Software Engineer, Senior 1
Job Summary
About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who is Ruby‑first to help build and evolve InSpec, a large‑scale Ruby‑based security and compliance platform used for Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM).
This is not a cloud role that happens to use Ruby. This is a Ruby platform role solving cloud security problems.
You’ll spend most of your time designing, writing, and refactoring production‑grade Ruby code—owning core platform components, APIs, and DSLs that power compliance‑as‑code at scale.
In this role, you will:
- Own and evolve core Ruby components of the InSpec platform
- Design clean, idiomatic Ruby APIs and DSLs used by thousands of compliance profiles
- Build and maintain Ruby‑based CSPM capabilities modeling cloud services and controls
- Lead refactoring and modularization in a long‑lived Ruby codebase
- Improve performance, reliability, and maintainability of Ruby execution paths
- Review code with strong opinions on Ruby best practices and design tradeoffs
- Mentor engineers on advanced Ruby patterns and testing strategies
Your background:
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Expert‑level Ruby proficiency (mandatory)
- Deep knowledge of Ruby object model, modules, mixins, metaprogramming
- Experience building and maintaining Ruby gems and libraries
- Strong Ruby testing practices
- Experience working in large, complex, long‑lived Ruby codebases
- Strong domain modeling and system design skills in Ruby
- Cloud & Security (Applied Domain)
- Hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Understanding of cloud security fundamentals (IAM, networking, storage, encryption, logging)
- Experience with CSPM, compliance, or security tooling is a strong plus
- Familiarity with Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM)
- Cloud knowledge matters—but Ruby is the primary skill used every day.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Chef InSpec or Ruby‑based DSL frameworks
- Designing domain‑specific languages (DSLs) in Ruby
- Contributions to open‑source Ruby projects
- Knowledge of CIS, NIST, SOC2, PCI standards
- Exposure to Go or other systems languages (secondary)
Why Join
- True Ruby platform ownership, not a support role
- High impact on architecture and long‑term code health
- Work on a widely used Ruby‑based security engine at scale
If this sounds like you and fits your experience and career goals, we’d be happy to chat. What we offer in return is the opportunity to experience a great company culture with wonderful colleagues to learn from and collaborate with and also to enjoy:
Compensation
- Competitive remuneration package
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan Enrollment
Vacation, Family, and Health
- 30 days of earned leave
- An extra day off for your birthday
- Various other leaves like marriage leave, casual leave, maternity, and paternity leave
- Premium Group Medical Insurance for employees and five dependents, personal accident insurance coverage, life insurance coverage
- Professional development reimbursement
- Interest subsidy on loans - either vehicle or personal loans
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