Senior Software Engineer

About Bitsight

Bitsight is a cyber risk management leader. We help companies manage exposure, performance, and risk for themselves and their third parties. Global enterprises, governments, and organizations rely on Bitsight to prioritize cybersecurity investments, build trust within their ecosystem, and reduce the chance of financial loss.

We invented the cyber ratings industry in 2011. Over 3,500 customers trust Bitsight. Our team of more than 600 people works from Boston, Raleigh, New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and remote locations around the world.

About the Role

We are looking for a highly experienced and collaborative backend engineer and team player to join one of our multicultural Engineering teams, focusing on our Third Party Risk Management business.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you are known for thinking on your feet, learning quickly, and owning a problem to resolution. You enjoy solving complex problems while contributing with new ideas and techniques, leading to continuous improvement for the team. You enjoy close collaboration to find better ways to deliver great quality software in a high-trust Engineering culture.

Apart from domain skills, what we truly value are strong generalists: those with the critical thinking skills to use a variety of technologies & languages and pick up new concepts when needed. We deliver well-tested, high-quality code in a continuous delivery environment.

Requirements:

• Curious and with a growth mindset. Have a passion for continuous learning, seeking out opportunities to expand your knowledge, and stretching yourself and others to achieve goals.
• Ability to own loosely defined features from technical design through completion, and deliver on commitments.
• Five (5) years of experience as a Software Engineer building and maintaining a SaaS application.
• Experience with CI/CD (e.g. Gitlab CI/CD, Jenkins) and container technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong experience with Python and modern Python frameworks and technologies, such as Django, FastAPI, Flask, SQLAlchemy.
• Experience maintaining, building, and optimizing REST APIs.
• Experience with cloud computing environments (E.g., AWS)
• Excellent communication skills in English - both written and spoken.

Preferred:

• Hands-on experience building internal coding agents (e.g., ticket-to-MR, automated code review) and leading their rollout, including process design and team enablement.
• Solid experience with databases (SQL/NoSQL) and data modeling.
• Experience with big data technologies, such as Hadoop and Spark ecosystems.
• Experience with OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI-assisted coding tools in daily workflows, including but not limited to Claude Code, Copilot, and Cursor.