What you will be doing:
- Researching, prototyping and building Proofs of Concepts for new ideas which JC is looking to invest in.
- Responsible for evaluating, prototyping and showcasing forward looking technology pieces which are of interest to JumpCloud customers.
- As an active member of the JC Labs team, partnering with peers and other teams to build, lead, and inspire new initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership and oversight to other teams in your areas of expertise.
- Help the team and organization live by our core values: building connections, thinking big and getting 1% better every day.
What skills will help you succeed:
- PhD program enrollment or completion is required, demonstrating a foundation in advanced research methodologies and subject matter expertise.
- Experience with cloud technologies and managed services (e.g., AWS, GCP, Kubernetes)
- Hands-on experience working in a distributed systems environment
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills to help technically drive and oversee complex projects on multiple teams from conception to completion
- Ability to work with ambiguity and drive clarity while delivering incremental value through the entire development lifecycle, from conception to hand-off/delivery.
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-moving, team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Strong technical foundation in software engineering design principles
- Experience working with geographically diverse engineering teams in today’s remote first work environment
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What We Do
JumpCloud’s mission is to Make Work Happen®, providing simple, secure access to an organization’s technology resources from any device, or any location. The JumpCloud Open Directory Platform gives IT, security operations, and DevOps a single, cloud-based solution to control and manage employee identities and their devices, and apply conditional access controls based on Zero Trust principals. Since launching in 2012, our global user base has grown to more than 150,000 organizations, with more than 5,000 paying customers including Cars.com, GoFundMe, Grab, ClassPass, Uplight and Peloton. JumpCloud has raised over $400M from world-class investors including Sapphire Ventures, General Atlantic, Sands Capital, Atlassian, and CrowdStrike. Our teams are growing fast, too, and we're looking for talent across engineering, sales, customer success, marketing, product management, and more. Join our team of dedicated, passionate, and creative people who are eager to change the IT industry forever.
We live by our core values which are:
Build Connections
Think Big
1% Better Every Day
Why Work With Us
We offer an incredible opportunity to see your impact. Each team member gets an up close personal view and education into building a fast growing startup. We are transparent about what we are doing, how we are doing it, and the decisions that we are making. There is opportunity to progress and flexibility to find unique approaches to our business
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Employees work remotely.
JumpCloud is committed to being remote-first across the world. We have team members in most U.S. states and in 14 countries.









