Backend Engineer

Exiger; Richmond (VA); Híbrido; USD 140.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Discretionary time off

Health, vision, and dental benefits

16 weeks parental leave

Hybrid work model

Wellness stipends

Educational certifications reimburse

Descripción de la vacante

Exiger is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to lead the DDIQ team, building the core risk signals processing engine for our AI-powered platform. You will design scalable backend services, mentor engineers, and ensure reliability and performance across the SaaS stack.

This hybrid role located in Loveland, OH involves 1–2 days in the office weekly, collaborating with product managers and engineers to deliver high-impact features for global customers.

Formación

• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
• Experience designing, building, and operating complex backend systems or data-intensive applications.
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead or senior engineer for mission-critical enterprise apps.
• Strong system design instincts across application, data, infrastructure, reliability, and ops.
• Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, and IaC.
• Experience with API-first SaaS systems balancing delivery with long-term architecture.
• Passion for data analytics and insights.
• Experience in a PE-backed growth startup context.
• Bonus: FedRAMP/DoD environment experience.

Responsabilidades

• Own the technical vision and architecture for production applications.
• Serve as the senior technical authority across backend, frontend, data, and infra.
• Leverage AI agents to drive SDLC delivery at speed and scale.
• Deliver features across multiple services with scalable, secure releases.
• Oversee architecture decisions and performance tradeoffs.
• Ensure reliability and observability of microservices and monitoring.
• Manage CI/CD lifecycle, testing, deployments, and cost optimization.
• Support Engineering Managers and Product Managers on prioritization and delivery.

Conocimientos

Software engineering

System design

Kubernetes

Go

Java/Spring Boot

TypeScript

React

PostgreSQL

Kafka

CI/CD

Herramientas

Kubernetes

Helm

Argo CD

Terraform

AWS

Descripción del empleo

Who We Are:

Exiger is the AI partner for supply chain and procurement automation. Its centralized 1EXIGER.AI platform allows organizations to manage their entire operating network, from parts to suppliers, regulators, and customers, through an autonomous agentic workforce that learns, adapts, and augments with every decision. The AI-native platform, combined with the largest supply chain knowledge asset, empowers 550+ global customers, including 150 Fortune 500 and 80+ government and defense industrial organizations, to act first. Exiger is FedRAMP authorized and a 2x Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Supplier Risk Management.

xiger is building technology that makes the world a more transparent place to succeed. Our

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Senior Engineer to lead our DDIQ team, the group responsible for our core risk signals processing engine - the cornerstone of our platform. By combining data on global companies with signals from worldwide events, our team builds systems that transform massive volumes of raw data into actionable risk insights. These insights help our customers identify and mitigate potential risks in their suppliers and partners, driving smarter and safer business decisions.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll drive the technical direction of our products, build reliable, scalable web applications and services that power our SaaS platform, operate and maintain the system, and mentor other engineers on the team. You will play a key role in engineering the scalability, reliability, quality, performance, and maintainability of our systems.

LOCATION: Mclean, VA / New York, NY / Richmond, VA STATUS: Hybrid (2 days per week)

What you'll do:

• Own the technical vision and architecture for production applications, establishing a clear architectural direction that supports the product's current needs and long-term growth
• Serve as the most senior technical authority on the team, providing leadership across backend, frontend, data, infrastructure, and system design
• Effectivelyutilize AI and manage AI agents to drive delivery across all stages of the SDLC, including design, development, testing, CI/CD, operations at speed and scale
• Deliver features across multiple services and systems, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-quality releases
• Oversee architecture and design decisions, helping the team make tradeoffs between performance, scalability, and time-to-market
• Ensure reliability and observability across our microservices ecosystem, including production monitoring, alerting, and recovery
• Ensure operational excellence, managing the CI/CD lifecycle, testing, deployments, and cost optimizations
• Support Engineering Managers and Product Managers for team work prioritization, execution, and delivery

What you bring to the team:

• Unyielding sense of ownership and accountability - you care about your work and it shows
• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with significant experience designing, building, and operating complex backend systems or data-intensive applications
• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead or senior engineer responsible for the architecture, technical direction, and health of a scaled enterprise application with mission-critical customer impact
• Strong system design instincts and the ability to reason across application, data, infrastructure, reliability, and operational concerns
• Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, and IAC
• Experience with mission-critical, API-first SaaS systems, balancing short-term delivery with long-term architectural vision
• Passion for data, analytics, and using technology to uncover meaningful insights
• Experience working at a rapidly-evolving, PE-backed, growth startup
• Bonus points for experience operating in an air-gapped FedRAMP or DoD I/L environment

Our tech stack:

• Core Platform: Java / Spring Boot,GoLang
• Data: Postgres
• Frontend: TypeScript /React
• Messaging: ActiveMQ, Kafka, Redis
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes via Helm and Argo CD; AWS via Terraform
• Observability: ELK, Grafana

We're an amazing place to work. Why?

• Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off
• Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits
• Competitive compensation package
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable
• Focus on wellness and employee health through stipends and dedicated wellness programming
• Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications

#LI-Hybrid

This is a full-time hybrid opportunity in Loveland, OH with 1-2 days in office per week for meaningful team collaboration and events.

Exiger is named a Leader in the GartnerMagic Quadrant for Supplier Risk Management, twice selected as one of Fast Company's 'Brands That Matter,' and recipient of the Third Party Risk Association's Innovator Award, Exiger's technology has been recognized by leading analyst evaluations and 50+ awards. Learn more at Exiger.com and follow Exiger on LinkedIn.

At Exiger, our values define how we work and why we lead. We are mission-inspired, imagination-driven, trust-anchored, and compassion-focused-committed to building technology that makes the world safer, more transparent, and more resilient.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Exiger's hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs.