Engineering Senior Full-Stack Engineer Remote (US)

Herd Security; California, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life benefits

Unlimited PTO

WFH stipend

Job summary

Herd Security is seeking a Full-Stack Engineer to shape the future of our platform. You will own core technical decisions, work across the stack from database design to frontend interfaces, and partner with leadership on product direction.

Join a multi-tenant, security-focused environment with integrations into Slack and Teams. You’ll impact architecture and help scale our platform while collaborating with a small, driven team in a fast-paced startup atmosphere.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and strict type-safe development practices.
• Solid PostgreSQL experience including schema design and performance optimization.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts including queues and eventual consistency.
• Experience building integrations with third-party APIs (OAuth, webhooks, rate limiting).
• Ability to take ownership of features end-to-end and work independently.
• Proven track record shipping features quickly in fast-paced environments.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain full-stack features from database to user interface.
• Contribute to architectural decisions shaping the platform's long-term direction.
• Develop and optimize integrations with third-party identity and communication platforms.
• Collaborate on product strategy and prioritize the technical roadmap.
• Ensure code quality, reliability, and performance at scale.

Skills

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

APIs & OAuth

Ownership

Shipping iterations

AI-assisted tools

Tools

Prisma

tRPC

Slack Bolt

Job description

About Herd Security

Herd Security is an agentic AI creative platform built for continuous security training and simulation. Founded in 2025, Herd helps organizations move beyond once-a-year compliance checkboxes, replacing static programs with dynamic curricula that evolve alongside emerging threats without adding operational overhead. Security and GRC teams use the platform as a creative partner to translate practitioner expertise into compelling content and deploy it across the channels employees frequently use, including Slack, Teams, and LMS. When a new threat surfaces, the platform enables organizations to shift from IT tickets or vendor requests to iterative microlessons delivered the same day. This puts the people behind security back at the center, empowering practitioner expertise, making awareness more habitual, and using every interaction to fuel a feedback loop that strengthens the human layer of defense.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Full-Stack Engineer to join our team and play a central role in shaping the future of our platform. This is an opportunity to take ownership of core technical decisions and build foundational systems that will scale with the company. You will work across the entire stack, from database schema design to frontend interfaces, and collaborate closely with leadership on product direction.

Current Platform

Our existing platform includes:

• A risk scoring engine with integrations across Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, and Microsoft Teams
• Phishing and smishing simulation capabilities with delivery tracking and behavioral analytics
• AI-powered security training delivered natively within Slack and Teams
• Workflow automation triggered by security events
• A multi-tenant architecture designed for enterprise scale

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain full-stack features from database to user interface
• Contribute to architectural decisions that will define the platform's long-term direction
• Develop and optimize integrations with third-party identity and communication platforms
• Collaborate on product strategy and help prioritize the technical roadmap
• Ensure code quality, system reliability, and performance at scale

Areas of Future Development

You will help guide our direction in areas such as:

• Identity risk analysis and anomaly detection
• Risk-based automation and dynamic access controls
• Behavioral analytics using machine learning

Technical Environment

Our backend is built with TypeScript, Bun, tRPC, Express, Prisma, and PostgreSQL with Redis. The frontend uses Next.js, TailwindCSS, and Radix UI. Infrastructure runs on AWS (SES, SQS, SNS, S3) with Docker. We integrate with Slack Bolt, Microsoft Bot Framework, Okta, Google Workspace, with many other integrations planned.

Required Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in TypeScript with experience in strict type-safe development practices
• Solid experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design, complex queries, and performance optimization
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts, including queues, eventual consistency, and failure handling
• Experience building integrations with third-party APIs, including OAuth, webhooks, and rate limiting
• Ability to take ownership of features end-to-end and work independently
• Demonstrated ability to ship quickly and iterate rapidly in fast-paced environments
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude) as part of your regular workflow

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Prisma, tRPC, or similar type-safe tooling
• Familiarity with Slack Bolt or other messaging platform development frameworks
• Background in the security industry or security-related products
• Prior experience at early-stage startups
• Experience designing prompts or building LLM-powered features in production applications
• Equity
• Health, dental, vision, and life benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• WFH Stipend
• Opportunity to influence platform architecture and technical direction
• Direct impact on a small, focused team with minimal process overhead