Palosade is on a mission to help companies protect their operations and customers by advancing the state of AI security.

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated team player and proven leader. As a Lead Developer, you’ll drive the creation of new software products and enhancements to our existing platform. You thrive in large-scale environments, communicate clearly across teams, and inspire engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

• Invent, design, and implement scalable, efficient, and reliable solutions
• Translate user stories into rapid prototypes and production-ready features—estimating effort, iterating with the product team, writing tests, and shepherding code through review
• Own end-to-end delivery: continuous integration, automated regression testing, and smooth deployments while maintaining and refactoring our existing codebase
• Collaborate in a dynamic, iterative environment where innovation and feedback fuel our success
• Evolve and document our architecture to ensure robustness, performance, and security
• Partner with UX/UI designers to shape intuitive workflows and polished interfaces

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience
• 5+ years of full-stack development, with deep fluency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and at least one backend language (e.g., Python, Java)
• 5+ years building services with frameworks such as Next.js, Node.js, Flask, or Spring
• 3+ years with front-end frameworks like React or Angular
• 3+ years architecting and operating solutions in public clouds (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Strong grasp of OWASP Top 10 and secure coding best practices
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline