Senior Backend Engineer, SaaS Python & Cloud

BitSight; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bitsight, a leader in cyber risk management, seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, in Boston. You will join a collaborative, high-trust engineering culture and own backend features end-to-end for our Third Party Risk Management domain.

The role emphasizes problem ownership, rapid learning, and delivering high-quality software in a CD environment. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in SaaS backend development, strong Python experience with Django/FastAPI/Flask, and solid REST API, cloud (AWS)

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer building and maintaining a SaaS application.
• Experience with CI/CD and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong experience with Python and frameworks such as Django, FastAPI, Flask.
• Experience building and optimizing REST APIs.
• Experience with cloud computing environments (AWS).
• Excellent written and spoken English communication.
• Growth mindset and ability to own loosely defined features from design to delivery.

Skills

Growth mindset

Feature ownership

Software engineering (5 yrs)

CI/CD

Python

REST APIs

AWS cloud

English communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Django

FastAPI

Flask

SQLAlchemy

OpenSearch/Elasticsearch

Job description

Bitsight, a leader in cyber risk management, seeks a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, in Boston. You will join a collaborative, high-trust engineering culture and own backend features end-to-end for our Third Party Risk Management domain.

The role emphasizes problem ownership, rapid learning, and delivering high-quality software in a CD environment. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in SaaS backend development, strong Python experience with Django/FastAPI/Flask, and solid REST API, cloud (AWS)