Overview
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer — Entrust. Join us at Entrust. At Entrust, we’re shaping the future of identity centric security solutions. From our portfolio of solutions to our flexible, global workplace, we empower careers, foster collaboration, and build solutions that help keep the world moving safely.
As a Senior Full Stack Engineer for the SDK team, you will join a talented and collaborative team dedicated to building resilient, scalable, and delightful systems and experiences for our customers. You will work across frontend and backend technologies on impactful projects that address complex identity verification challenges in an online world. You will deliver high-quality, polished products by combining robust system design, seamless user interfaces, and backend reliability.
This role offers an exciting opportunity to combine frontend and backend expertise to create solutions that address the growing demand for secure and seamless online identity verification.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with product designers, product managers, and engineers to deliver end-to-end experiences that delight customers.
- Design, build, and maintain robust systems, from intuitive frontends using TypeScript and frameworks like React to scalable backends powering public APIs and data processing pipelines.
- Prototype and iterate solutions to ensure they are impactful, polished, and meet performance, reliability, and accessibility standards.
- Support multiple devices, browsers, and platforms while adhering to accessibility best practices.
Privacy, Security, and Quality
- Champion privacy and security in every product, ensuring they meet the highest standards of customer data protection.
- Write automated tests, develop resilient code, and design robust systems to improve reliability and safety.
Ownership and Collaboration
- Take ownership of projects from ideation through system design to execution and delivery.
- Collaborate across teams to build scalable solutions that address both front-end and back-end challenges.
- Foster a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and continuous improvement through participation in retrospectives and feedback.
- Guide and mentor engineers, helping them manage technical debt, plan refactors, and improve engineering practices.
What We Value
- A strong understanding of modern frontend technologies (e.g., TypeScript and React) and backend technologies (e.g., Python, Kotlin, Node.js, REST APIs, data pipelines).
- Ability to design and build for scalability, reliability, and performance across the stack.
- Commitment to privacy and security as core principles in product design and development.
- Proactive learning and improvement, with a desire to mentor and support others.
- Trust, ownership, and rapid iteration in solving identity verification problems.
Qualifications
- Minimum 4 years of professional software engineering experience with exposure to both backend and frontend development.
- Proficiency in at least one modern frontend framework (e.g., React) and backend technologies (e.g., Node.js, REST APIs).
- Experience designing and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performing systems across the stack.
- Strong knowledge of software development best practices, including automated testing, code reviews, and agile methodologies.
- Must be able to lawfully work within Portugal and have unrestricted work authorization for Portugal.
Preferred Qualifications
- A degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Experience building accessible and user-friendly interfaces while adhering to privacy and security standards.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to mentor and guide less experienced engineers.
- Passion for solving challenging problems in identity verification or related domains.
Tech Stack
We are technology agnostic at Entrust and welcome learning. Below is a breakdown of technologies we use:
- Backend: Kotlin, Python, and Ruby (you don’t need to excel in all three)
- Frontend: React and TypeScript
- Kubernetes and Docker for deployment
- AWS infrastructure (Aurora, Redis, Dynamo, S3, SNS, SQS, CloudFront, API Gateway, etc.)
- GitLab for software lifecycle management
Where You Will Be
Entrust has a distributed workforce. This role is hybrid for Lisbon-based employees or fully remote for those outside Lisbon.
Benefits
- 25 days of annual leave plus a birthday day off
- Two paid volunteering days per year
- Private Medical + Dental Insurance through Allianz (extended to 2 children)
- Life Assurance (3x Annual Base Salary)
- Generous paid parental leave
- Life enrichment allowance up to €95 per month for wellness and related services
- Expense allowance up to €350 for workstation setup
At Entrust, we offer career journeys—growth, flexibility, collaboration, and a culture built on diversity, inclusion, and respect. If you require an accommodation, contact accessibility@entrust.com.
How to Apply
Ready to make an impact? Apply today. For more information, visit www.entrust.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
EEO statements: Entrust is an EEO/AA/Disabled/Veterans Employer. For Canadian and US roles, Entrust values diversity and inclusion. We strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for applicants of all abilities.