Software Engineer, strongDM
AI Agent Team
$160-300k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Manages auditable database access
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Manages auditable database access
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$160-300k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To simplify infrastructure access by helping companies manage and audit access to their databases, servers, clusters, and web applications.
Role
Who you are
- Authentic conviction that AI systems can improve outcomes for ourselves and our customers
- 4+ years of experience developing distributed systems in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), preferably serving enterprise customers
- Strong systems background in operating systems, distributed architectures, networking, concurrency, and database fundamentals
- Expert command of Go, Rust, C, C++, or similar languages with an emphasis on high-performance, secure, systems-level programming
- Demonstrated experience with agentic AI systems leveraging advanced large language models (LLMs)
- An AI-first approach, using modern AI tools to enhance software engineering practices, research, and product innovation
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, proven leadership qualities, and strong communication capabilities
Desirable
- Experience in training custom AI models or implementing novel AI frameworks
- Background in cybersecurity, networking, or enterprise-scale permission systems
What the job involves
- You’ll work closely with our co-founder & CTO, contributing to a product that is both deeply technical and mission-critical to global organizations
- Depending on experience level, responsibilities may include:
- Designing and building performant, secure, and scalable distributed systems powering our AI-driven features
- Developing APIs, SDKs, real-time systems, and secure networking protocols to meet enterprise-grade standards
- Integrating cutting-edge AI models and frameworks to improve system intelligence and resilience
- Writing high-quality, maintainable code using systems-level languages (Go, Rust, C/C++, etc.)
- Collaborating closely with engineering peers, product managers, and security experts
- (For senior+ levels) Leading initiatives, mentoring engineers, and contributing to technical architecture
Our take
With cyber threats becoming increasingly common over the last decade, securing access permissions within data infrastructures is essential to enterprise survival. However, managing this task can be expensive and complicated, leading some small businesses to combine various budget open-source data services which results in insecure and convoluted infrastructures.
strongDM provides a tool for managing permissions and access within data infrastructures, achieved by ensuring information is siloed to prevent one person from accessing all parts of the infrastructure. In addition to providing these modular security features, the company also makes it easier for technical staff to access the information that they need based on one-click identity checks.
Whilst plenty of data infrastructure tools already exist with the purpose of securing permission, strongDM have made the smart move of integrating their siloed approach to auditable permissions whilst making access easier for those with permission. The company claims that its service guarantees frictionless and auditable data infrastructure by also automating access logging and data capturing across entire IT stacks. Its 2024 funding round will be used to expand its operations into the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions. It's also setting up an engineering center of excellence in Poland.
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Insights
-28% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2024
$34m
SERIES C
Sep 2021
$54m
SERIES B
Total funding: $110.1m
Company benefits
- 401k
- 3 months parental leave
- Equity
- HSA, FSA, short/long-term disability
- 3 weeks PTO + standard holidays
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Downtown, Burlingame, CA
Leadership
Justin McCarthy
(CTO)They worked extensively as a Software Engineer before joining CafePress.com as Engineering Manager. They were VP of Engineering at Rafter and CTO at Preact.
Schuyler Brown
(CCO)They received an MBA from Columbia before working as Assistant to the President of Miramax. They were VP of Marketing at Nomi, and a Columnist at Inc. Magazine.
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