Senior Software Engineer

PKWARE

PKWARE

Software Engineering
United States
Posted on May 15, 2025

PKWARE is looking for an individual to build software applications and APIs in Kotlin and Java. As a Senior Software Engineer on Core Libraries, you will join a team of software engineers working on new product features, enhancing existing capabilities, managing complexity, and innovation/experimentation. The Core Libraries team is responsible for producing libraries and common components that are consumed by all the internal development teams. This individual will report to a Manager of Engineering.

Responsibilities:

  • Designing, developing, and testing of security and encryption software in Java and Kotlin.
  • Crafting the components of new features and updating existing software while favoring well-documented, reusable, and testable code.
  • Establish and promote our engineering standards to continuously improve the consistency and quality of our codebases and processes.
  • Mentoring of software developers on the team via code reviews, collaborative design discussions, and scoping technical requirements.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in software engineering or equivalent required.
  • 8+ years of experience building and supporting software products.
  • A deep understanding of how software is built and deployed, and why.
  • Experience developing Java, Kotlin, JVM. However, we always try to use the best tool for the job, therefore we care more about your general engineering skill than knowledge of a particular language or tool.
  • Passionate about engineering fundamentals such as processes, inter-process communication, multithreading, race conditions and deadlocks.
  • Interested in designing, problem solving, understanding, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
  • Proficient in requirement gathering and understanding.

PKWARE, Inc., is…

PKWARE offers the only data discovery and protection solution that locates and secures sensitive data to minimize organizational risks and costs, regardless of device or environment. Our ultra-efficient, scalable software is simple to use on a broad range of data types and repositories, enabling precise, automated visibility and control of personal data, even in the fastest-moving, most complex IT environments. With more than 1,200 customers, including many of the world’s largest financial institutions, retailers, healthcare organizations, and government agencies, PKWARE continues to innovate as an award- winning global leader in data discovery, security, and compliance. To learn more, visit PKWARE.com.

And just so you know…

PKWARE is located in Milwaukee, WI, and offers a competitive compensation in a collaborative environment.

PKWARE provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, veteran status, membership in the national guard, state defense force or any reserve component of the federal or state military forces, age, non-relevant arrest or conviction record, use or nonuse of lawful products off the company's premises during non-working hours, or other characteristic protected by law.