WireScreen is a fast-growing Series A startup bringing clarity to one of the world’s most complex business landscapes. We’re building the go-to intelligence platform for navigating global supply chains and China-related risk—revealing the networks, relationships, and financial ties behind companies so our customers can see connections, remove obstacles, and make confident decisions.
Backed by Sequoia Capital and Harpoon Ventures, our team includes a two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and senior engineers from Google, Twitter, and Oracle. We launched just three years ago and already have strong traction with top-tier government customers—and we’re just getting started. If you’re excited to make global systems more transparent and secure, now’s the perfect time to join us.
Check out this blog from our CEO on how WireScreen traced DeepSeek’s origins back to 2023—well before it went mainstream in 2025.
About The Role:As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll work collaboratively to design and build our next-generation platform and product features. You'll face diverse and interesting problems, from modeling graph relationships between tens of millions of entities to augmenting datasets via new data pipeline stages to delivering data to our web UI, API, and other products. Responsibilities also include scaling our systems to handle massive data growth, optimizing software performance, and ultimately delivering product features that could 10x our revenue.
Reporting directly to the Head of Engineering, you’ll have an excellent opportunity to grow quickly in your career as you develop a breadth of skills alongside a highly motivated, capable team.
What You'll Do:Build scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems able to handle more data, more queries, and more insights
Design and build platform APIs upon which multiple product features depend
Work alongside a product manager, UX designer, and other engineers to deliver valuable new product features and datasets
Advocate for and prototype new technology solutions that solve real problems
Continuously and incrementally improve our engineering processes, culture, documentation, tools, and systems
5+ years of experience as a software engineer
Significant experience (3+ years) working on the backend and have delivered at least one application or service from design to production
Strong proficiency in Python
Experience at least one prior startup
Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical teammates
BS in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience with large-scale data processing engines like PySpark/Apache Spark/MapReduce/Databricks/Snowflake
Experience with any of the following technologies: asyncio, gRPC, Django, FastAPI, Terraform, Parquet file format
Experience working with datasets of 10s of millions of entities, especially as a knowledge graph or similar format
Experience building and scaling data pipelines
Experience collaborating with stakeholders on data-related problems alongside data analysts, data engineers, and data scientists.
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What You'll Love About WirescreenAt WireScreen, you'll do high-impact work that helps shape the global economy and power competition. We’re a mission-driven team with a growth mindset—curious, collaborative, and unafraid to take on bold challenges. You’ll be empowered to act, heard when you speak, and supported as you grow. With strong market momentum and ambitious goals, this is an exciting time to join us and help build something that truly matters.
Benefits & PerksAt WireScreen, we care deeply about our team and are committed to supporting your well-being—both in and out of the workplace. Here’s how we take care of our employees:
Competitive compensation including salary, equity, and rapid growth potential
100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees
FSA, HSA, and 401(k) options to help you plan for healthcare expenses and retirement
Generous paid time off plus company-wide holidays to help you rest and recharge
Commuter benefits for NYC and D.C. -based employees
Hybrid office schedule for NYC-based and D.C. - based employees
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WireScreen is a fast-growing Series A startup bringing clarity to one of the world’s most complex business landscapes. We’re building the go-to intelligence platform for navigating global supply chains and China-related risk—revealing the networks, relationships, and financial ties behind companies so our customers can see connections, remove obstacles, and make confident decisions.
Why Work With Us
At WireScreen, you'll do high-impact work that helps shape the global economy and power competition. We’re a mission-driven team with a growth mindset—curious, collaborative, and unafraid to take on bold challenges. You’ll be empowered to act, heard when you speak, and supported as you grow.
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