Staff Software Engineer, Rapid Innovation
Keeper Security · El Dorado Hills, California, United States
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**Keeper Security — Staff Software Engineer (Rapid Innovation)** **Overview** Keeper is hiring a **Staff Software Engineer** to join a new **Rapid Innovation** team focused on turning ambitious ideas into working software. This is a **100% remote** role, with an opportunity for a **hybrid schedule** for candidates based in the **Chicago, IL** or **El Dorado Hills, CA** metro areas. Keeper’s cybersecurity platform is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations worldwide. The company is a pioneer of **zero-knowledge** and **zero-trust** security, with offerings including **KeeperPAM®** (AI-enabled, cloud-native privileged access management). --- **About the Job** As a Staff Software Engineer on the Rapid Innovation team, you’ll be a **hands-on technical leader** responsible for taking high-priority ideas from early concept to working software. Projects may start with limited requirements and span **backend services, web applications, desktop software, security products, developer tooling, AI-enabled capabilities**, or entirely new product concepts. You’ll independently shape technical approaches, make architecture decisions, build prototypes, and determine what’s needed to validate an idea. When a concept succeeds, you’ll help transition it to an established (or newly formed) product engineering team—then move on to the next initiative. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in **ambiguity**, learns unfamiliar systems quickly, and enjoys building across multiple areas rather than owning a single long-term stack. --- **Responsibilities** - Rapidly design and build working software for new product concepts, technical experiments, and strategic initiatives - Take loosely defined ideas from concept through functional implementation with minimal specification - Define architecture and technical direction for early-stage projects, balancing speed, security, and scalability - Work across backend, frontend, desktop, platform, integration, and infrastructure as needed - Develop backend services and APIs using **Java** and other appropriate technologies - Build modern user experiences using **JavaScript/TypeScript, React**, and related technologies - Evaluate unfamiliar technologies, frameworks, APIs, and codebases to become productive quickly - Integrate AI models/APIs/emerging AI capabilities when appropriate (partnering with Keeper’s AI/ML teams) - Identify technical risks, validate feasibility, and determine readiness for productization - Create enough technical structure, documentation, and architecture guidance to support clean handoff - Mentor engineers and raise technical standards through design reviews and hands-on collaboration - Collaborate directly with the **CTO**, engineering leaders, product teams, and subject-matter experts - Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g., **Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot**) to accelerate research, coding, debugging, testing, and exploration --- **Requirements** - **9+ years** of professional software engineering experience with breadth across multiple areas - Strong software engineering fundamentals; ability to design and build complete applications/services/integrations - Demonstrated experience leading technical architecture and execution for complex projects - Proven ability to take ambiguous or minimally defined ideas from concept to functional implementation - Strong backend experience, preferably **Java** and modern service-oriented architectures - Experience bui
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