Senior Software Engineer Backend

SimSpace launched in 2015 with a singular purpose – addressing the most urgent and sophisticated cybersecurity challenges to reduce risk for our most vulnerable and valuable infrastructure. The organizations around the world that we depend on every day to keep our loved ones safe and secure. Our healthcare facilities, schools, financial institutions, transit centers, grocery stores, and workplaces just to name a few. To deliver global resiliency, we provide an elite cyber range platform to curate unassailable cyber defenses, data driven decisions, cutting edge training labs, live attack scenarios, and extensive individual and dynamic team readiness training.

SimSpace works as OneTeam to elevate humanity around the world. We are committed to continuously improving and delivering a cultivated member experience whether that is accomplished through focusing on supporting our client’s teams or our own mission driven SimSpacers.

We are an international company headquartered in Boston’s Fort Point in the U.S. If you are interested in elevating the technology and creative solutions necessary to secure and safeguard our future while working alongside others who share your passion for purpose and development, we want to meet you!

Why should you choose a career at SimSpace?

We are an organization that is focused on building our culture and mindfully enhancing our atmosphere everyday which is why we have collaborated on an integral value system. Our governing philosophy of being Human Centered is deeply embedded within our value system. We apply this philosophy to every one of our internal team members, external clients, and their customers.

Our core values:

Serve to Protect – We provide safe space, deliver on the mission, and elevate humanity
Acquire Understanding – We seek and provide clarity 10x, cultivate comprehension, and believe information goes both all ways
Operate as Innovators – We stay curious, practice consistency over intensity, and continue to be the change we need in the world
Teamwork Without Borders – We are never alone, we solve for all, and keep people at the heart of everything we do

What will you be doing as a Senior Software Engineer, Back End at SimSpace?

Developing and designing core services as part of a distributed application for the construction and simulation of cybersecurity ranges
Leading the team through challenging technical projects
Collaborate with other Engineers, User Experience Designers, and Product Managers
Help the team improve in culture, coding best practices, and systems architecture
Supporting and mentoring other engineers

What are the qualifications to apply? To be successful as a Senior Software Engineer, Back End, you need to:

Have production experience developing and operating services at scale
Be proficient with API Design
Be proficient with the principles of testing software
Have familiarity with Kubernetes, extra points for experience with TKG or OpenShift
Have experience developing fault-tolerant systems from the ground up, including requirements-gathering, architecture design, project breakdown, and execution
Feel comfortable leading, driving, and delegating team initiatives
Enjoy solving complex problems & building solutions through collaborative methods
Always open for feedback, and are willing to give feedback to your colleagues
Understand that nothing is perfect and there is always room for improvement
Are driven by goals and team outcomes
Focused on the iterative delivery of high-quality well tested code
Conscious of scalability and reusability, but also pragmatic when it comes to trade-offs