Senior Staff Engineer, HiveWatch
Office located in El Segundo, CA
Physical security system platform
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Physical security system platform
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in El Segundo, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To fundamentally change how organizations protect their people and assets.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong coding skills in production environments
- 5+ years of platform engineering, infrastructure, or distributed systems experience in a senior role
- Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and containerized applications (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
- Proficiency in at least one language in our tech stack (Kotlin, Rust, TypeScript, Python)
- Experience building and operating edge or IoT systems in production environments
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, or equivalent)
- Strong debugging skills across distributed systems and microservices architectures
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Desirable
- Expertise in AWS architecture and services, including Kinesis, Lambda, EKS, and RDS
- Experience with Terraform and Terragrunt specifically
- Background in high-availability, multi-tenant SaaS environments with on-prem deployment components
- Experience in physical security, IoT, or edge computing environments
- Familiarity with hardware-constrained environments (embedded Linux, ARM, or similar)
- Track record of building internal developer platforms, SDKs, or deployment tooling
- Experience establishing platform engineering practices and culture from the ground up
- Experience mentoring and developing senior engineers
- Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements
- Previous experience in a startup or high-growth environment (50–200 employees)
- Experience with our tech stack: Kotlin, Rust, TypeScript, Python
What the job involves
- HiveWatch is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to join our Platform Team, where you'll architect and evolve our DevOps practices, edge infrastructure that connects our SaaS platform to customer systems at the device level, and help us maintain operational excellence
- You'll drive the design, implementation, and operations of scalable solutions for our internal and external customers while providing technical leadership across our growing engineering team. This role reports directly to our VP of Engineering
- Be a technical leader of Platform/DevOps initiatives including systems architecture and design, technical scoping and implementation of Platform features
- Your team will own mission critical systems and processes to include Edge Compute Environment, DevEx/CICD, Observability tooling, Network architecture, and SQL database maintenance
- Help evolve and update our software development and delivery practices adopting AI-Native techniques that empower us to move with speed & integrity
- Build and extend solutions with observability in mind to ensure service level agreements with our customers are met
- Reliably deliver integral platform features to our customers on AWS using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and modern service delivery practices
- Increase the resiliency, scalability, and maintainability of our production, test, and development environments
- Assist with talent acquisition as we grow our high performing engineering team
- Participate in a 24/7 On call rotation and contribute to root cause analysis and process improvement of our operations
- Participate in the end-to-end lifecycle of software delivery through planning, development, deployment, testing, maintenance & monitoring
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, fostering our culture of communication, openness, continuous improvement and engineering excellence
Our take
HiveWatch is modernizing the security industry by bridging the gap between security-driven and tech-driven physical security systems. The data collected from its sensors and operational programs is used to improve existing installed security systems, helping businesses and organizations transition from reactive-only responses to programs that identify threats before they happen.
HiveWatch has differentiated itself from existing physical security information management (PSIM) companies by being “cloud native” from the moment of inception. This means it is able to avoid issues traditional PSIM systems face when protecting employees and business operations across a largely distributed workforce.
The company has already attracted significant attention in the security industry, and it has raised strong funding over the years which is being invested in further expansion efforts. Impressively, the company states that 95% of Americans have interacted with a product, service, or brand that is protected by HiveWatch.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
17% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2025
$33m
SERIES B
Oct 2021
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $53m
Company benefits
- Work-Life Balance: Work from home 2 days a week, unlimited PTO for salaried employees (and yes, we actually encourage you to use it!), and paid company holidays
- Family Friendly: Flexible scheduling for family commitments – from recitals to doctor appointments, and optional pet insurance for your furry family members
- Health Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, along with mental health support and resources, optional HSA or FSA plans, and life and disability insurance
- Perks & More: 401(k), regular team events and celebrations, learning and development opportunities, and an employee referral program.
Company HQ
El Segundo, CA
Leadership
Ryan Schonfeld
(CEO & Co-founder)Founder & current CEO of RAS Consulting & Investigations. They have also been a consultant for the U.S. Department of State for 10+ years, having worked on Diplomatic Security's counter-terrorism initiative, the Anti-terrorism Assistance Program.
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