Staff Software Engineer, Vulnerability Management

About Iru

Iru is the AI-powered security & IT platform used by the world's fastest-growing companies to secure their users, apps, and devices. Built for the AI era, Iru unifies identity & access, endpoint security & management, and compliance automation—collapsing the stack and giving IT & security time and control back.

Iru is backed by some of the smartest investors in tech—General Catalyst, Tiger Global, Felicis, Greycroft, and First Round Capital. In July 2024, Iru raised $100 million from General Catalyst, valuing the company at $850 million. Customers include Notion, Cursor, Lovable, Replit, and Mercor, and Iru partners with industry leaders such as ServiceNow and AWS. Iru was named to Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers 2025 list for employee engagement and satisfaction.

The Opportunity

As a Staff Software Engineer, Vulnerability Management, you will play a key role in building and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers Iru's multiple product lines. Reporting to the Director of Engineering for VM, you will work on the reliability, scalability, and security of Iru's Vulnerability Management services. This newly formed team will focus on enabling rapid innovation by developing and maintaining foundational components that support our broader engineering organization.

You will collaborate closely with other development teams to decompose monolithic applications into well-structured services, build self-serve infrastructure capabilities, and develop shared services that enhance developer productivity. The VM team owns and maintains essential components such as the API Gateway, Service Mesh, Real-Time Communication (MQTT), and Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. This role requires participation in an on-call rotation to ensure platform stability and reliability.

• Build and Maintain the VM product : Design, develop, and optimize critical infrastructure components, ensuring they are secure, scalable, and maintainable.
• Improve Reliability and Scalability : Implement best practices for system architecture and operations, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Drive Innovation : Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities to enhance the developer experience and introduce new services that accelerate product development.
• Enable Engineering Excellence : Define and implement best practices in software engineering, CI/CD, and observability.
• Optimize Performance : Analyze and enhance system performance, ensuring low latency, high throughput, and minimal downtime.
• Participate in On-Call Rotation : Ensure the reliability and uptime of mission-critical services by participating in on-call duties and responding to incidents as needed.
• Lead and Enable : Share your knowledge with team members by reviewing code, collaborating on design documents, giving technical talks, formal mentorship, and JIT feedback

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in backend programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, Java, or similar).
• Experience working in a B2B SaaS company with multiple product lines.
• Deep understanding of service-oriented architecture and microservices preferred practices.
• Prior experience in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
• Ability to identify problems/opportunities, break them down into critical parts, and design scalable solutions.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and deployment strategies.
• Familiarity with content delivery networks (CDNs) and caching strategies.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs and gRPC.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests to ensure high-quality software.
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL.
• Strong experience with peer code reviews, offering and receiving constructive feedback to maintain and elevate coding standards.

• Experience with API gateways (e.g., Kong, AWS API Gateway).
• Familiarity with service meshes (e.g., Dapr, Linkerd, Istio).
• Experience with event-driven architectures and message brokers (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, RabbitMQ).
• Hands-on experience with MQTT and IoT protocols.
• Experience with observability tools and practices, including distributed tracing, logging, and monitoring.
• Familiarity with security and compliance best practices in cloud environments.
• Prior experience in security or it management products

This is a unique opportunity to shape and influence the foundational infrastructure of a high-growth company while working alongside a talented and motivated team. If you are passionate about building scalable and reliable systems and thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary

100% individual and dependent medical + dental + vision coverage

401(K) with a 4% company match

20 days PTO

Flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 30 days per year

Iru Wellness Week the first week in July

Equity for full-time employees

Lunch stipend provided Monday through Friday

Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents

Paid Family and Medical Leave

Modern Health mental health benefits for individuals and dependents

Fertility benefits

Working Advantage employee discounts

Onsite fitness center

Free parking

Exciting opportunities for career growth

We are excited to be serving a significant need for a fast-growing market, and are proud of the high-performing team we have brought together so far. If you're someone who wants to engage in new, exciting projects that will challenge your skills in the best way possible, we would love to connect with you.

At Iru, we believe in fostering an inclusive environment in which employees feel encouraged to share their unique perspectives, leverage their strengths, and act authentically. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and welcome those from all backgrounds and varying experiences.

Iru is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, protected veteran or military status or any other status protected by applicable law.