KnowBe4

Staff Engineer (Remote)

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2 months ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$170k - $190k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop full-stack product features using Ruby on Rails APIs, GraphQL, Vue 3, SvelteKit, and TypeScript.
  • Own the Vue 3 micro-frontend rewrite while maintaining the existing SvelteKit application.
  • Design GraphQL schemas, batch loading, and query complexity management for high-traffic multi-tenant systems.
  • Build event-driven services using EventBridge and SQS with reliable asynchronous processing and idempotency.
  • Evolve the Lambda-backed worker framework supporting more than 400 workers.
  • Architect multi-tenant data patterns across MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis while maintaining tenant isolation and compliance.
  • Create Terraform modules and GitLab CI/CD pipelines for multi-environment, multi-region deployments.
  • Own major subsystem evolution, define solutions to complex problems, conduct architecture reviews, write ADRs, and provide technical direction across teams.
  • Translate strategic goals into technical roadmaps with Product, Security, and Infrastructure teams and guide senior engineers through reviews and technical leadership.

Requirements

  • BS or equivalent plus 10 years of experience, MS or equivalent plus 5 years, or Ph.D. or equivalent plus 4 years.
  • 5+ years scaling production Ruby on Rails applications and expertise with GraphQL and MySQL/PostgreSQL performance tuning.
  • Strong proficiency with a modern component framework, strict TypeScript, Vite, and Tailwind CSS; Vue 3 and SvelteKit experience are preferred.
  • Deep AWS experience, including ECS/Fargate, Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, and S3, plus Terraform and GitLab CI/CD proficiency.
  • Experience designing event-driven architectures and managing asynchronous processing, eventual consistency, idempotency, and failure handling at scale.
  • Demonstrated Staff-level technical leadership, including ADRs, cross-team design, and engineering for FedRAMP, SOC 2, or ISO 27001 environments.
  • Comfort using AI coding tools such as Claude and Claude Code.
  • Preferred qualifications include leading front-end framework migrations, scaling Rails under real traffic, operating serverless background-processing frameworks, DynamoDB/Redis data modeling, and integrating AI tooling into engineering workflows.

Benefits

  • Company-wide bonuses based on monthly sales targets, employee referral bonuses, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, certification reimbursement, and certification completion bonuses.
  • Remote position open to candidates located in the United States.
  • Application deadline is September 22, 2026, with rolling application review and possible early closure.
  • Applicant assessment and background check may be part of the hiring procedure.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBAWSGitLab CI/CDGraphQLMySQLPostgreSQLReactRedisRubyRuby on RailsTailwind CSSTerraformTypeScript
KnowBe4

About KnowBe4

1,001-5,000 employees

KnowBe4 empowers the modern workforce to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organizations worldwide, KnowBe4 is the pioneer of digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans. The KnowBe4 Platform provides attack simulation and training, collaboration security, and agent security powered by AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defense Agents) and a proprietary Risk Score. The platform leverages 15-years of behavioral data to combat advanced threats including social engineering, prompt injection, and shadow AI. By securing humans and agents, KnowBe4 leads the industry in workforce trust and defense.

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