Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack

Grey Noise Intelligence is a mission‑driven security startup focused on helping organizations understand and mitigate risks from Internet scanning and exploitation. Grey Noise provides real‑time, verifiable intelligence on all actors scanning the Internet and how some of them are attempting to exploit vulnerabilities on assets connected to corporate networks. Advanced data science techniques and AI process millions of observed events into real‑time intelligence for customers.

• Lead full‑stack engineering projects spanning the entire application stack, ensuring alignment with customer and organizational needs.
• Collaborate across the engineering organization to steer the future of how the Grey Noise platform and the services running on it are delivered.
• Work with product, customer experience, and other internal stakeholders to design and deliver customer‑facing platform‑level capabilities with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex production issues across multiple systems, leveraging strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Act as a technical leader, helping triage on‑call tickets, prioritizing and unblocking team members, and supporting sprint planning efforts with your team.
• Serve as a mentor for other engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and technical excellence.

• Proven experience leading technical projects and helping teams navigate competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• A structured approach to triaging issues with 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, infrastructure, integrations, and distributed systems.
• 5+ years of production software engineering experience, including:
• Developing and maintaining RESTful APIs and integrations.
• Working with Go (Golang) for backend development.
• Managing cloud‑based infrastructure using Terraform or AWS Cloud Formation, including ECS, EKS, RDS, and AWS.
• Designing and implementing intuitive frontend user interfaces.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and supporting applications running on it.
• A firm understanding of computer networking.
• A collaborative and communicative mindset, with a willingness to engage across teams and disciplines to deliver customer value.
• Experience leveraging AI‑tooling as part of your day‑to‑day software development workflow.

• Experience with Vue.js and Nuxt.
• Familiarity with AWS Athena, Parquet, and Glue.
• Experience 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.
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools to improve observability (e.g. Datadog, Grafana, Cloud Watch).
• Experience managing event‑driven application architectures using technologies like Kafka.
• Data serialization and deserialization experience.
• Familiarity with business intelligence systems and integration.
• Working knowledge of authentication and security standards like OAuth, SAML, and TLS.

💵 Equity in a high‑growth, Series‑A startup
👩⚕️ 100% covered health, dental, vision, and life plans for all employees
6️⃣ Competitive 401k employer match of 6%, which is special for a startup. This will be 100% matched and vested from day 1
🏖 Flexible paid time off. Grey Noise 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 working remotely from across the country
💻 Equipment budget. Every new employee gets an Apple Mac laptop and a $500 stipend for any equipment accessories
👼 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
📚 Learning & development budget. All employees receive an annual $1,500 toward professional development related to…