Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About Iru

Iru is the AI-powered security & IT platform used by the world’s fastest-growing companies to secure their users, apps, and devices. Built for the AI era, Iru unifies identity & access, endpoint security & management, and compliance automation—collapsing the stack and giving IT & security time and control back.

Iru is backed by some of the smartest investors in tech—General Catalyst, Tiger Global, Felicis, Greycroft, and First Round Capital. In July 2024, Iru raised $100 million from General Catalyst, valuing the company at $850 million. Customers include Notion, Cursor, Lovable, Replit, and Mercor, and Iru partners with industry leaders such as ServiceNow and AWS. Iru was named to Forbes’ America’s Best Startup Employers 2025 list for employee engagement and satisfaction.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Iru, you will design and build the core services that power our web application, while maintaining security and scalability. You will work alongside our macOS and Infrastructure engineers to bring world class products to market.

We are looking for a software engineer with experience building large-scale, mission-critical enterprise software in an object-oriented language.

• Participate in scrum meetings, develop in an agile environment
• Contribute well-written and well-documented code to further drive us to our goal of a super clean code base
• Contribute to features end-to-end by developing backend services and/or frontend components
• Work with an extraordinary cross-functional team to deliver beautiful UIs to our users
• Develop intuitive, robust, and scalable software designed for high-volume use
• Triage issues and implement appropriate fixes
• Become an authority on the application
• Drive consistency through collaboration with product design and the development of component design system standards

• 5+ years of professional engineering experience
• Exceptional proficiency in Python or Java
• Experience with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, etc.
• Authoritative understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Data-driven, analytical, hypothesis/validation mindset
• Ability to identify problems/opportunities, break them down into critical parts, and design solution options
• Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment
• Experience with CI/CD platforms in writing and maintaining pipelines
• Experience with RESTful API and/or gRPC
• Experience with microservice architecture
• Experience with unit and integration testing
• Experience with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ or SQS)
• Experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS
• Fluency with SQL and experience with relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL
• Experience with code reviews, offering and receiving constructive feedback to maintain and elevate coding standards
• Required to work on-site 5x a week in our Miami office (Coral Gables).

• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design
• Experience with Unix platform and scripting
• Data-driven, analytical, hypothesis/validation mindset

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary

100% individual and dependent medical + dental + vision coverage

401(K) with a 4% company match

20 days PTO

Flexibility to work from anywhere for up to 30 days per year

Iru Wellness Week the first week in July

Equity for full-time employees

Lunch stipend provided Monday through Friday

Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents

Paid Family and Medical Leave

Modern Health mental health benefits for individuals and dependents

Fertility benefits

Working Advantage employee discounts

Onsite fitness center

Free parking

Exciting opportunities for career growth

We are excited to be serving a significant need for a fast-growing market, and are proud of the high-performing team we have brought together so far. If you’re someone who wants to engage in new, exciting projects that will challenge your skills in the best way possible, we would love to connect with you.

At Iru, we believe in fostering an inclusive environment in which employees feel encouraged to share their unique perspectives, leverage their strengths, and act authentically. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and welcome those from all backgrounds and varying experiences.

Iru is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, protected veteran or military status or any other status protected by applicable law.