Description
Keeper Security is hiring an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Software Engineer to join our Web Vault and Desktop Application team. This is a 100% remote position, with an opportunity to work a hybrid schedule for candidates based in the El Dorado Hills, CA or Chicago, IL metro areas.
Keeper’s cybersecurity software is trusted by millions of people and thousands of organizations globally. Keeper is published in 23 languages and sold in over 150 countries. Join one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and help take our desktop and vault experience to the next level.
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 KeeperSecurity.com.
About the Job
As a Senior Software Engineer on Keeper’s Desktop Application team, you will be a key contributor to our Electron-based desktop application, working across both web and native layers. This role requires hands-on experience with React for the renderer/UI and C++ for native/system integration (e.g., native modules, OS-level functionality, performance-critical components). Candidates must have production experience with both React and C++. You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Design, QA, and Security to deliver a secure, reliable desktop experience at scale.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain key features and components of Keeper’s Electron-based desktop application, including React-based UI and state management
- Build and maintain native/system integrations using C++ (e.g., native modules, performance-sensitive components, OS-level functionality)
- Integrate native components with Node/Electron using appropriate interfaces (e.g., Node-API/N-API, IPC) while maintaining security boundaries
- Improve application performance, reliability, and startup time through profiling, debugging, and optimization across JavaScript/TypeScript and C++ layers
- Manage core development infrastructure including framework upgrades, build processes, packaging, and release readiness
- Debug and resolve complex cross-platform issues in a multi-language codebase (Windows/macOS/Linux)
- Maintain code quality through automated testing, code reviews, and clear documentation
- Drive continuous improvements in architecture, processes, and tooling
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production applications
- 5+ years of C++ experience in a native development context, including memory management, performance tuning, and debugging
- 3+ years of experience building production UIs with React (JavaScript/TypeScript)
- 3+ years of experience with Node.js and JavaScript/TypeScript development; Electron experience strongly preferred
- Experience integrating C++ components with JavaScript runtimes (e.g., native Node modules via Node-API/N-API or comparable approaches)
- Experience debugging cross-platform applications and working effectively in multi-language codebases
- Familiarity with modern front-end fundamentals (HTML, CSS) and UI engineering best practices
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience shipping Electron applications at scale, including packaging/signing and release processes across Windows/macOS
- Experience with Electron security best practices (context isolation, sandboxing, secure IPC patterns)
- Experience profiling and optimizing desktop apps (startup time, memory usage, CPU utilization)
- Familiarity with automated testing for desktop apps (unit/integration/e2e) and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working on security products or security-sensitive applications
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
- Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
- Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
- 401K (Roth/Traditional)
- A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)
- Above market annual bonuses
- 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
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:
- Contact details, CV/resume, cover letter
- Employment history, qualifications, work eligibility
- Application responses and uploaded documents
Information We generate:
- Interview notes, assessments, communications
- Scheduling information
Information From Others:
- Recruiter/referral information who submit your profile
- References (with your consent, before final offer)
- Public professional profiles
- Background verification (post offer)
Voluntary Diversity and Equal Opportunity Information
- 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
2. How We Use Your Data
- Assess your application and suitability
- Manage interviews and recruitment workflow
- Consider you for other/future roles (we may seek your consent to keep your information on our systems beyond the retention period specified)
- Comply with employment law obligations
3. Legal Basis
- Legitimate Interests (recruitment management, security and integrity of the hiring process)
- Contracting steps (for progressed candidates)
- Legal and regulatory compliance obligations; explicit consent where required
4. Who We Share Information With
Internal:
- HR, hiring managers, interviewers*, IT support for system administration
*Note - diversity and equal opportunity data is not shared with hiring managers.
Third Parties:
Service providers who assist with:
- Applicant tracking, recruitment systems and assessment providers
- Background verification vendors (post offer)
- Recruitment agencies (where applicable)
- Tools to support communication, collaboration and to securely store your data
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:
- You opt into our talent database for further retention by providing consent (extended retention)
- You're hired (transfers to employee records)
8. Your Rights
You have the following rights and can contact us at the email below to exercise them:
- Access, correct, or delete your data, subject to applicable law and retention requirements
- Object to or restrict processing
- Withdraw consent (where applicable)
- Request data portability
- Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority
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]
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