Senior Data Engineer
SecurityScorecardNew York, New York, United States
Posted July 29, 2025
70000 - 85000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Funded by world-class investors, including Evolution Equity Partners, Silver Lake Partners, Sequoia Capital, GV, Riverwood Capital, and others, SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, response, and resilience, with more than 12 million companies continuously rated. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, SecurityScorecard's patented rating technology is used by over 25,000 organizations for enterprise risk management, third-party risk management, board reporting, due diligence, cyber insurance underwriting, and regulatory oversight. SecurityScorecard makes the world a safer place by transforming the way companies understand, improve and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees, and vendors. SecurityScorecard is listed as a free cyber tool and service by the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Every organization has the universal right to its trusted and transparent Instant SecurityScorecard rating Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 25,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix security risks across their externally facing digital footprint. SecurityScorecard is the only provider of instant cyber risk ratings that automatically map to vendor cybersecurity questionnaire responses - providing a true 360 degree view of risk. SecurityScorecard continues to make the world a safer place by transforming the way companies understand, improve and communicate security risk to their boards, employees and vendors. To receive an email with your company’s current score, please visit instant.securityscorecard.com.
Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who thrives on building commercial products and plays a key role in delivering reliable, scalable, and maintainable applications. You will lead projects from start to finish, collaborating with Product Managers, and UX Designers to define requirements, implement solutions, and ensure ongoing success post-deployment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working in the Data Engineering space, and with building and maintaining big data pipelines
- 5+ years of experience working in agile environments (ideally Scrum), collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, product)
- Proficient in Spark (Scala preferred)
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs and integrating with external services
- Participate in code reviews to ensure best practices, maintainability, and continuous improvement of the codebase
- Ability to write and maintain unit and integration tests based on acceptance criteria, ensuring code quality and reliability
- Proficiency with version control tools, particularly Git, for collaborative development and code management
- Strong attention to documentation and maintaining standards across projects
- Ability to present and defend technical decisions with confidence
- Skilled at estimating project complexity based on early documentation and discussions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical challenges and solutions clearly
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Health benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Parental leave
- Tuition reimbursements
