Software Engineer III

Founded in 2012, Bugcrowd is the preemptive security platform that unifies exposure discovery and assessment, offensive testing, and intelligence shaped by AI and human insight to help organizations avoid, discover, and validate real-world risk. Bugcrowd helps security teams move faster by identifying the exposures that matter most so they can act first and stay ahead of attackers. By combining the power of humans and AI, teams can preempt attack paths and prevent breaches. Based in San Francisco and New Hampshire, Bugcrowd is supported by General Catalyst, Rally Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, and others. Visit www.bugcrowd.com.

Job Summary We are looking for a detail-oriented and analytical Software Engineer to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for the design and development of our cloud native, API-first platform, our autonomous application security testing platform. We aim to help organizations find and fix security vulnerabilities faster than threat actors can exploit them.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain full-stack features across a Python/Flask backend and a TypeScript/React frontend
• Expertise in scalable API-first architecture, service patterns, and robust API standards for third-party integrations
• Build and maintain integrations connecting with customer systems, security tools, workflow engines, and more
• Create consistent service patterns and ensure strong guarantees around interfaces and performance
• Improve internal engineering tools that support security triage and vulnerability workflows
• Collaborate with designers using our accessible and standards-compliant design system (bugcrowd.design)
• Ensure high accessibility, stability, and performance across integration workflows

Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 3+ years of full-stack software development experience with product-focused environment preferred
• Experience in the cybersecurity domain
• Strong technical skills in full-stack development, including backend API development (Python/Flask) and frontend development (TypeScript/React)
• Strong background in agile delivery, backlog management, and stakeholder communication
• Excellent problem-solving, prioritization, and decision-making skills
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Preferred Experience

• Nice to have: experience with Rust (used in some internal CLIs)
• Nice to have: experience with GCP and/or AWS, GitHub Actions, and Keycloak

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Sitting and / or standing - Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time

Carrying and / or lifting - Must be able to carry / move laptop as needed throughout the work day.

Work Environment - Primarily remote, with occasional in-person presence as needed.

Culture

• At Bugcrowd, we understand that diversity in the workplace is vital to a company’s success and growth. We strive to make sure that people are included and have a sense of being part of making Bugcrowd not only a great product but a great place to work.
• We regularly hear from both customers and researchers that Bugcrowd feels like a family, and we strive to maintain that internally as well.
• Our team consists of a broad range of people: musicians, adventure sports junkies, nature lovers, parents, cereal enthusiasts, night owls, cyclists, artists—you get the point.

At Bugcrowd, we are solving security threats and vulnerabilities that are relevant to everyone, therefore we believe solving these problems takes all kinds of backgrounds. We value the perspectives and experiences people from underrepresented backgrounds bring.

Disclaimer This position has access to highly confidential, sensitive information relating to the technologies of Bugcrowd. It is essential that the applicant possess the requisite integrity to maintain the information in the strictest confidence.

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