Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

• Funding & Growth Momentum HiveWatch recently closed a $33M Series B, bringing total funding to over $65 million. The company is entering "Phase 2: Scale" with multiple Fortune 500 customers secured. 95% of Americans have interacted with a product, service, or brand protected by HiveWatch.
• Founder with Deep Industry Expertise Ryan Schonfeld, Founder & CEO, began his career as a police officer and investigator before leading Global Security and Safety Technology at Fox Group. He founded HiveWatch to disrupt an antiquated physical security industry with AI-powered tools that free security operators from false alarms to focus on real threats.
• Cutting-Edge AI Technology Security leaders are under tremendous pressure to modernize their function using AI, and HiveWatch is uniquely positioned to automate 90%+ of alarm responses for organizations, transforming how enterprise security teams work.
• Culture of Ownership & Impact This is an environment where you can take genuine ownership, build meaningful relationships, and deliver results quickly. If you want to help build and scale a rapidly expanding organization with a real path to advance your career, this is the place.
• Relationships That Matter Our Customers aren’t just clients - they’re long-term partners. We value birthday cards over business cards and pride ourselves on building genuine relationships that drive trust and growth.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

We're seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our App Experience team, where you'll play a critical role in building and maintaining the user-facing features that make HiveWatch the primary security tool our customers rely on every day. You'll work on high-impact projects that directly influence how users interact with our platform, driving engagement and ensuring our product delivers exceptional value.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Architect and develop new and existing user-facing products, features, and infrastructure in collaboration with the Product team to drive customer adoption and retention
• Support production systems through incident response, troubleshooting, and break-fix activities to maintain service reliability and customer trust
• Build and extend solutions with observability in mind to ensure service level agreements with our customers are met
• Reliably deliver features to our customers on AWS using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and modern service delivery practices
• Mentor junior engineers and drive technical decisions that influence the App Experience team’s architecture and development practices
• Participate in a 24/7 on call rotation approximately 1 week per month as needed

OUR TECH STACK:

• Languages: Kotlin, Rust. TypeScript, and Python
• Deployments: GitHub Actions, Terraform, Terragrunt, and Helm
• Infrastructure: AWS (Kinesis, Serverless, RDS, EKS), Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in senior roles

Frontend:

• Strong experience with TypeScript and modern JavaScript frameworks
• Proficiency with React, React Native, and Next.js
• Experience with GraphQL clients and API integration

Backend:

• Strong experience with Java or Kotlin and Spring Boot
• Experience designing and implementing GraphQL APIs
• Proficiency with relational databases, SQL, and data modeling
• Experience building full-stack applications in microservice architectures

Infrastructure:

• Experience with modern cloud services and cloud-native development
• Experience with containerization and deploying applications to Kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern development workflows

General:

• Strong system design skills and experience with distributed, high-scale applications 
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and work in agile environments

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong experience with AWS
• Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code
• Background in security technology or enterprise software
• Startup experience and/or early stage SaaS experience
• Familiarity with Kubernetes for application deployment

ADDITIONAL INFO:

• Salary range for this position: $145,000 to $173,000 per year
• Eligible to participate in HiveWatch Equity Incentive Plan

*Final offer will be at the company's sole discretion and determined by multiple factors, including years and depth of relevant experience and expertise, location, and other business considerations.

BENEFITS & CULTURE:

At HiveWatch, we’re passionate about taking care of our people — and it shows in the benefits we offer. Our team enjoys:

• Comprehensive health coverage:  medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Cutting-edge work in an emerging field with huge growth potential
• Competitive compensation packages designed to reward top talent
• A modern, newly renovated HQ right on Main Street in El Segundo, CA
• 401(k) with a 4% company match to help you invest in your future (match launches in 2026)
• Flexible paid time off so you can recharge when you need it
• Additional benefits include ClassPass credits and a discount on pet insurance
• A family-friendly, compassionate culture that values balance and belonging

We encourage you to challenge the status quo, share your perspective, and leave fear at the (access-controlled) door.

OUR EEO STATEMENT: 

HiveWatch is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to cultivating a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. We execute our hiring practices so that they are merit-based and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, marital status, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, national origin, ancestry, military or veteran status, or other protected characteristic.