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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building production-grade distributed services, with strong networking fundamentals and a focus on reliability through automated testing and observability. Proven ability to lead technical decisions and mentor teams in complex, security-sensitive environments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Distributed Application DevelopmentAPI DesignNetworking Fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS)Linux and Kubernetes ProficiencyTechnical Leadership and Mentorship
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Hard Skills
Backend Programming Language ProficiencyService DecompositionAutomated TestingCode ReviewCI/CD PracticesFailure-Recovery DesignMulti-Tenant System DesignTechnical Standards DevelopmentScoping and EstimationTroubleshooting Across Application and Network Boundaries
Soft Skills
Strong Communication SkillsAbility to Operate with Ambiguity
Tools & Technologies
LinuxContainersKubernetes
Industry Keywords
Security-Sensitive EnvironmentsCompliance-Driven EnvironmentsDoDFedRAMPSOC 2Cyber RangesSimulationInternet Service Infrastructure
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesDistributed SystemsDNSKubernetesLinuxTCP/IP
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead Greyspace architecture and technical decisions, defining service boundaries, data ownership, API contracts, and failure behavior
- Design and build services that configure, deploy, and manage simulated internet environments
- Own critical implementation work and turn prototypes into maintainable, tested software
- Develop realistic network and application behavior across DNS, certificates, routing, web, and mail services
- Validate complete workflows from a range host through simulated services and back
- Design reusable services while isolating configuration, credentials, mutable state, and faults
- Test containment and prevent unintended access between environments or to live networks
- Define versioned integration contracts with platform, range, and emulation teams
- Partner on operator workflows for configuration, readiness checks, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management
- Translate training needs into prioritized use cases, acceptance criteria, and incremental delivery plans
- Lead scoping and estimation and validate high-risk decisions with focused technical proofs
- Drive reliability through automated integration tests, observability, performance testing, recovery procedures, and deployment and upgrade validation
- Lead design and code reviews and resolve cross-service technical risks
- Establish engineering standards supporting reliable delivery
- Mentor senior engineers through hands-on collaboration
Requirements
What you’ll need- 8+ years of experience
- Currently in the position of Staff or Senior Software Engineer
- Strong record of building distributed applications, platform services, or networked systems
- Experience leading technically complex work across teams
- Ability to design, build, and ship production-grade distributed services across the full software development lifecycle
- Strong networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, and TLS
- Hands-on experience diagnosing behavior across application, service, and network boundaries
- Experience designing multi-tenant or distributed systems with clear isolation, state management, API, and failure-recovery boundaries
- Demonstrated ability to drive technical standards and architectural decisions across multiple teams
- Strong scoping and estimation judgment
- Strong communication skills for explaining complex architecture, networking behavior, and engineering trade-offs
- Proficiency in a modern backend programming language
- Software engineering practices including API design, service decomposition, automated testing, code review, and CI/CD
- Hands-on experience with Linux, containers, and Kubernetes, including deploying and troubleshooting services
- Comfort operating with ambiguity and shaping an incompletely defined roadmap
- Experience in security-sensitive or compliance-driven environments such as DoD, FedRAMP, or SOC 2 is a strong plus
- Familiarity with cyber ranges, simulation, or internet service infrastructure is a plus
Benefits
Comp & perks- Annual bonuses tied to company performance and individual contributions
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Savings plans with coverage starting on day one
- Company-paid counseling, coaching, and family resources through Spring Health
- 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match
- Unlimited vacation
- Dedicated health & wellness days
- Flexible work-life solutions
- Paid parental leave
- Equity stock options at hire
- Annual performance-based equity grants
- Employee referral rewards of 1,500–3,500 for every qualified hire
- Full- and partial-subsidized Peloton membership plans
- Peloton equipment discounts
- LinkedIn Learning membership
- Monthly reimbursements for meaningful connections with teammates through SocialSpace Community
- Legal plan coverage
- Pet insurance
- Wellness reimbursements