Staff Software Engineer, Sandbox Secrets (West Coast)

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and lead improvements to the secrets management and credential injection systems.
• Investigate and resolve security, correctness, performance, and stability issues across cloud
• Collaborate with peers, Product, and adjacent teams to evolve the architecture as requirements grow.
• Mentor engineers on the team and set the bar in design reviews and code reviews.
• Engage with the open source and agentic development community around sandboxing, MCP, and related
• Participate in on-call rotations and respond to critical stability issues affecting users.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated technical leadership on production
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical
• Experience building developer tools, desktop applications, or runtime infrastructure used directly
• Familiarity with the agentic software development ecosystem: how coding agents work and how tools
• Ability to reason about isolation and security boundaries: what a sandbox should and shouldn't
• Experience driving architecture and technical strategy across multiple engineers or teams.

🎁 Benefits

• Remote-first by design – Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and
• Flexibility that fits your life – We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.
• Time to recharge – Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year
• Home office support – Set up your workspace for comfort and success.
• Technology stipend – Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.
• Learning & development – Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued