Very Good Security (“VGS”) makes it easy for customers to collect, protect and share sensitive financial data in a way that accelerates revenue, eliminates risk, ensures compliance, and drives profitability. We are on a mission to protect the world’s payment information and are seeking global talent to support our portfolio of payment security solutions including VGS Vault, PCI Compliance as a Service (PCIaaS), Payment Optimization. and Card Issuance Products.

VGS delivers a modern solution to collect, protect, and exchange sensitive data that spans from data privacy to payment acceptance and card issuance; providing businesses with tokenization, PCI compliance, data security, processor optionality, and the ability to operate on that data without compromising their security posture. VGS delivers a modern payments security solution that gives businesses ownership and control over critically valuable customer data, granting them maximum portability, operationally and value extraction to seamlessly drive expansion, and quickly build new financial products.

*This is a remote position that is available in any timezone of the country listed on our careers page.

We are looking for a well-versed and passionate software engineer for our Vault team, which is responsible for collecting, tokenizing and exchanging sensitive data. This position will directly report to the Sr. Engineering Manager, Vault.

We’re seeking a Staff Software Engineer opening with an equal flair for creative problem-solving, enthusiasm for new technologies, and desire to contribute to our product. You will likely be successful in this role if you identify with the following traits: attention to detail, problem solver, customer-oriented, versatile, resilient, and confident. If all of this sounds interesting to you, we’d love to hear from you.

What you will be doing at VGS

Engage in all phases of the software lifecycle- design, implement, test, deploy, and support services in production.
Maintain a culture of code quality through rigorous testing, automation, and code reviews.
Be proactive and innovative- we rely on your feedback to build a world-class product.
Be a part of a team that believes in the core values of transparency, collaboration, grit, and humility; in going above and beyond what is required to do the right thing for our customers and the company; and in having fun while doing all this!

What we are looking for from you (Requirements)

8+ years experience in hands-on software development preferably in a product company.
Hands-on experience in software architecture, design and development in a Cloud SaaS environment.
Solid understanding of cloud-native architecture, microservices, CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Argo), GitOps, APIs and API Gateway, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Kafka (MSK), Java, Spring Framework, Python, and AWS services.
Strong experience in Observability solutions using Grafana, Honeycomb and Open Telemetry.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

What’s unique about VGS

We’re a quickly scaling company with a startup mindset.
We love to empower our people to take ownership! You’ll find you are given the freedom and will own the responsibility to be successful here.
We’re creating a remote-first philosophy. You’ll have a strong impact on a new cultural shift within the company.

What you get from us

Flexible work hours and flexible PTO
Competitive health benefits
VGS stock options
401k plan, with employer matching 4% and immediate vesting of employer match (available only for US employees)
Life & disability insurance
Pre-tax flexible spending accounts, dependent and healthcare FSA (available only for US employees)
Global parental leave program
Employee Assistance Program
Home Internet reimbursement
New hire home office set up allowance
Professional learning reimbursement

The typical base pay range for the Staff Software Engineer across the U.S. is USD $160,000-$201,000 per year. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions.

At Very Good Security, we have a remote first philosophy. We are actively hiring for fully remote positions, so you can work from the comfort of your own workspace!

We value great talent. Striving to provide the best experience for our candidates VGS appreciates your candidacy. We consider applicants without regards to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, marital status, physical or mental disability, or other protected classes under all local, state, and federal laws and ordinances (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled).

Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

VGS will not be able to support any kind of employment sponsorships at this time.

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