Drata
Staff Software Engineer, Core GRC
Hybrid - San Francisco · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$201k-$272kDetected 56 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptReactNode.jsObject-Oriented ProgrammingGitRedisElasticsearchAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDRESTOAuthAgileJestTCP/IPLeadershipCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- The Staff Software Engineer serves as a technical leader across multiple small teams.
- The role balances deep technical work, collaborative problem-solving, and mentoring in a distributed environment.
- Troubleshoot performance and scalability issues escalated from your teams.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Product to shape roadmap requirements and recommend the right technologies and design patterns.
- Review architecture and code for your team's projects to ensure quality, scalability, and security-while empowering the team to own implementation and delivery.
- Own and deliver cross-team projects that are difficult to tackle at the team level-such as introducing new frameworks, improving the developer experience, or migrating shared functionality.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency with:
Nice to have
- AI-assisted development tools
- TypeORM, Jest, Redis, and ElasticSearch
- 10+ years of experience as a software engineer, with a strong foundation in building and maintaining production systems.
- 3+ years of experience working with Node.js or React in production environments.
- 1+ years of experience with NestJS (preferred).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Strong experience with authentication & authorization protocols like OAuth, SCIM, OIDC, and RBAC systems
- In depth knowledge of authentication and authorization systems from large third party providers
Skills
- Successfully completed the migration of a large company to a complex, third-party authentication system.
- Led groups of engineers through feature delivery, from scoping and ticket creation to implementation and release
- Owned major products or features, balancing technical tradeoffs like quality vs. speed or team autonomy vs. alignment
- Built and scaled real-world web applications
- Worked in fast-paced environments, such as startups or growth-stage companies
- Communicated architectural decisions clearly across teams and kept stakeholders informed through status updates
- Balanced individual contributor work with time spent mentoring or unblocking teammates
- Adopted new technologies and introduced them thoughtfully into a codebase
- Used product development methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, or Lean
- Networking protocols and relational databases
Compensation
- A variety of factors are considered when determining someone's leveling and compensation-including a candidate's professional background and experience.
- This role will receive a competitive base salary, benefits, and stock, typically in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
- $200,700 - $271,500.
Benefits
- We provide stock equity to ensure that as the company grows, you share directly in that success.
- Equity gives every employee a sense of ownership and the opportunity to celebrate our wins together-because your contributions don't just support our progress; they help drive our collective success.
- We want to support you in life's most important moments, so we offer a paid Parental Leave policy, after six months of employment.
- Employees also receive access to Kindbody fertility and family-building benefits and dedicated leave specialists who help guide you through the entire process.
- Drata offers a flexible vacation policy, paid holidays, and other perks to recharge.
Company info
- Hear the Voice of the Team https://drata.com/about/life-at-drata: Explore our "Life at Drata" page for employee testimonials on our collaborative and the growth opportunities available.
- Experience the Impact https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7044563: See why we are consistently recognized on Fortune's Best Workplaces lists.
- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/drata/posts/?feedView=all - follow us for company updates, employee stories, and career news.
- A comprehensive suite of financial benefits, including a 401(k) plan, company-paid life and disability insurance, tax-advantaged spending accounts, and a range of discounted voluntary offerings to help you customize and strengthen your overall financial position.
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