Who is SimSpace:
SimSpace launched in 2015 with a singular purpose – addressing the most urgent and sophisticated cybersecurity challenges to reduce risk for our most vulnerable and valuable infrastructure. The organizations around the world that we depend on every day to keep our loved ones safe and secure. Our healthcare facilities, schools, financial institutions, transit centers, grocery stores, and workplaces just to name a few. To deliver global resiliency, we provide an elite cyber range platform to curate unassailable cyber defenses, data driven decisions, cutting edge training labs, live attack scenarios, and extensive individual and dynamic team readiness training.
SimSpace works as OneTeam to elevate humanity around the world. We are committed to continuously improving and delivering a cultivated member experience whether that is accomplished through focusing on supporting our client’s teams or our own mission driven SimSpacers.
We are an international company headquartered in Boston's Fort Point in the U.S. If you are interested in elevating the technology and creative solutions necessary to secure and safeguard our future while working alongside others who share your passion for purpose and development, we want to meet you!
Why should you choose a career at SimSpace?
We are an organization that is focused on building our culture and mindfully enhancing our atmosphere everyday which is why we have collaborated on an integral value system. Our governing philosophy of being Human Centered is deeply embedded within our value system. We apply this philosophy to every one of our internal team members, external clients, and their customers.
Our core values:
- Serve to Protect – We provide safe space, deliver on the mission, and elevate humanity
- Acquire Understanding – We seek and provide clarity 10x, cultivate comprehension, and believe information goes both all ways
- Operate as Innovators – We stay curious, practice consistency over intensity, and continue to be the change we need in the world
- Teamwork Without Borders – We are never alone, we solve for all, and keep people at the heart of everything we do
What will you be doing as a Staff Engineer, Back End at SimSpace?
- Developing and designing core services as part of a distributed application for the construction and simulation of cybersecurity ranges
- Leading the team through challenging technical projects
- Collaborate with other Engineers, User Experience Designers, and Product Managers
- Help the team improve in culture, coding best practices, and systems architecture
- Supporting and mentoring other engineers
What are the qualifications to apply? To be successful as a Staff Engineer, Back End, you need to:
- Must be a U.S. citizen per government contract
- Have production experience with functional programming, ideally Haskell
- Be proficient with API Design
- Be proficient with the principles of testing software
- Have familiarity with Kubernetes, extra points for experience with TKG or OpenShift
- Have experience developing fault-tolerant systems, including requirements-gathering, architecture design, project breakdown, and execution
- Feel comfortable leading, driving, and delegating team initiatives
- Enjoy solving complex problems & building solutions through collaborative methods
- Always open for feedback, and are willing to give feedback to your colleagues
- Understand that nothing is perfect and there is always room for improvement
- Are driven by goals and team outcomes
- Focused on the iterative delivery of high-quality well tested code
- Conscious of scalability and reusability, but also pragmatic when it comes to trade-offs
Nice to have but not required:
- 8+ years of hands on software development experience
- Familiarity with Cybersecurity and Networking
- Familiarity with vSphere/vCenter/VCD
- Familiarity with virtualization (ESXi, kubevirt, openstack, etc)
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
Our Tech Stack:
Haskell, Stack, React, TypeScript, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Spring Boot
We provide the following:
- Base salary range $170,000 - $235,000
- Comprehensive benefits package that start on day one
- 401k match with immediate vesting
- Flex time, the time off you need when you need it
- Equity options at hire and potential for additional based on performance
- Generous employee referral bonus program
- Peloton Interactive Wellness Program
- LinkedIn Learning Membership
- Monthly reimbursement for meaningful connections with other SimSpacers
SimSpace is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
SimSpace does not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression and identity, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military/veteran status, in any of its activities or operations. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups only apply to jobs if they meet all of the qualifications. However, no one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. SimSpace encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. We look forward to your application!
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact careers@simspace.com.
SimSpace does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.
Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range.
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