Senior Software Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 16, 2026.
At UpGuard, we are replacing manual security bottlenecks with AI-driven precision. Fresh off a US$75M Series C, we are scaling our infrastructure to process 100 billion risk signals daily. This isn’t just growth; it’s a total reimagining of how the world manages cyber risk.
We build the Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) platform that security teams actually love. By integrating security ratings, threat intel, and agentic AI, we empower organisations to stay ahead of an ever evolving attack surface.
We aren’t just building another tool; we’re defining a category. We provide the autonomy to ship world-class technology and the resources to do it at a global scale.
About the role
We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer to own a feature area within our Product Engineering team. You'll be the engineer your product manager turns to for "is this possible, and how big is it", leading technical design for your area and seeing it through to production. You'll shape how your squad builds, mentor the engineers around you, and have real influence over what we ship for customers who depend on us to understand their cyber risk.
You'll join one of our 11 (and growing) Product Engineering squads, most of which have a product manager, designer and technical lead alongside the engineers.
Our stack is React and TypeScript on the front end, Go services with Postgres as our primary database, running on Kubernetes via Google Cloud Platform.
Our engineers work with agentic coding tools, mostly Claude Code and Cursor, and a growing part of the product is LLM-backed. You'll work this way from day one, and we'll want your ideas on what to automate next, from how we write code to how we test, review, ship and run it.
We're also hiring Mid and Staff Software Engineers. Not sure which level fits? Apply to the closest one and we'll work it out together.
What you'll do
Own a feature area end to end, from design conversations with product through to production and follow-up
Lead technical design for your area and drive the architectural decisions within it
Work with product and design to shape what we build: what's possible, what it costs, and what should come first
Mentor the engineers around you and lift the quality of the squad's code and decisions
Improve the reliability, scalability and performance of the systems you own
Go deep on the cybersecurity domain and bring that understanding into what we build
What we're looking for
Typically 5+ years of relevant engineering experience at tech-centric, product-driven companies
Strong TypeScript and React
A backend language you're productive in (we use Go)
Solid relational database skills (we use Postgres)
AI coding tools as your default workflow, and the judgment to review and own what they produce
Pragmatic trade-offs: you weigh technical quality against what the business needs now
Low ego, high care: you're in it for the product and the customer, not just the code
A track record of leading technical design for a feature area and seeing it through to production
Experience mentoring engineers and lifting the quality of the code and decisions around you
What will give you an edge?
Cybersecurity experience
Running services on Kubernetes, ideally on GCP
Building complex applications or systems from the ground up with a cross-functional team
Owning a service in production: on-call, observability, and the judgment to know what to fix now and what can wait
What's in it for you?
Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: Use this for financial, physical, and mental well-being
WFH set-up allowance: To ensure you have the right environment to work in, we will help you get set up within your first 3 months at UpGuard
$1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: To support your career development, all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance
Annual leave: PTO plus two additional UpGuardian leave days to give you time to recharge your batteries.
18 weeks paid Parental Leave: Irrespective of parenting role
Personal Leave Allowance: This includes sick & carer’s leave
Fully remote working environment: While we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart, we do not mandate compulsory attendance
Top-spec hardware: All team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role
Generative AI subsidy: UpGuard provides paid subscriptions for all team members to access generative AI tools to support their work
Stock Options: Share in UpGuard's growth and long-term success.