Staff Software Engineer, Client Services

SpecterOps

Staff Client Software Engineer to support the BloodHound Enterprise team at SpecterOps. Develop reliable data collectors and back-end systems while collaborating with stakeholders.

Posted 5/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $165,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GoNeo4jPostgresPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain high-performance data collectors, REST APIs, and other web services that meet business requirements and scale to handle large amounts of traffic
Collaborate closely with front-end developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of backend services into the overall application architecture
Act as a technical lead on team projects by gathering requirements, technical investigation, and systems design and guiding the team through implementation
Implement security best-practices to safeguard sensitive data
Optimize database queries and other I/O operations to achieve optimal performance of back-end services
Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality standards and provide constructive feedback to team members
Identify and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, system failures, and bugs

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional software design and application development experience
5+ years of back-end web application development experience
Strong experience developing high-performance and scalable web services using Python, Go, or C#
Experience with both relational databases (PostgreSQL) and graph databases (Neo4j)
Excellent communication and writing skills
Ability to successfully complete a criminal background investigation.
Desire to embody our core values of passionate curiosity, consistent improvement, empathy, sustainability, humility, and empowerment through transparency

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health/Dental/Vision/life insurance: 100% covered for both the employee and their family
Flexible time off policy
13 paid holidays annually
401(k) with up to 4% company match
Stock Options & quarterly bonuses
Remote work: $1,500 new hire allowance to set up home office
$500 annual home office allowance after first year
$150 monthly cell phone and internet reimbursement
$5,000 annual professional development allowance
$5,250 towards continuing education or student loan repayment
$1,200 annual budget for lifestyle, wellness, pet insurance and more
A one-time $10,000 benefit towards family planning
In person and virtual employee events throughout the year
And of course, company swag!

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonGoC#REST APIshigh-performance web servicesscalable web servicesPostgreSQLNeo4jdatabase optimizationcode reviews

Soft Skills

communicationwritingcollaborationtechnical leadershipproblem-solvingconstructive feedbackempathyhumilitytransparencypassionate curiosity