Senior Software Engineer (L5)

Exiger; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Exiger is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the DDIQ team, building the core risk signals processing engine that powers our platform. You will shape the technical direction, craft scalable web applications and services, and mentor other engineers across backend, frontend, data, and infrastructure.

You will drive reliability, performance, and maintainability while aligning with product needs. You will work in a hybrid setting across McLean, VA / New York, NY / Richmond, VA, contributing

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, including backend systems or data-intensive apps.
• Experience leading architecture and technical direction for enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and Kubernetes.
• Experience with API-first SaaS systems and scalable web services.
• Interest in data, analytics, and actionable risk insights.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical vision and architecture for DDIQ end-to-end; guide long-term growth.
• Serve as senior technical authority across backend, frontend, data, and infra.
• Manage AI agents to drive SDLC delivery at speed and scale.
• Deliver features across multiple services with scalable, secure releases.
• Oversee design decisions balancing performance, scalability and time-to-market.
• Ensure reliability and observability across microservices and CI/CD processes.

Skills

Senior engineer

Architecture

Backend systems

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

APIs & SaaS

Data analytics

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

MySQL

TypeScript

Angular

ActiveMQ

Kafka

Redis

Kubernetes

Helm

Argo CD

AWS

Terraform

ELK

Grafana

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. OurAI platform, 1Exiger, delivers instant visibility into complex supplier ecosystems, leveraging proprietary data and advanced AI to surface risk, automate compliance, and unlockefficiencies 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

#LI-Hybrid

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 atExiger.comand follow Exiger onLinkedIn.

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.