiveness has a direct impact on the security of our world. Likewise, we seek to improve the lives of our employees by creating a workplace in which they can flourish professionally and personally. We are flexible, creative, collaborative, detail oriented, humble, hard workers who practice what we preach. Those attributes in our team members lead to and are rewarded with a fast-paced, never boring, fun loving work environment — whether we are physically or virtually present with one another.

Our core values describe us as humans and leaning into them is how we define success:

• Integrity through transparency and accountability 
• Aggressive innovation
• Positively impact people

We are expanding our team and enhancing our platform capabilities, and we are actively seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join us. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Product and Engineering leadership, development teams, technical delivery teams, and external partners to drive the successful design, development, and deployment of technology solutions.  

As an experienced technologist, you will leverage your expertise to solve complex challenges for both our customers and our Product and Engineering organization. You will play a key role in shaping software change and release management processes while contributing to the overall maturity of our software development lifecycle.  

As a senior member of the engineering team, you will help ensure that software deliverables meet high-quality standards and are delivered on schedule.

Key Responsibilities 

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain software components across the entire software stack 
• Build and maintain robust, scalable APIs to support application functionality and integration
  
• Investigate and resolve complex software issues by identifying root causes and delivering effective, long-term solutions
  
• Assist by guiding and contributing to the work of both internal and external development teams
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and vendor offerings, assessing and recommending tools and solutions as appropriate
• Identify and implement opportunities for process enhancements and establish best practices to improve team efficiency and software quality
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams and leadership to ensure alignment and successful project delivery
• Assist in task planning, estimation, scheduling, and staffing
• Identify and implement opportunities for process enhancements and establish best practices to improve team efficiency and software quality
• Participate in on-call rotations to address emergencies and high-priority incidents

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of programming experience
• Strong TypeScript development experience
• Experience in React.js, Couchbase DB, P