Senior Software Engineer (L5)

Exiger; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Exiger in McLean, VA seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead the DDIQ team, transforming raw data into actionable risk insights for our SaaS platform. You will steer architectural direction, develop scalable backend and frontend systems, and mentor engineers to deliver high-quality, secure software at scale.

You will drive CI/CD, reliability, and performance while collaborating across backend, data, infrastructure, and UI teams in a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Experience as a technical lead or senior engineer responsible for architecture and health of a scaled enterprise application
• Strong system design instincts across app, data, infra and reliability
• Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures and Kubernetes
• Experience with mission-critical API-first SaaS systems
• Experience in PE-backed growth startup environments
• Bonus: FedRAMP/DoD I/L environment familiarity

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision and architecture for DDIQ end-to-end
• Serve as the senior technical authority across backend, frontend, data and infrastructure
• Manage AI agents to drive SDLC delivery at speed and scale
• Deliver features across services and systems with scalable releases
• Oversee architecture tradeoffs for performance and time-to-market
• Ensure reliability and observability of microservices and production monitoring
• Oversee CI/CD lifecycle, testing, deployments, and cost optimization

Skills

Ownership

Leadership

System design

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

APIs

Data analytics

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

ActiveMQ

Kafka

Job description

Who We Are

Exiger transforms supply chains into a strategic advantage, advancing our mission to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. Our AI platform, 1Exiger, delivers instant visibility into complex supplier ecosystems, leveraging proprietary data and advanced AI to surface risk, automate compliance, and unlock efficiencies and cost savings to strengthen long-term resilience. Trusted by 550+ global customers, including Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, Exiger is a recognized, award-winning leader in supply chain AI and a FedRAMP® authorized provider to the federal government.

Who We Are

Exiger transforms supply chains into a strategic advantage, advancing our mission to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. Our AI platform, 1Exiger, delivers instant visibility into complex supplier ecosystems, leveraging proprietary data and advanced AI to surface risk, automate compliance, and unlock efficiencies and cost savings to strengthen long-term resilience. Trusted by 550+ global customers, including Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies, Exiger is a recognized, award-winning leader in supply chain AI and a FedRAMP® authorized provider to the federal government.

About us

Exiger makes the world a safer place to do business. Positioned at the bleeding edge of critical national security and commercial innovation, we offer AI-enabled supply chain risk management technology that empowers our Defense Industrial Base, Automotive, Pharmaceutical, and Commercial customers to build more transparent, resilient, and secure global supply chains while illuminating human rights abuses such as forced labor, human trafficking, and child labor.

About the role

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 DDIQ end-to-end, 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
• Effectively 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

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
• Data: MySQL
• Frontend: TypeScript / Angular
• Messaging: ActiveMQ, Kafka, Redis
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes via Helm and Argo CD; AWS via Terraform
• Observability: ELK, Grafana

Exiger is named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic 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.