Role: Senior Software Engineer

Type: Full Time

Environment: Candidate Preference (Remote or In-Office or Hybrid)

HacWare is an AI powered API that helps developers understand phishing risks and deploys hyper-custom training to change risky user behavior once and for all.

We are looking for a senior software engineer that has a strong software engineering background to work with the CEO, Product Manager, and engineering team on building the next generation cybersecurity technology.

Here is a day in the life of a HacWare Sr. Software engineer:

  • Works with the CEO and Product Manager to understand technological opportunities and define how we can bring benefits to our customers.
  • Acts as a product evangelist, leveraging strong verbal and presentation skills and working directly with customers/partners to evaluate and identify product requirements.
  • Codes a global API that software that scales.
  • Elevates the conversation with business partners to the strategic level, understanding strategic goals, KPIs and proposing plans to support them effectively.
  • Works on issues and projects which have high complexity.
  • Identifies program critical success factors and drives the mitigation of significant issues and risks.

Required Leadership Skills/Experience

Minimum of 2 years of professional experience leading engineering teams.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree/work experience
  • Deep experience in enterprise products/applications
  • Exceptional execution skills, agile software development methodology, and ability to drive throughout the product life-cycle, from concept to launch
  • Experience defining, refining, and optimizing product development processes across Product and Engineering, such that quality, velocity, and visibility are maximized.
  • Excellent organizational, written, and oral communication skills.
  • Strategic leadership with proven ability to set and communicate vision both internally and externally and identify/leverage relevant stakeholders.
  • Function independently and as part of a team under aggressive deadlines in a (really) fast-paced environment, convey a strong professional image, exhibit interest and positive attitude toward all assigned work, and strive for continuous improvement.
  • Creative thinker who thrives on solving challenging problems with analytical thinking skills.
  • Strong technical acumen to oversee architects and engineers and proactively identify risks and issues.
  • Gathering and transforming business requirements and market needs into a successful product strategy.
  • Get stuff done -- you love to move things forward, creatively work through challenges or blockers, and make decisions.
  • Be detail-oriented, flexible, scrappy, and able to work in, contribute to, and thrive in an ever-changing fast-paced environment.
  • Be able to excite and align people around a common goal and advocate for what matters

Required Technology Skills/Experience

Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in software engineering.

  • Domain expertise in API development, frameworks, and microservices
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in Python.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in NodeJS.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience with Docker containers.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in MongoDB.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience developing on and configuring MacOS Operating systems.

Preferred Experience

  • Preferred experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI/ML) concepts &  algorithms.
  • Preferred experience with Natural language processing (NLP) concepts & algorithms.
  • Preferred experience with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) concepts & algorithms
  • Preferred experience with data mining concepts and algorithms.
  • Preferred past performance in startup environments.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary.
  • Equity options in a rapidly growing company.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Monthly technology (mobile phone/internet) allowance.
  • Top-notch equipment setup.
  • Unlimited vacation.
  • "Think Week" Holiday (aka Holiday Shutdown).
  • Generous paid parental and maternal leave policy.
  • Access to our investor community, including network and mentorship programs. Our leadership (including a serial entrepreneur) places a high value on mentoring future leaders and entrepreneurs.

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