Black Duck Software, Inc. helps organizations build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Black Duck, a recognized pioneer in application security, provides SAST, SCA, and DAST solutions that enable teams to quickly find and fix vulnerabilities and defects in proprietary code, open source components, and application behavior. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Black Duck helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.
This Software Engineer 3 role will work on advancing one of the Black Duck Product.
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of Full Stack development - Scala and react (Must) to help us create web-based tools that aids developers in writing better, more-secure software. You will play an effective role in the full application development lifecycle. You will work with customers to understand their needs, maintain the latest tools and techniques for software security, shape projects, define tasks, and build solutions. This is a hands-on role for a person with solid debugging and communication skills, and a keen focus on helping our users write better code.
Key Qualifications:
- 6+ years of experience in software development building enterprise-grade customer facing products
- Proven experience working on web-based applications with Scala and React
- Proficiency with Scala (including Cats and/or Shapeless, Monix, sbt), Java (Optional), JavaScript/React, HTML/CSS, REST, and SQL
- Experience with using a RDBMS (MariaDB/MySQL preferred) for storing and queuing large sets of data
- Experience with Git, GitOps, Jira, and Confluence or equivalent tools
- Stellar written and oral communication skills
- Customer-first and results-oriented mindset and the ability to make practical decisions when making engineering choices
- BS/MS in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related discipline
Key Responsibilities:
- Work on architecture, design, and product definition that drives influential decisions and outcomes related to project direction
- Has a team-player mentality - can communicate effectively with all team members
- Attracted to learning new technologies and expanding existing software to meet the changing needs of our key demographics
- Able to communicate complex material to technical and non-technical audiences
- Develop high quality, deliverable software with little management intervention or oversight
Black Duck is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or military service status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Black Duck complies with all applicable laws prohibiting employment discrimination in every jurisdiction where it operates and provides reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of experience in software development
- Proven experience working on web-based applications with Scala and React
- Proficiency with Scala including Cats and/or Shapeless, Monix, sbt
- Experience with using a RDBMS (MariaDB/MySQL preferred)
- Experience with Git, GitOps, Jira, and Confluence
- BS/MS in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related discipline
Black Duck Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage provide multiple plan choices with transparent costs, with carrier updates noted for 2026. Vision via VSP and dental plan options offer defined tiers and network access.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company matching alongside an employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback. These features support longer‑term savings and wealth building.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Exempt employees use a manager‑approved, no‑cap time‑off model, while non‑exempt employees accrue flexible time off alongside sick time. Paid leaves include parental and family care leave, with additional protections under applicable leave laws.
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What We Do
Organizations worldwide use Black Duck Software’s industry-leading products to secure and manage open source software, eliminating the pain related to security vulnerabilities, compliance and operational risk. Black Duck is headquartered in Burlington, MA, and has offices in San Jose, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Vancouver, Seoul & Beijing
Why Work With Us
We pride ourselves on cultivating an environment of collaboration, creativity, and fun! We know where you work can influence how you work, which is why our collaborative office space focuses on community and continuous learning. Our work-hard, play-hard attitude even got us named a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts by The Boston Globe!
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