Who is SimSpace:
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

SimSpace is looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join our team. This role is responsible for backend development and will drive platform-related work in areas like authorization, user management, and organization management in a microservices environment.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - BACK END AT SIMSPACE?

• Develop and design core services as part of a distributed application for the construction and simulation of cybersecurity ranges
• Help lead our team through challenging technical projects
• Collaborate with other engineers, UX designers, and product managers
• Help the team improve in culture, coding best practices, and systems architecture
• Support and mentor other engineers

WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO APPLY? TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU’LL 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
• 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
• Focus on the iterative delivery of high-quality well tested code
• Be conscious of scalability and reusability, but also pragmatic when it comes to trade-offs