Senior Software Engineer, Endpoint Privilege Manager (EPM) at Keeper Security, Inc.

Remote, USFull-timeRemoteDevelopment (other)Posted 3 months ago

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Description Keeper Security is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale our Endpoint Privilege Manager (KEPM/EPM) solution, enabling organizations to enforce least-privilege access and secure privilege elevation across endpoints. This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the Chicago, IL or El Dorado Hills, CA metro areas. Keeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally. Keeper is published in 23 languages and is sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and help deliver enterprise-grade endpoint privilege controls that reduce attack surface, prevent misuse of admin rights, and support audit and compliance requirements. About Keeper Keeper Security is one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity software companies that protects thousands of organizations and millions of people in over 150 countries. Keeper is a pioneer of zero-knowledge and zero-trust security built for any IT environment. Its core offering, KeeperPAM®, is an AI-enabled, cloud-native platform that protects all users, devices and infrastructure from cyber attacks. Recognized for its innovation in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management (PAM), Keeper secures passwords and passkeys, infrastructure secrets, remote connections and endpoints with role-based enforcement policies, least privilege and just-in-time access. Learn why Keeper is trusted by leading organizations to defend against modern adversaries at <a href="http://keepersecurity.com">KeeperSecurity.com</a>. About the Role As a Senior Software Engineer on the KEPM/EPM team, you will remain hands-on building core endpoint privilege capabilities from agent behavior and policy enforcement to elevation workflows, auditing, and integrations that support enterprise IT and MSP environments. You’ll work closely with Product and QA Automation to deliver features end-to-end, with a strong focus on secure systems engineering, reliability, and testability across Windows, macOS, and/or Linux. Responsibilities <ul> <li>Design, build, and maintain core KEPM/EPM capabilities, including policy evaluation, privilege enforcement, elevation workflows, and audit logging</li> <li>Develop and harden endpoint agent components (services/daemons, installers/updaters, local policy caching, secure IPC) with a focus on security, reliability, and performance</li> <li>Implement platform integrations and management-plane capabilities (APIs, admin workflows, telemetry) to support enterprise deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting</li> <li>Partner with Product to review technical approaches, break down epics, and deliver incremental value through well-scoped releases</li> <li>Collaborate with QA Automation to expand test coverage (unit, integration, end-to-end), improve CI reliability, and build testable interfaces into agent and service components</li> <li>Participate in security reviews and threat modeling; remediate vulnerabilities and improve tamper resistance and abuse prevention</li> <li>Improve observability and diagnosability across components (structured logging, metrics, crash reporting, debug tooling)</li> <li>Participate in on-call and incident response as needed; contribute to postmortems and prevention measures</li> </ul> Requirements <ul> <li>5+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production software</li> <li>Proficiency in one or more systems/backend languages such as C/C++, Rust, Go, C#/.NET, or Java, with the ability to work across a multi-language codebase</li> <li>Experience building system-level software (endpoint agents, desktop applications, services/daemons, security tooling, or device management components)</li> <li>Strong understanding of OS security concepts and privilege models (least privilege, process execution, access control, secure update/signing patterns)</li> <li>Experience debugging and optimizing complex software (concurrency, performance profiling, memory/threading issues)</li> <li>Experience building automated tests and working in CI/CD environments; strong engineering hygiene around code review, testing, and documentation</li> <li>Strong communication skills and ability to partner cross-functionally with Product, QA, and Security</li> </ul> Preferred Qualifications: <ul> <li>Experience with endpoint privilege management, EDR/EPP, device management, or identity/security products</li> <li>Deep expertise in at least one endpoint OS ecosystem (Windows, macOS, or Linux) and its privilege/security model (services/daemons, elevation flows, packaging, and code signing)</li> <li>Experience designing policy engines (rules evaluation, precedence, auditability, and explainability)</li> <li>Familiarity with enterprise identity and integrations (SAML, OIDC, SCIM) and/or IT admin tooling and workflows (RMM/PSA, scripting, software deployment)</li> <li>Exposure to secure SDLC practices and compliance-minded engineering (e.g., SOC 2, FedRAMP, NIST)</li> </ul> Benefits <ul> <li>Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)</li> <li>Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental Life</li> <li>Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance</li> <li>401K (Roth/Traditional)</li> <li>A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc.)</li> <li>Above-market annual bonuses </li> </ul> Keeper Security, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Classification: Exempt<div class="content-conclusion">  Keeper Candidate Privacy Notice This notice explains how Keeper Security processes your personal data during recruitment. Depending on the role and location, the Controller of personal data (the organization responsible for determining why and how personal data is processed) will be Keeper Security Inc. (US), Keeper Security EMEA Ltd. (Ireland), or Keeper Security APAC K.K (Japan). 1. Data We Collect Information You provide: <ul> <li class="pf1">Contact details, CV/resume, cover letter</li> <li class="pf1">Employment history, qualifications, work eligibility</li> <li class="pf1">Application responses and uploaded documents</li> </ul> Information We generate: <ul> <li class="pf1">Interview notes, assessments, communications</li> <li class="pf1">Scheduling information</li> </ul> Information From Others: <ul> <li class="pf1">Recruiter/referral information who submit your profile</li> <li class="pf1">References (with your consent, before final offer)</li> <li class="pf1">Public professional profiles</li> <li class="pf1">Background verification (post offer)</li> </ul> Voluntary Diversity and Equal Opportunity Information <ul> <li class="pf1">We may ask you to voluntarily provide diversity information including race/ethnicity, gender, disability status and veteran status (US). Providing this information is optional and Keeper collects this data in order to comply with EEOC and similar requirements</li> </ul> 2. How We Use Your Data <ul> <li class="pf1">Assess your application and suitability</li> <li class="pf1">Manage interviews and recruitment workflow</li> <li class="pf1">Consider you for other/future roles (we may seek your consent to keep your information on our systems beyond the retention period specified)</li> <li class="pf1">Comply with employment law obligations</li> </ul> 3. Legal Basis <ul> <li class="pf1">Legitimate Interests (recruitment management, security and integrity of the hiring process)</li> <li class="pf1">Contracting steps (for progressed candidates)</li> <li class="pf1">Legal and regulatory compliance obligations; explicit consent where required</li> </ul> 4. Who We Share Information With Internal: <ul> <li class="pf1">HR, hiring managers, interviewers*, IT support for system administration</li> </ul> *Note - diversity and equal opportunity data is not shared with hiring managers. Third Parties: Service providers who assist with: <ul> <li class="pf1">Applicant tracking, recruitment systems and assessment providers</li> <li class="pf1">Background verification vendors (post offer)</li> <li class="pf1">Recruitment agencies (where applicable)</li> <li class="pf1">Tools to support communication, collaboration and to securely store your data</li> </ul> Keeper ensures that all our third parties are contractually bound to protect your personal data with adequate safeguards in place. 5. International Transfers Your data may be accessed by Keeper entities globally as needed for the purposes of hiring and decision making. We protect any such data transfer between Keeper entities using appropriate safeguards under applicable data protection laws. 6. Security We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, consistent with our industry leading security standards. 7. Retention We keep your data for 24 months from your last application activity, then delete or anonymize it. Exceptions: <ul> <li class="pf1">You opt into our talent database for further retention by providing consent (extended retention)</li> <li class="pf1">You're hired (transfers to employee records)</li> </ul> 8. Your Rights You have the following rights and can contact us at the email below to exercise them: <ul> <li class="pf1">Access, correct, or delete your data, subject to applicable law and retention requirements</li> <li class="pf1">Object to or restrict processing</li> <li class="pf1">Withdraw consent (where applicable)</li> <li class="pf1">Request data portability</li> <li class="pf1">Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority</li> </ul> If you become an employee, your rights regarding your employee record are governed by our internal Employee Privacy Notice and certain data will be retained as required under relevant laws such as employment or tax law.  When you request access to your personal data, some information may be redacted if it includes the personal data of other individuals or information that we must protect in order to preserve their privacy rights. 9. Automated Decisions Keeper does not make hiring decisions using solely automated processing. 10. Contact - Candidates can send privacy questions to: [email protected]  </div>

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