Senior Software Engineer
At Semperis, our mission is to be a Force for Good. Starting with being a great place to work. We believe that when people feel valued, supported, and empowered, they do their best work. That’s why we focus on creating an employee experience rooted in purpose, growth, and balance. Semperis has been recognized as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Cybersecurity Companies by the Inc. 5000, a DUNS 100 Top Startup to Work For, and a multi-year Inc. Best Workplace awardee.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are seeking an exceptional Senior Backend Engineer to join our Platform Group, where you will architect and develop shared infrastructure components that power Semperis's enterprise security and identity products. This is a highly collaborative role requiring both technical excellence and strong cross-functional partnership skills.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
As a Senior Backend Engineer on our Core Platform team, you will:
- Design and build shared platform components used across multiple product teams, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability
- Architect distributed systems using microservices and event-driven patterns that support enterprise-scale workloads
- Own critical backend services from conception through deployment, including code quality, performance optimization, and operational excellence
- Collaborate extensively with product engineers, DevOps, and architects to define platform capabilities and technical standards
- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance
- Drive technical initiatives that improve developer productivity, system observability, and platform resilience
- Contribute to architectural decisions and establish best practices for backend development across the organization
- Analyze system performance and data patterns to identify optimization opportunities and inform future platform investments
WHAT YOU BRING
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of professional software engineering...