Staff Software Engineer, Evidence & Frameworks

The role

You will serve as a technical leader setting architectural direction for evidence collection and the framework and controls data model. You will design scalable systems, lead cross-team projects, and integrate AI agentic capabilities into workflows.

What you will do

• Own the technical direction for evidence collection and the framework/controls data model
• Design and build scalable, reliable systems for evidence ingestion and processing
• Lead cross-team projects such as re-architecting pipelines or migrating shared functionality
• Bring AI and agentic capabilities into evidence and framework workflows
• Monitor system health including SLOs, errors, latency, and deploy signals
• Review architecture and code to ensure quality, scalability and security
• Troubleshoot escalated performance and data-integrity issues
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, pairing and informal coaching

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems
• Track record of technical leadership across multiple teams
• Deep experience with distributed systems, data pipelines or integration-heavy platforms
• Strong backend fundamentals: API design, relational databases and data modeling, testing, observability, and CI/CD
• Production experience with TypeScript/Node.js
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS preferred) and infrastructure as code
• Practical, everyday use of AI-assisted development tools
• Clear written and verbal communication

Nice to have

• Experience in security, compliance, GRC or audit products
• Experience building LLM-powered features or agentic workflows in production
• Familiarity with NestJS, TypeORM, Jest, Redis and Elasticsearch
• Experience in a startup or growth-stage environment

Benefits

• Stock equity
• Up to 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
• Wellness benefits and healthcare concierge services
• 401(k) plan
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Tax-advantaged spending accounts
• Paid Parental Leave policy after six months of employment
• Kindbody fertility and family-building benefits
• Annual stipends for professional and personal development
• Internal learning opportunities
• Flexible vacation policy
• Paid holidays

About the company

Drata is building the trust layer between great companies by automating compliance and managing risk. They are a global crew of 600+ professionals.