Dispel builds secure, private network infrastructure for critical industries. The people who depend on our products need reliable, auditable, and secure access to sensitive systems, and the engineers who build those products need to understand that context deeply. At IC6, you are one of those engineers.
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will lead large-scale technical initiatives across software engineering, cloud infrastructure, networking, and secure systems. You’ll partner closely with engineering leadership to design, build, and evolve critical systems that directly impact customer reliability, security, and operational performance.
This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, cloud infrastructure, networking, and on-premises virtualization. You will not only write high-quality software, but also understand the infrastructure it runs on, the network layers it communicates through, and the security requirements that make customers trust Dispel with sensitive operations. Your technical decisions should balance scalability, operational reliability, customer impact, and long-term maintainability.
Engineering at Dispel is highly collaborative. Engineers who proactively solve problems, support teammates, and drive execution tend to thrive here. We move quickly, operate with high ownership, and value engineers who can navigate ambiguity while helping raise the technical bar of the organization.
RequirementsWhat You’ll Do:Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives from architecture and planning through implementation and delivery.
- Drive technical decision-making for systems that span application, infrastructure, networking, and cloud environments.
- Contribute to architectural direction, scalability planning, reliability improvements, and operational maturity across the platform.
- Debug and resolve complex production and infrastructure issues across distributed systems.
- Partner with engineering leadership to evolve development practices, testing strategies, deployment workflows, and operational standards.
- Produce technical proposals, architecture documents, and implementation plans that align teams around execution.
- Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, system design discussions, and collaborative problem solving.
- Help raise engineering quality through thoughtful feedback, documentation, and strong technical execution.
- Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver reliable customer outcomes.
- Communicate technical tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations clearly across engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a demonstrated track record of leading complex technical projects involving multiple engineers.
- Strong proficiency in software development across multiple languages and paradigms.
- Comfortable using coding agents (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) as part of your daily workflow.
- Solid understanding of network architecture including routing, switching, VPN protocols, DNS, and firewalls.
- Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.
- Familiarity with cloud networking constructs such as VPCs, subnets, security groups, transit gateways, and private endpoints.
- Experience working with distributed systems including databases, caches, queues, event-driven systems, and cloud infrastructure.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical efforts and drive projects through ambiguity to delivery.
- Experience creating technical designs, architecture proposals, and implementation documentation.
- Proficient in TypeScript and modern web development.
- Comfortable contributing across frontend and backend systems.
- Strong proficiency in Python, TypeScript, Go, or similar languages.
- Experience building and maintaining complex, production-grade APIs and services.
- Strong understanding of execution environments and infrastructure-aware application design.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with cloud-native deployment patterns and containerized environments.
- DevEx experience is a plus.
- Experience designing or operating secure networking infrastructure, VPN systems, or remote access platforms.
- Strong understanding of networking and security best practices.
- Strong judgment around reliability, security, privacy, and operational resilience in production systems.
- Experience working in regulated or security-sensitive environments.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as FedRAMP, SOC 2, IEC 62443, or similar.
- Previous startup or high-growth company experience.
Benefits
We Offer:
- $150,000-169,000 salary range
- 401(k) w/ company match
- Unlimited paid time off
- Parental leave
- Full medical, dental, vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Health savings account
- Performance bonus and equity eligible
- Remote work
Skills Required
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in multiple programming languages
- Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
- Strong understanding of network architecture
- Experience with distributed systems
- Experience creating technical designs and documentation
What We Do
Dispel's flagship product, the Dispel Zero Trust Engine (ZTE), simplifies secure remote access, data streaming, micro-segmentation, and ongoing threat detection for industrial control systems and cyber-physical environments. An award-winning platform, Dispel has also received industry recognition as a Gartner Cool Vendor and Forrester New Wave Leader. Founded in 2015, Dispel pioneered the first network-level moving target defense SD-WANs and holds over 42 patents across networking, access control, managed attribution, and zero trust. Today Dispel has grown to enable the every day; protecting over 50% of the baby formula made in the U.S., 1 in 5 non-alcoholic beverages in America, utilities for over 54 million people, and over $500 billion in annual manufacturing globally. We work with industrials, utilities, manufacturing, military and government markets around the world through partner channels. Over the past nine years, Dispel has developed a mature and well-tested zero trust platform for cyber physical system (CPS) with over 2 million hours of successful operations. Dispel’s all-in-one platform supports clients aligning their processes with cybersecurity frameworks including IEC 62443; NIST 800-53, 800-82, 800-160 Volume 2; NERC-CIP; and CMMC. Available in SaaS, customer cloud, or fully on-premises deployments, Dispel includes simple, robust, and secure features including: multi-factor authentication, zero trust architecture, moving target defense, time-based access, end-to-end encryption, granular access controls, real time monitoring and alerts, session recording & dual sessions, and password vaulting. Clients receive support through our U.S. operations team. At the [Dispel Enterprise Academy](https://dispel.com/training) users, administrators, and partners earn Dispel Certifications and receive comprehensive training. For more details on our platform, please visit: https://dispel.com/products/zero-trust-access
Why Work With Us
If you're passionate about critical infrastructure, this is the place to be. Dispel simplifies secure remote access, OT DMZ unification, and threat detection for industrial control systems and cyber-physical environments. Since 2015 we've grown to enable the every day for millions worldwide.
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