Senior Software Engineer at Strac (W22)
$110K - $160K  •  0.01% - 0.20%
Data Discovery, DLP, DSPM for SaaS, Cloud, Gen AI & Endpoints
Redmond, WA, US / Seattle, WA, US / Austin, TX, US / Bellevue, WA, US
Full-time
US citizen/visa only
3+ years
About Strac

What is Strac?

Strac is an agentless Data Discovery (aka DSPM - Data Security Posture Management) & DLP (Data Leak Prevention) that automatically discovers, classifies and remediates sensitive data (alert, label, redact, mask, block, delete).

Strac protects SaaS, Cloud, Gen AI and Endpoints like O365, Slack, GDrive, AWS, Salesforce, ChatGPT, Jira, Mac, Zendesk, and 40+ integrations.

Who uses Strac?

Strac protects enterprise companies like UiPath, ThredUP, Crypto (dot) com!

Who are we?

We are ex-Amazonians who spent over 11 years at Amazon building their payment security infrastructure including building payment secure zone on AWS securing their billions of cards and bank accounts.

How much have we raised?

We also raised $3.5MM seed round from exceptional investors. You can read more about that here: https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/19/strac-plugs-into-slack-onedrive-and-more-to-automatically-redact-sensitive-info/ In fact, we are so lean. We are cash flow positive!

About the role
Skills: Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, Linux, Machine Learning, Serverless, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Elasticsearch

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with a strong background in software development and an excellent grasp of low-level and cloud technologies.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Strac, you'll build cutting-edge full-stack technologies that will transform the way businesses scan and remediate sensitive data across various SaaS, Cloud, Gen AI, Endpoints. Through high ownership, you’ll help expand our product offering to cover more third-party integrations. You'll work closely with core platform engineers to connect these integrations in a concise, scalable, and resilient manner.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain full-stack software solutions, focusing on security, compliance, scalability, and performance
  • Develop and optimize network solutions
  • Participate in code reviews, contribute to team knowledge sharing, and maintain technical documentation
  • Collaborate on machine learning projects, including data preparation, model building, and implementation
  • Write clean, scalable code using programming languages such as JavaScript, Python, and Java
  • Work within AWS cloud architecture, designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems

Minimum Qualifications

  • Deep proficiency in JavaScript, Node.js, Python, or Java
  • Strong experience using AI-native development tools like Claude Code, Cursor to accelerate coding, debugging, and refactoring
  • Hands-on experience using AI/ML tools (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, vector databases) and integrating AI into production systems
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts such as LLMs, embeddings, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Expertise in AWS services (Lambda, EC2, DynamoDB, RDS, ECS, ECR, SQS) and AWS networking (VPC, Subnets, ALB, IAM)
  • Experience with scalable architecture design, APIs, and both SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Excellent problem-solving, communication, and debugging skills
  • Demonstrated ability to thrive in high-ownership, collaborative, fast-paced environments

Benefits

In addition to base pay and high equity, Strac employees get Health Insurance (Medical, Dental and Vision) and Life Insurance

Interview Process
  1. Chat with the founder to better understand the role and expectations
  2. Technical Home Assignment
  3. Technical Coding Interview - 1
  4. Technical Coding Interview - 2
  5. Cultural Fit Interview

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