Senior Software Developer - Form

We have an immediate opening and are excited to find the right candidate to join our team.Safe Software is looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Form team.As a Senior Software Developer, you will drive scalable, maintainable solutions;
shape cross-team architecture and practices;
and coach and empower other developers.This role has a strong security focus: hardening FME Form against memory-safety and dependency risk, and raising the security bar of the codebase and the team that works in it.ABOUT THE TEAM
As part of the FME Form product group, you'll join a group of collaborative development teams composed of team leaders, developers, quality analysts, and student interns who work together as a team and alongside product managers and user experience designers, on complex technical projects that provide direct value to our users.As part of this close-knit and diverse team, you will work together with internal stakeholders to maintain and extend our flagship FME Form products that delight customers and empower them to author dataflows that can be shared, reused, and integrated with the FME Platform.WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
Harden all areas of FME Form to be security sensitive. For example, eliminating classes of memory-safety defects rather than individual bugsBuild and own the tooling that finds problems early: fuzzing harnesses, sanitizer and static analysis coverage, and compiler/runtime hardening in our build pipelineDrive, advocate and review threat modeling on shipped and upcoming features, and triage incoming vulnerability reports: assessing severity, scoping impact, and driving remediationArchitect and guide the implementation of complex, high-impact product features and systemsLead cross-team technical initiatives, collaborating across departments to align on solutions and prioritiesProvide technical mentorship and coach to developers across all levels, promoting secure-coding skill development and knowledge sharingChampion best practices in software architecture, testing, security, and performanceIdentify and lead efforts to address technical debt, system reliability, and process improvementsRepresent technical and security perspectives in product planning, working closely with Product Management and UXProvide expert input during code and design reviews, ensuring high quality and maintainabilityContribute to the evolution of Safe's development culture, standards, and tooling strategyQUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND COMPETENCIES
Safers come from a variety of backgrounds with a diversity in skills and knowledge. That said, we find that those who are most successful in this role have experience with the following areas. What We're Looking For:Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related fieldExperience: 7+ years of professional software development experience, including technical leadership of complex projects and systemsTechnical Expertise: Advanced proficiency in C++ for core system development;
Python skills specifically for automation and scripting;
architectural design, debugging, and optimization in large, complex codebases. Threat modeling (e.G. STRIDE and/or DREAD) on shipped features, and CVSS v4.0 scoringProduct Security: Demonstrated ownership of security-relevant code and the tooling that finds them: fuzzing, sanitizers, static analysis, SAST/DAST, and hardening;
ability to triage and communicate vulnerability severity (CVSS, CWE)Experience with A.I. coding agents (e.G. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)Influential communicator and mentor;
able to align teams, foster collaboration, and lead through changeComfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities, and with making pragmatic risk tradeoffsStrategic thinker with a systems-level perspective;
proactive in identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement;
skilled at balancing technical depth with business contextNice to Have:
SBOM generation and third-party vulnerability management at scaleFamiliarity with industry frameworks and references such as OWASP and MITRERelevant certifications (e.G. OSED, OSCE, GXPN, SANS SEC661/SEC760, CSSLP)Familiarity with Safe Software's core technology areas or similar technical domainsExperience with different operating systems (e.G. macOS, Linux)Experience building desktop applications using the Qt Framework, specifically Qt WidgetsWHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Meaningful Work: Make a profound impact across our business, workplace and data integration product.A Supportive Environment: Feel empowered to share your ideas and implement them with high autonomy and team support.Social Responsibility: Become part of a team that finds meaningful ways to give back. Take paid time off to volunteer for one of our Safe-organized opportunities that align with our core community initiatives.Learning & Career Development: We believe in your continuous learning and growth. Take advantage of an annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe.Flexible Working Hours: Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements to fit your lifestyle. Work when you want, and how you want to.Work-Life Balance: There's no place for burnout at Safe. Maintain a healthy balance of your personal and work life without splitting yourself in two. Enjoy 3 weeks of vacation to recharge, plus an additional paid 6 seasonal days off per year.Health & Wellness: Extended health, dental, health or lifestyle spending, and counseling benefits from day 1. That's right, no waiting period.Family is important: We are dedicated to supporting our employees through parenthood and offer a Parental Leave Top-Up Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.Shared Success: Share in Safe's success with our bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program.
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