Staff Software Engineer

Context

GitGuardian is a global post-Series B cybersecurity scale-up.

GitGuardian leads the way in Non-Human Identity security, offering end‑to‑end solutions from secrets detection in code, productivity tools and environments to strong remediation, observability and proactive prevention of leaks. Our solutions are already used by more than 600K developers worldwide.

Mission

GitGuardian is a tech company; the engineering department is key to the success of the company. The main challenges we are solving include scanning various data streams at scale to find secrets in them (scan >10M code patches, messages or images every day), developing our scout component that is deployed on customers’ infrastructure to securely collect and map non-human identities, and integrating ML models and capabilities in our product with an elegant UX.

We are looking for highly skilled software engineers to reinforce our 50+ engineers department and build the best secret security platform in the world.

Responsibilities

• Drive architectural decisions, technical strategy, and best practices across the engineering organization.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and excellence.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define requirements and deliver innovative solutions that address customer needs.
• Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Identify technical challenges and proactively propose solutions to address them.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies, trends, and best practices in software engineering and apply them to enhance our products and processes.
• Do hands‑on software development.
• Maintain and ensure an excellent quality of code and healthy codebase.
• Participate in the growth of our engineering teams and support continued growth in 2026.

Stack

• Backend: Python (Django), Rust
• Frontend: JavaScript (React), TypeScript, React Query, Jest
• DB: PostgreSQL, ClickHouse
• Observability: Sentry, Grafana, Coralogix
• Deployment: ArgoCD, GitlabCI, Terraform
• Runtime: Kubernetes (Karpenter, Istio)
• Cloud providers: AWS and OVH
• Message brokering: RabbitMQ, Redis

Requirements

If you think you match at least 70% of these criteria, please apply.

We're looking for candidates with the following skills and experience.

• Leadership and Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Track record of effectively leading technical initiatives and collaborating with multiple teams in an organization of at least one hundred people.
  • Strong background in fostering cross-functional skills across engineering teams.
  • Fluency in English.
• Technical Expertise
  • Expert in Python with solid experience in Django and large monolithic codebases.
  • Experienced with large monolithic codebases transitioning to modular architectures.
  • Led initiatives around performance optimization and scalability challenges.
  • Expert in web application development, Unix/Linux environments, and distributed and parallel systems.
• Cloud and Containerization Knowledge
  • Expert-level knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Security and Compliance Experience
  • Worked in security-focused environments, particularly with companies adhering to compliance standards such as SOC 1, SOC 2, and ISO certifications.
• Nice to have (not required)
  • Expertise around plain text search at scale.
  • Experience building and operating graph databases with millions of nodes.
  • Enjoy building tools for developers.
  • Experience building security products.
  • Eager to speak at conferences or meet‑ups.
  • Do not hard code API keys in code.

Benefits

• Package that includes BSPCE.
• Lunch voucher (Swile, 12€ at 50%).
• Sponsored Wellpass (gymlib).
• Non-charged health insurance for children (Sidecare / Generali).
• Up to €300 to improve your home office set‑up.
• Yearly holiday allowance.
• Referral bonus of 4000€ for any new Guardian hired thanks to you.
• Team building: monthly budget dedicated to each employee that you can spend as you wish with colleagues.
• Remote policy: hybrid (3 days/week at the office in Paris).
• Opportunities for career development in the long term.