HYPR, the Identity Assurance Company, helps organizations create trust in the identity lifecycle.  We are a community of bold thinkers & energetic doers who imagined a brand new approach to identity security and, at the same time, are eliminating a pervasive & persistent 60-year old problem the password. Since being founded in 2014, the company has grown to be the premium provider of authentication security to marquee brands around the globe & are quickly becoming the recognized leader in Identity Assurance. We are looking for exceptional people with the ambition & the will to positively change the world. If that sounds like you, join us on our mission to create a passwordless world & secure the identity lifecycle.

Your Role & Impact

HYPR is looking for a Principal Software Engineer who thrives on challenges & is eager to contribute wherever the team needs them. In this role, you will design, develop, & maintain key product components while collaborating with peers & contributing as an individual contributor.

You'll work on HYPR's industry-leading security products, deployed at several Fortune 500 companies. These include:

• Identity verification solution
• Open Standards implementations of passwordless authentication to help customers build secure environments
• W3C-compliant authentication servers
• Next-generation application management & analytics

If you're passionate about security, scalable architectures & impactful engineering HYPR will be a great  fit for you.

What you will do in this role

• Design, develop & deploy SaaS services & web front ends, with a focus on scalability & performance
• Own features end-to-endfrom understanding requirements & designing solutions to deployment & production support
• Implement comprehensive automated testing at the component level & collaborate with SDET(s)
• Participate in on-call rotation, handling initial triage & escalating if not an SME
• Research new technologies & solutions to improve existing products & explore new directions

Who you are

• Self starter - able to dive into existing product & learn quickly in a fast, hands-on environment
• Team player - collaboration with team members, operations & support teams is critical
• Detail-orientedtakes pride in writing high-quality, maintainable code & following best practices
• Security-mindedinterested in the Cybersecurity domain; previous exposure or participation is a plus
• Autonomous & accountabletakes ownership of work & drives it to completion. Actively assist in the production support aspects of you work as needed

Required Qualifications

Expert-Level

• Java SE 17+ & Spring
• Kubernetes or another container orchestration platform
• Cloud-first development experience (AWS, Azure, or similar)
• Relational databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MS SQL)
• Building & maintaining SaaS platform that services > 1M users

Strong

• Understanding of data structures, clean code, modularity, & design patterns
• Understanding of scaling, security & design for distributed systems with 99.999 uptime
• One major JS framework (Angular, React, or Vue)
• One major CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab)
• Knowledge of various testing methodologies including unit & integration testing 

Preferred

• Exposure to AL/ML tools focused on image recognition or outlier detection
• Authentication protocols knowledge is highly valued - OAuth, SAML, WebAuthn, PKI, Kerberos
• Kotlin development experience
• One Infra As Code (IAC) tool (Terraform, Helm, AWS Cloud formation)
• One dynamically typed language (Python, Ruby, or similar)

Experience

• 10+ years of development designing, building & maintaining enterprise web based platforms that services >1M users.  Can be SaaS or On premise

Education:

• BS/MS in computer science or software engineering field

What HYPR Offers

• All frontend & backend engineers are Senior, youre joining a team of All Stars who consistently deliver the highest quality code & products in tight timeline.
• An organization with a great work life balance. Many of our employees have families & responsibilities outside of the office that they are able to easily meet.
• Extreme product focus, at HYPR youll never be spinning your wheels on tasks that do not matter. Everything we develop is cutting edge & important.
• High levels of ownership. We understand that we are able to do our best work when we can bring insights together.
• An emphasis on collaboration & access to giants in the industry. We achieve our best because we employ the best.
• Our engineers use the latest frameworks & language iterations. Our marketing, sales, ops & more utilize the best & latest tools for innovation & scale.

Why You Should Work At HYPR

• Flexible working environment
• Competitive compensation including salary & equity with significant growth potential
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical/Dental/Vision, FSA/HSA, 401k, &more
• Generous equipment budget & a customized workstation to ensure success
• Stable position in a rapidly growing sector of identity security
• Mission-driven culture focused on impactful & cutting-edge work

Note:

• This position is hybrid - at least 2 days a week at our NYC office.
• H1B/Visa support is not currently available for this specific position.

Base salary: $180,000 - $220,000 (USD)

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size & industry, & are one part of our total compensation package that also includes meaningful equity, benefits, & other opportunities at HYPR. Individual pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, & balancing internal equity relative to other HYPRions. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at HYPR to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. 

As the premium provider of identity assurance , HYPR is committed to preventing identity fraud by safely & accurately verifying the identities of our employees. Accordingly, all new employees are required to participate in an automated identity verification process, which includes document verification, location detection, & facial recognition, on their first day of employment with the Company.  To learn more about this identity verification process, please contact peopleops@hypr.com.

HYPR is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer & will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic under federal, state or local law. 

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act & certain state and/or local laws.  A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on HYPR. Please inform peopleops@hypr.com if you need assistance completing HYPRs application process.