Senior Software Engineer, API Team

December 20, 2024

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SecurityScorecard is a company that focuses on cybersecurity and risk management. It provides solutions for supply chain detection and response, third-party cyber risk management, and external attack surface management. By leveraging AI and security ratings, SecurityScorecard helps organizations improve their cybersecurity postures and manage risks effectively. The company's platform allows for monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities, collaboration with vendors, and compliance with regulatory mandates. SecurityScorecard serves a diverse range of industries, including public sector, technology, healthcare, financial services, and more. Its comprehensive suite of tools and services, such as Security Ratings and MAX, empower organizations to proactively manage cyber risks and enhance their overall security structures.

Third party security • risk management • vendor risk management • security ratings • Threat Intelligence

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2013

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $180M Series E on 2021-03

📋 Description

• Join our dynamic Technology team as part of the newly-formed API Squad. • Our mission is to revolutionize our API offerings by focusing on scalability, stability, and exceptional customer experiences. • As a Senior Software Engineer on the API Squad, you’ll be instrumental in building and maintaining reliable, scalable, and user-friendly API integrations. • You’ll own projects end-to-end—collaborating with Product Managers, Developers, and UX Designers to deliver best-in-class solutions. • Participate in all phases of the SDLC: design, development, deployment, and maintenance. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical solutions. • Write clean, secure, testable, and maintainable code using industry best practices.

🎯 Requirements

• A Backend Engineer with 5+ years of professional experience in agile development environments. • Advanced experience in backend development, including Node.js and building/maintaining REST APIs. • Familiarity with containerization and cloud technologies such as AWS, Docker, and Terraform. • Strong understanding of software design principles, including DRY, YAGNI, and clean code practices. • Understanding of authentication (OAuth, JWT, API Keys) and authorization (RBAC). • Testing: Experience with API testing tools like Postman, Swagger, or automated testing frameworks. • Documentation: Ability to write clear, developer-friendly API documentation. • Tools and Frameworks: Familiarity with API gateways (e.g., Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway), monitoring tools. • Familiarity with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications. • Experience with API observability and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Open Telemetry).

🏖️ Benefits

• SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. • We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, and perspectives. • We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law. • We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. • We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. • Any information you submit to SecurityScorecard as part of your application will be processed in accordance with the Company’s privacy policy and applicable law.