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.
As a Software Engineer 5 / Principal Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and will coach our engineers to maintain and evolve our industry-leading application security platform. Join us and be part of a team that’s pushing the boundaries of web application development with agile practices, cloud-native patterns, state-of-the-art engineering methodologies and tools like GitHub Copilot and other AI/GenAI tools.
The ideal candidate is a visionary leader with proven track record of delivering complex strategic cloud solutions. A hands-on technology enthusiast, and a solid full-stack engineer, they also enjoy helping their peers and their organization remain at the forefront of our industry by identifying and helping implement the latest industry best-practices that boost our organization’s productivity and team members’ experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership to multiple engineering teams, using best practices for SaaS and related technologies.
- Collaborate with the architecture and peer product teams, to define our product vision, build the roadmap and help drive the technical implementation.
- Oversee large-scale and complex projects to innovate and solve important customer and internal challenges.
- Inspire and mentor other team members, provide coaching and technical training where needed.
- Keep abreast of industry best practices, success and failures, and help the team adopt the right practices.
Key Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience developing large enterprise applications using microservices architecture, and container orchestration technologies, running on Kubernetes and/or cloud technologies (AWS or GCP).
- Proven track record of successfully delivering strategic projects
- Expertise in Golang / Java, ReactJS, and some experience with Perl (Good to have ReactJS / Frontend experience)
- Expertise in systems design, including experience with scalable architecture, performance optimization
- Advanced SQL skills with ability to write complex queries and conduct performance tuning
- Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
- Advanced problem-solving abilities
- Strategic thinking
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills (in-person and remote)
Black Duck considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender preference, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Covered Veteran in accordance with federal law. In addition, Black Duck complies with applicable state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities. Black Duck also provides reasonable accommodation to individuals with a disability in accordance with applicable laws.
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
- 10+ years of experience developing large enterprise applications
- Expertise in Golang and ReactJS
- Advanced SQL skills
- Experience with microservices architecture and container orchestration technologies
- Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and DevOps practices
Black Duck Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Black Duck and has not been reviewed or approved by Black Duck.
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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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