Senior Software Engineer – Security & Distributed Systems

The posting, as RapidFort, Inc. wrote it

Senior Software Engineer – Security & Distributed Systems

Location: United States — Remote
Department: Engineering
Company: RapidFort
Employment Type: Full-Time
U.S. Citizenship: Required

About RapidFort

RapidFort is a cybersecurity company focused on securing and optimizing modern software supply chains and cloud-native environments.

Our technology helps organizations reduce software vulnerabilities and attack surface by identifying and removing unnecessary components from containerized applications. RapidFort works with enterprise and U.S. public-sector customers operating highly complex, security-sensitive environments.

We are building systems that operate at the intersection of cybersecurity, distributed systems, Linux, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure .

The Role

RapidFort is looking for a Senior Software Engineer – Security & Distributed Systems to join our engineering team.

This is a hands-on backend engineering role for someone who enjoys solving complex systems problems and building production software that operates across distributed, containerized environments.

You will design and develop backend services and distributed systems that power RapidFort’s security platform, working with large volumes of software, vulnerability, container, and runtime data.

This is not an SRE or infrastructure operations position . We are looking for a software engineer who builds systems and products, with strong knowledge of the infrastructure and environments in which those systems operate.

What You’ll Do

Design, build, and maintain highly reliable backend services and distributed systems.

Develop core components of RapidFort’s cybersecurity and software supply chain security platform.

Build systems for processing, analyzing, and managing large volumes of security, vulnerability, package, container, and runtime data.

Design scalable APIs, services, data pipelines, and internal platform components.

Develop software that operates across Linux, containerized, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.

Solve complex problems involving concurrency, performance, scalability, reliability, and distributed processing.

Work with container images, software packages, dependencies, vulnerabilities, SBOMs, and other software supply chain data.

Improve the performance and efficiency of systems handling large-scale security analysis and remediation workflows.

Diagnose complex problems across applications, operating systems, containers, networks, and distributed services.

Design systems with security, reliability, observability, and fault tolerance built in from the beginning.

Write clean, maintainable, well-tested production code.

Participate in architecture and technical design discussions.

Review code and help establish strong engineering practices across the team.

Work closely with security researchers, product managers, and other engineers to turn complex security problems into scalable product capabi
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Experience in a high-growth cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, or enterprise software company.

Compensation

The expected base salary range for this position is $150,000–$200,000 USD annually .

Actual compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s experience, technical depth, qualifications, geographic location, and overall fit for the position. Additional compensation may include equity and other company benefits .

U.S. Citizenship Requirement

U.S. citizenship is required for this position due to RapidFort’s work with U.S. government and Department of Defense customers and the potential for this role to support security-sensitive public-sector environments.

Why RapidFort

This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging problems at the intersection of cybersecurity, distributed systems, containers, Kubernetes, Linux, and software supply chain security .

You’ll work directly with experienced engineers and company leadership while having meaningful ownership over the architecture and implementation of systems that protect real-world production environments.

At RapidFort, senior engineers are expected to do more than execute tickets. You will help define technical solutions, influence architecture, solve difficult engineering problems, and build technology that becomes a core part of the RapidFort platform.

Benefits

RapidFort offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including:

$150,000–$200,000 base salary

Equity participation

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off and company holidays

Remote-first work environment

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development and career-growth opportunities

Opportunity to work on advanced cybersecurity and cloud-native technology

Significant technical ownership and direct access to senior engineering leadership

RapidFort is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to building an inclusive workplace.