Senior Principal Software Engineer, Brinqa
Platform Team
Stock options offered
AI-powered vulnerability & exposure management platform
Job no longer available
AI-powered vulnerability & exposure management platform
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
Stock options offered
101-200 employees
Company mission
To change the very idea of what vulnerability management means to modern enterprises.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in building large-scale SaaS applications
- 7+ years experience in SaaS Java/Groovy enterprise web application development
- 5+ years of experience in Spring Boot
- 3+ years of experience building scalable data pipelinesExperience in developing web-scale applications
- Experience working with REST APIs
- Ability to work in all areas of the tech stack (i.e., “Full-Stack Engineer”)
- Understanding of Agile Scrum methodologies
- Significant work experience in enterprise IT systems management applications
- Experience in technical team leadership
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering is preferred
- Authorized to work in the United States
Desirable
- Experience working with Neo4j
- Experience developing cybersecurity applications
- Master’s or Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
What the job involves
- Brinqa is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer to assist in developing risk management solutions as part of our Attack Surface Intelligence Platform
- We are looking for a senior engineer who can work closely with our Product Engineering Team, User Experience Designers, and Product Managers to build risk management solutions for Fortune 500 customers. Members of our team enjoy a collaborative work environment focused on delivering real value to real customers
- In this role, you will develop the platform features that the Product Engineering Team will use to develop our risk management features
- You will need to use your expertise to ensure that the features are highly scalable and performant
- Brinqa is a data processing and analytics platform that ingests, consolidates, enriches, processes and persists hundreds of millions of vulnerabilities daily
- Brinqa is a growing company that needs engineers who can work both independently and as part of a broader team
- The ideal candidate must have a background in providing technical leadership for large-scale SaaS application development
- Brinqa is seeking an engineer who is passionate about delivering high-quality solutions used by some of the world’s largest enterprises
- The position reports to a Manager of Software Engineering or above
- What you will do:
- Lead the design of software products that meet our current requirements and are able to
- Evolve as new requirements become known
- Provide technical leadership on software implementation in support of the product roadmap
- Domain expertise that ensures the product implementation is tightly aligned with the needs of the customer
- Demonstrate leadership in support of quality initiatives that achieve the expectations of prospects and maintain high renewal rates
- Champion processes that support team-led work planning, value delivery, and predictable execution
- Participate in planning sessions that ensure quality objectives are well understood so that standards and metrics can be established
- Deliver predictable operational support for both internal and external consumers of our technologies
- Assisting in building a highly capable team based on great talent identification and recruiting
- Help ensure that the engineering team is happy, prolific, and autonomous
- Maximize the productivity of our technologies by assisting in the development of technical documentation
Our take
Today, many organizations have well-defined policies and processes in place for responding to security gaps in their network and software infrastructures. However, it is common for these practices to not cover newer or less prevalent technologies, such as cloud infrastructure. Because of this, companies now need a way to address these challenges more urgently than ever.
Brinqa is focused on solving this problem by providing the most comprehensive coverage for risk analysis and management across entire enterprise technology infrastructures. By orchestrating the entire cyber-risk lifecycle, Brinqa is empowering organizations to elevate their security control and manage their vulnerabilities all in one place.
Brinqa has continued to strengthen its market position through rapid enterprise growth, production innovation, and leadership expansion. On top of this, the company reported strong growth throughout 2025, alongside the launch of BrinqaIQ, an AI-powered capability designed to make cyber risk data more accessible and actionable across large enterprises. Alongside this, it has expanded its AI capabilities and cloud partnerships, further reinforcing its focus on scalable, data-driven exposure management.
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Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2021
$110m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $110m
Company HQ
Davenport Ranch West, Austin, TX
Leadership
Hilda Perez
(Co-Founder, CIO & Board Director)Prior to co-founding Brinqa in 2009, Hilda spent nearly 6 years at Sun Microsystems as a Director.
Dan Pagel
(CEO)Prior to joining Brinqa in 2024, Dan was the CEO at Playvox and the CRO at Britive. They also spent nearly 7 years at NetMotion Software as a Senior Director of Operation & Channel Sales (North America), VP of Sales (North American), and as CRO.
Brad Hibbert
(CSO & COO)Brad previously spent 6 years at Prevalent as the CSO & COO. They also spent nearly 7 years at BeyondTrust as an EVP of Product Strategy, CTO and COO & CSO.
Steven Biagioni
(CFO)Prior to joining Brinqa in 2026, Steven spent 3 years at Valimail as the Head of Finance and CFO. Before that, they spent 6 years at Tricentis as a VP of FP&A.
David Allen
(CTO)David joined Brinqa in 2025 as CISO, moving into the role of CTO in 2026. Prior to Brinqa, they spent nearly 6 years at Prevalent as the CTO & CISO and nearly 7 years at BeyondTrust as a Director of Engineering and VP then Senior VP of Engineering.
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