[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Bitsight

Role Description

Bitsight is looking for an experienced Big Data Engineer to join our engineering team. We pride ourselves in building exceptional career opportunities and offering outstanding benefits to our team. We have the enthusiasm of a start-up but the structure and solidity of a mature industry leader.

Bitsight’s mission is to make the online world a safer place by helping governments, companies, and NGOs understand and mitigate their cybersecurity risks. Ours is an internet-scale challenge:

• We track every IP address, every piece of malware, and a good portion of the world’s internet traffic.

Bitsight’s data pipeline is the core of our Security Ratings product:

• We ingest security-related intelligence data from many sources.
• We feed terabytes of data into a proprietary rating algorithm.
• We deliver ratings for over 1,000,000 organizations on a daily basis.
• Built on the highly scalable AWS ecosystem, our pipeline code base meets the highest standards of reliability and scalability.

We are looking for developers with a passion for building software to collect, aggregate, and analyze data at scale using continuous, incremental development methodologies. Working with a close-knit team across multiple locations, you will help us:

• Architect and evolve the pipeline to support even larger volumes via cloud data warehouses.
• Bring actionable security insights to the customer through integrating new data sources, surfacing new features from existing data, and refining the rating algorithm.
• Collaborate with data science and research teams to build trust with Bitsight customers in the quality and integrity of our data.

Apart from domain skills, we truly value strong generalists:

• Those with the critical thinking skills to use a variety of technologies and languages.
• Strong collaboration skills are a must.

We offer an opportunity to make a unique impact, not just as an individual but on the entire engineering team.

Qualifications

• Prior experience building and operating large-scale data pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in modern Java language programming.
• Strong computer science fundamentals in design, data structures, and algorithms.
• Experience working with a team of engineers, designers, and product owners in delivering a product to end-users.
• Excellent (English) written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

• Experience with Python.
• Experience with Hadoop, Spark ecosystems.
• Experience with Data Lakehouse tech stack (e.g., Apache Iceberg).
• Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.
• Experience with CI/CD and Kubernetes.
• Experience with modern AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or LLMs).
• Experience working in the IT security domain.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Flexible time off.
• 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.