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Keeper Security is hiring a Senior Software Engineer and Team Lead to guide the architecture, development and evolution of Keeper Commander, including its SDKs, CLI tooling and developer automation capabilities. This is a 100% remote position with an option to work hybrid for candidates based in the El Dorado Hills, CA metro area.
Keeper Security is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity software companies, protecting thousands of organizations and millions of people in over 150 countries. The company is a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security, with its core offering KeeperPAM®—an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform protecting users, devices and infrastructure from cyber attacks. Keeper is recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM).
In this role, you will own technical direction and execution across Keeper's Python and .NET SDKs, Commander CLI and related developer automation capabilities. You will remain deeply hands-on in architecture, coding, debugging and design while guiding a small team of engineers and raising engineering standards across the platform. You will work closely with Product, QA, Security and other engineering teams to ensure Commander remains secure, reliable, extensible and easy to integrate into modern DevOps and enterprise workflows.
Key responsibilities include: defining and driving technical architecture and long-term direction of Keeper Commander; designing, building and maintaining secure, scalable SDKs and developer tools across Python and .NET; leading development of CLI features, APIs and integrations for enterprise administrators, developers and DevOps teams; architecting integrations with CI/CD platforms, cloud services and infrastructure automation tools; establishing technical standards for SDK design, versioning, compatibility, error handling, testing and documentation; writing high-quality production code and remaining actively involved in complex feature development; leading architecture reviews and design discussions; partnering with Product to translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions; collaborating with Security and QA teams to strengthen secure coding and testing practices; diagnosing and resolving complex issues involving performance, concurrency, authentication and distributed workflows; improving developer experience across APIs, documentation and tooling; supporting the Commander open-source ecosystem through pull request reviews and community engagement; mentoring engineers and raising engineering standards; planning and sequencing technical initiatives; and evaluating new technologies that improve SDK performance and developer productivity.
Requirements:
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including significant hands-on development with Python and .NET
- Strong experience building SDKs, APIs, CLIs, developer tools, automation frameworks or platform integrations
- Proven ability to design and evolve software architectures used by external developers or enterprise customers
- Strong understanding of API design, backward compatibility, versioning and developer experience
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP and associated APIs and security services
- Familiarity with DevOps and infrastructure automation tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible or Azure DevOps
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, secrets management, encryption and secure software development
- Experience designing and troubleshooting distributed or integration-heavy systems
- Strong debugging skills across application, API, network and integration layers
- Experience with automated testing, CI/CD and release engineering practices
- Experience contributing to, maintaining or supporting open-source software
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction without relying solely on formal authority
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
- Ability and willingness to use AI-assisted tools effectively for software development, debugging, research and documentation
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Due to this role's involvement in GovCloud environments, qualified candidates must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
Preferred qualifications include: experience leading a small engineering team or serving as a technical lead; experience with secrets management, privileged access management, identity security or cybersecurity platforms; experience with Go, PowerShell or other automation-oriented languages; experience developing cross-platform software for Linux, Windows and macOS; familiarity with AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager or similar cloud security services; experience with package distribution, dependency management and SDK release workflows; contributions to widely used SDKs, CLI tools, developer platforms or DevOps automation projects; and experience designing public APIs or developer-facing integration platforms.
