Senior Software Engineer (JavaScript) at Fortress Information Security

United States

$110.228k - $170.241k

Senior Software Engineer (JavaScript) Location: Remote – Orlando, FL Compensation: $110,228 - $170,241 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.  Employment Type: Full-Time What you can expect as a Senior Software Engineer (JavaScript) at Fortress:     As a Senior Software Engineer (JavaScript), you will play a critical role in accelerating Fortress’s top engineering priorities and strategic initiatives. You will design, build, and maintain scalable software solutions that support our mission to secure the software supply chain.   This role carries broad technical ownership and decision-making authority across architecture, performance, scalability, and maintainability. You will collaborate closely with Product, Business Owners, QA, and fellow Engineers to deliver high-quality solutions quickly—without compromising performance, security, or reliability. Responsibilities Include:  * Design, develop, enhance, and maintain software applications primarily using JavaScript, Node.js, and React. * Architect and implement scalable, maintainable solutions aligned with Fortress engineering standards and best practices. * Develop and integrate RESTful and RPC APIs. * Build responsive, user-centered interfaces leveraging modern UI/UX principles (e.g., Material Design). * Work with both relational and document databases, including PostgreSQL and MongoDB. * Work fluently with agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or equivalent) as part of your daily development loop — using them for architecture exploration, refactoring, test generation, code review, and investigation, not just autocomplete. * Translate business requirements into technical solutions through collaboration with Business Owners and cross-functional stakeholders. * Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical design decisions. * Partner with QA to test, validate, document, and resolve software defects. * Create and maintain technical documentation including feature documentation, release notes, and testing procedures. * Utilize SDLC management tools to manage workflow, provide estimates, track progress, and log work activity. * Champion AI adoption with a growth mindset — ramping up on agentic orchestration and skill standardization alongside the team, establishing shared patterns and raising the bar for engineering practice as the discipline matures. * Evaluate and propose new technologies and architectural improvements to maintain product innovation and market leadership.   Minimum Qualifications:  * 5+ years of extensive experience with JavaScript, Node.js, React, and associated development tool chains. * Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JSON, and Linux-based development environments. * Working proficiency in Python. * Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs. * Solid understanding of user interface and user experience best practices. * Ability to deliver robust, scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high quality standards. * Ability to design, implement, and guide effective prompting strategies or AI-enabled processes to improve performance, efficiency, and decision-making across teams or functions. * Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. * Ability to independently drive technical decisions while collaborating effectively within a team environment. * Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance (required). Preferred Skills: * Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL. * Experience with NoSQL/document databases, preferably MongoDB. * Experience contributing to scalable, high-availability production systems. * Ability to independently use and refine AI-driven prompts to enhance the quality, efficiency, and insight of regular work processes. Education: * Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline, or 5+ years equivalent work experience. Employee Benefits: * Competitive pay structure  * Medical, dental, vision plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly progressive options for dependents and families  * Company paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance   * Employee Assistance Program  * 401(k) match  * Flexible Paid Time Off * Parental Leave Employment Perks: * We provide each employee with professional growth opportunities through succession planning, up-skilling, and certifications  * Tuition and certification reimbursement   * Employee Referral Programs  * Company Sponsored Events  Fortress is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Fortress Information Security takes part in the E-Verify process for all new hires.     For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will have to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.