Senior Security Software Engineer
Why Hover wants you
As a Security Software Engineer, you will build foundational security systems that protect our users and infrastructure. You will design and implement robust, scalable security services, acting as a primary partner for engineering teams to build secure-by-design solutions into our platform. You will take ownership of core functions such as authentication (login, MFA), identity management (SCIM, RBAC), secret management, and more. Your work will be crucial in maintaining and hardening compliance (e.g., SOC 2) and protecting sensitive data across our organization.
The Team
The Infrastructure and Security team at Hover ensures the scalability, reliability, and security of our platform, empowering engineers to build and deploy applications faster, safer, and with greater stability. This collaborative team is composed of engineers with expertise in cloud infrastructure, security, automation, and CI/CD best practices. We handle everything from Kubernetes environments and cloud architecture to securing user authentication and automating vulnerability detection.
Your background includes
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
- 3+ years of hands-on security-focused engineering experience.
- Proficient in at least one programming language (Ruby, TypeScript, Python, C++, etc.) and willing to ramp up in others.
- Experience building scalable security systems (e.g., secret management, service authorization, data encryption) in a production environment.
- Experience with threat modeling, security design reviews, or security incident response.
- Experience integrating security directly into the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Meticulous attention to detail; able to be the final checkpoint on security decisions.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills for cross-team interactions.
- A proactive approach to continuous learning and staying current with emerging security trends.
Benefits
- Compensation - Competitive salary and meaningful equity in a fast-growing company
- Healthcare - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents
- Paid Time Off - Unlimited and flexible vacation policy
- Paid Family Leave - We support work/life balance and offer generous paid parental and new child bonding leave
- Mandatory Self-Care Days - A day set aside each month to allow employees to recharge
- Remote Wellbeing Resources - We provide recurring fitness classes, meditation/ mindfulness tools, virtual therapy, and family planning assistance
- Learning - We encourage continued education and will help cover the cost of management training, conferences, workshops, or certifications
Hybrid roles at Hover
Hover has Hubs in San Francisco and New York City, where we expect that all employees living within a 50-mile radius of our offices will come into their local Hover office at least three times a week to build rapport and foster organic connection. At this time, Hover is not considering fully remote roles.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $165,000 - $239,000 annually.
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