Staff Software Engineer, Socure
Site Reliability Engineering
$180-215k
+ Equity + Bonus
Digital ID verification & fraud protection
Open for applications
Digital ID verification & fraud protection
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$180-215k
+ Equity + Bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To verify 100% of good identities in real-time and completely eliminate identity fraud on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in software development, site reliability engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering—preferably in high-scale, high-availability environments
- Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (Python, Java, Go, Bash, or Terraform)
- Proven hands-on experience building tools and automation for infrastructure and operations
- Deep understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and cloud platforms such as AWS
- Expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration in production environments
- Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK stack)
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems, performance optimization, and operational excellence
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, caching layers, and troubleshooting complex production issues
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, CircleCI) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)
- Solid understanding of networking, security, and compliance frameworks
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to work effectively across engineering, operations, and support teams
- Strong problem-solving skills, detail orientation, and a proactive mindset for continual reliability improvement
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who will be supporting our Identity Graph initiatives
- At Socure, you’ll join a high-performing engineering team dedicated to driving the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems. You will collaborate cross-functionally with software engineers, technical support, and security teams to build and maintain robust, automated, and resilient infrastructure powering our critical applications
- SREs play an essential role in architectural decision-making, incident response, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement, automation, and operational excellence
- Design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure to support high availability and performance
- Develop tools and automation to eliminate manual operations and increase system reliability
- Monitor production systems, respond to incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and lead post-mortem reviews
- Collaborate with development and platform teams to implement best practices for deployment, observability, and reliability
- Drive incident management and participate in an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 availability for mission-critical platforms
- Establish and improve SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs to track and enhance system reliability and performance
- Champion a culture of continuous improvement, resilience, and automation across engineering and operations
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code to streamline deployments and accelerate development cycles
- Develop monitoring dashboards and alerts using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk
- Support security and compliance efforts by implementing infrastructure hardening and best practices aligned with frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- Mentor junior engineers and act as a technical resource for improving reliability within cross-functional teams
Application process
- Deadline to Apply: 29 September 2025 at 19:30 BST
Our take
Socure is an identity platform that aims to improve customer identification for digital transactions. The company is part of a growing market, with rivals in this competitive space including Signifyd, Riskified, AppsFlyer, ClearSale, Kount, SEON, and Fraud Fighters.
The engine delivered by Socure encompasses KYC (Know Your Customer), identity fraud detection, and document verification. With it, companies can scale rapidly by onboarding more good customers, and prevent online fraud. In addition, underbanked consumers who have been excluded from online services by outdated ID verification can gain access to critical benefits and services online.
Socure has rapidly escalated in popularity, and reached a valuation well over $1 billion. Though not immune from the economic downturn of late, which resulted in two high-profile rounds of lay-offs, the company has secured considerable additional funds that will strengthen its financial position as it moves to capitalize on the ever-growing importance of identity verification and trust.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$450m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $646.6m
Company benefits
- Health: Comprehensive medical coverage, including vision, dental, and FSA
- Parental Leave: Generous leave allowance for parents-to-be
- 401k: Pre-tax savings for retirement
- Life Insurance: Protect your family in case of emergency
- PTO: Take as much time as you need, when you need it
- 100% Remote: Work from anywhere anytime, whatever suits your lifestyle
- WFH Allowance: Generous reimbursement program to maximize your WFH setup
- Deskpass: Work in an office environment whenever you feel the need
- Mental Health Provider: Connect with clinicians when you need it
- Learning & Development: Self-education allowance & free career coaching
- Employee Assistance Program "EAP": Lifestyle resources available as well as additional mental health resources
- Fertility Provider: Family planning solutions for those interested
- Personal Legal Support: Significant discounts with RocketLawyer
Company HQ
Incline Village, NV
Leadership
Johnny Ayers
(CEO)Founder & General Partner of Switch Hit Ventures. Having been a Senior Consultant at IBM, they became COO and Board Member of Endeavor Up. Since then, was an Advisor at Pager and later founded Socure in 2012.
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