Immuta

Sr. Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

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College Park, MD

Hybrid

155K-170K Annually

Senior level

Big Data • Cloud • Software • Database • Cybersecurity • Generative AI • Data Privacy

Remove barriers. Accelerate access. Put data to work — safely and intelligently.

The Role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and build backend systems for data governance, collaborate on solutions, and mentor junior engineers.

Summary Generated by Built In

Immuta is the Data Provisioning Company, helping organizations provision secure, governed data access at the speed modern business demands. We automate access by policy and by request—eliminating tickets, reducing risk, and enabling both humans and AI systems to work with data safely and instantly.

Founded in 2015, Immuta is trusted by Fortune 500 companies and government agencies worldwide and operates as a hybrid workplace globally.

• Technology partners include Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Starburst. Immuta was recognized as the Snowflake Data Security Partner of the Year in June 2023.

• Immuta has been recognized by Forbes as a top American startup employer, by Inc. Magazine and BuiltIn as one of the best workplaces, and by Fast Company as one of the top 50 most innovative companies.

• $267 million in total funding. Lead investors include NightDragon, Snowflake, and Databricks, along with additional funding from ServiceNow, Citi Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, DFJ Growth, IAG, Intel Capital, March Capital, Okta Ventures, StepStone, Ten Eleven Ventures, and Wipro Ventures.

• A hybrid workplace with offices in Boston, MA; Columbus, Ohio; College Park, Maryland.

ABOUT OUR TEAM

At Immuta, we’re on a mission to make data secure, accessible, and trusted for every organization. Our Engineering Team builds the technologies that power this mission — enabling global enterprises to automate data access control, privacy enforcement, and policy management across modern cloud ecosystems.

YOUR ROLE

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Distributed Systems team, you’ll play a key role in designing, building, and evolving the backend systems that support Immuta’s data governance platform. You’ll collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and designers to architect scalable solutions, guide technical direction, and mentor peers in best practices.

This is a hands-on, highly impactful role for someone who enjoys balancing technical depth with product impact. You’ll help improve performance, reliability, and usability while contributing to a strong engineering culture rooted in innovation and continuous learning.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT

Architect and Build Scalable Systems: Design and develop new backend pipelines and workflows that deliver high reliability and performance.
Improve Performance at Scale: Identify bottlenecks, tune Postgres queries, and optimize system performance as data volumes grow.
Mentor and Guide: Provide technical leadership, mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of learning and excellence.
Influence Technical Direction: Improve engineering processes through automation, testing, and continuous delivery.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

Design, build, and deliver backend services and distributed workflows that power Immuta’s core platform.
Build and operate services that integrate with modern data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Starburst, and Redshift.
Implement and maintain TypeScript-based microservices, RESTful APIs, and Temporal workflows.
Own Postgres performance and reliability, including query authoring, tuning (configuration of memory and buffers, WAL tuning, and table design), benchmarking, and schema design.
Deploy and operate microservices in Kubernetes-based environments, using tools like Skaffold and Flux to support modern CI/CD workflows, with a focus on scalability and reliability.
Participation in code reviews, design discussions, and system architecture planning.

WHAT WILL MAKE YOU STAND OUT

Experience: 5–8 years of software engineering experience in SaaS, cloud, or data-intensive environments; Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
Languages & Frameworks: Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js, with experience building backend services and data-driven applications.
Architecture Expertise: Hands-on experience designing and operating microservice and distributed systems, including asynchronous or long-running workflows (e.g., Temporal or similar systems) and API design.
Data & Cloud Platforms: Experience working with Postgres, including writing and tuning SQL for performance, and deploying services using Docker and Kubernetes in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Team Dynamic: Excellent communicator who is curious, self-directed, and passionate about building high-quality software that drives measurable customer value.

Benefits

At Immuta, our goal is to help bridge the gap between personal and professional growth, so that our team members can be well and thrive personally and professionally. After all, great professional success stories rarely happen without great personal success stories! Our generous benefits package given to all full time employees includes:

- 100% employer paid Healthcare (Medical, Dental, Vision) premiums for you and your dependents (including Domestic Partners)

- Stock Options

- Paid parental leave (Both Maternity and Paternity)

- Unlimited Paid time off (U.S. based positions)

- Learning and Development Resources

Immuta provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, age, disability (including disability due to pregnancy) or genetics, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Immuta complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS: Immuta does not accept candidates from third party recruiters. All candidates submitted through are considered to be submissions by the candidate and no submission will obligate Immuta to pay any third party for the referral or hiring of a candidate.

Top Skills

AWS

Azure

Docker

Flux

GCP

Kubernetes

Node.js

Postgres

Skaffold

Typescript

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The Company

HQ: Boston, MA

175 Employees

Year Founded: 2015

What We Do

Founded in 2015, Immuta is The Data Provisioning Company. We help organizations safely deliver governed data access to every consumer, whether human or AI.

As enterprises move data to the cloud and adopt AI, they face a growing challenge: making data instantly available while maintaining compliance and control. Immuta solves this by automating data provisioning — the process of granting, governing, and auditing access to data — so teams get what they need in minutes instead of months.

Fortune 500 companies and government agencies around the world use Immuta to simplify and secure data access across platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, and Azure. Our intelligent workflows replace manual tickets and approvals with policy-driven automation that enforces governance everywhere data lives.

Our mission is simple: Remove barriers. Accelerate access. Put data to work. With Immuta, organizations can scale data use without scaling risk, turning access into a competitive advantage.

Why Work With Us

Immuta makes diversity, equity, and inclusion a priority. Our values and excellence is what brings us together and we come from a wide range of backgrounds. We bring our authentic selves to work and with our different thoughts and perspectives, we can build better products for our customers. We strive to put #PeopleFirst here at Immuta.