Archon

We help software companies sell to government.

Hiring — 3 openYC-W25Early

What Archon does

Archon helps software companies sell to the government by cutting the required federal compliance timeline (called FedRAMP) down from 16 to 6 months and cuts costs by $1M per company. Email us at inquiries@archon.inc

3 open roles

Software Engineer, Full Stack
San Francisco, CA, USFull-timeAny (new grads ok)$120K - $170K0.25% - 0.75% equityVisa: US citizen/visa only
What the role involves

The Role We’re seeking an exceptional full stack engineer who thrives on intensity, autonomy, and impactful work. You'll code and maintain cutting-edge, automated systems that secure America’s public software—work that demands exceptional talent, persistence, and dedication. This role is ideal for engineers who want substantial responsibility and aren't afraid of long hours tackling complex challenges. You’ll directly shape the architecture and execution strategy, navigating intricate regulatory requirements (FedRAMP, DoD SRG, DISA STIG, NIST 800-53) within highly sophisticated technical environments. What You Can Expect: Intensity: we move quickly and expect significant output and deep engagement. Complete ownership: autonomy to design and implement mission-critical systems. Immense impact: your efforts directly enhance national cybersecurity and compliance. If you’re a talented, dedicated engineer ready to invest deeply in something genuinely important, we want to meet you. Core Responsibilities Develop and maintain a scalable, secure ticketing system for incident and workflow management Build robust API integrations between internal systems and third-party services Ensure the system is performant, reliable, and meets stringent security and compliance standards What You Bring U.S. Citizenship Required Proven experience developing full-stack applications, ideally in high-security or regulated environments Expertise building and deploying web applications, from frontend UX to backend database design Strong proficiency with modern JavaScript frameworks and tools (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js, TypeScript) Solid experience designing and maintaining relational or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB) Familiarity with authentication and authorization tools (e.g., Keycloak, Auth0, Okta, Azure AD) Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus Our Technologies React, Node, Postgres, Typescript Salary 120,000-170,000

Software Engineer, Security
San Francisco, CA, USFull-timeAny (new grads ok)$120K - $170K0.25% - 0.75% equityVisa: US citizen/visa only
What the role involves

The Role We’re seeking a technical security engineer who thrives on intensity, autonomy, and impactful work. You'll code and maintain cutting-edge, automated systems that secure America’s public software—work that demands exceptional talent, persistence, and dedication. This role is ideal for engineers who want substantial responsibility and aren't afraid of long hours tackling complex challenges. You’ll directly shape the architecture and execution strategy, navigating intricate regulatory requirements (FedRAMP, DoD SRG, DISA STIG, NIST 800-53) within highly sophisticated technical environments. What You Can Expect: Intensity: we move quickly and expect significant output and deep engagement. Complete ownership: autonomy to design and implement mission-critical systems. Immense impact: your efforts directly enhance national cybersecurity and compliance. If you’re a talented, dedicated engineer ready to invest deeply in something genuinely important, we want to meet you. Core Responsibilities Hardening containers Hardening applications to DISA STIG compliance Developing automated build processes for containers Scanning for compliance and security using vulnerability scanning, DAST/SAST, and other tools What You Bring U.S. Citizenship Required Background developing build automation solutions and CI/CD pipelines Experience in offensive cybersecurity (through CTFs, work experience, etc) Hands-on experience with tools for vulnerability scanning, intrusion detection, and SIEM systems Strong understanding of cryptographic protocols, encryption standards, and authentication mechanisms Excellent system administration skills on Linux, a deep understanding of secure operating system configurations Experience developing in defensive security is strongly preferred Our Technologies Open-source technologies like Kubernetes and Jenkins IaC tools including Docker, Helm, and Terraform Azure and AWS for cloud Alpine Linux Salary 120,000-170,000

DockerSoftware Security
Founding Engineer, Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA, USFull-timeAny (new grads ok)$130K - $210K0.50% - 1.50% equityVisa: US citizen/visa only
What the role involves

The Role We’re seeking a relentless infrastructure software engineer who thrives on intensity, autonomy, and impactful work. You'll build and maintain cutting-edge, automated systems that secure America’s public software—work that demands exceptional talent, persistence, and dedication. This role is ideal for engineers who want substantial responsibility and aren't afraid of long hours tackling complex challenges. You’ll directly shape the architecture and execution strategy, navigating intricate regulatory requirements (FedRAMP, DoD SRG, DISA STIG, NIST 800-53) within highly sophisticated technical environments. What You Can Expect: Intensity: we move quickly and expect significant output and deep engagement. Complete ownership: autonomy to design and implement mission-critical systems. Immense impact: your efforts directly enhance national cybersecurity and compliance. If you’re a talented, dedicated engineer ready to invest deeply in something genuinely important, we want to meet you. Core Responsibilities Building highly-available systems to orchestrate software deployment Launching end-to-end infrastructure lifecycles from scoping to deployment Balancing high speed with maintaining strict security and compliance standards Developing foundational infrastructure that will be deployed across multiple production environments What You Bring U.S. Citizenship Required Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) including Docker, Helm, Jenkins, and Terraform Familiarity with containers and orchestration (Kubernetes) Strong software development experience with proficiency in languages like Java, C, or Go Familiarity with cryptographic protocols, standards, and authentication including TLS, x509, and FIPS Background developing automation solutions and CI/CD pipelines System administration experience on Linux and an understanding of operating system fundamentals Experience developing in highly regulated environments is strongly preferred Our Technologies Open-source technologies like Kubernetes and Jenkins IaC tools including Docker, Helm, and Terraform Azure and AWS for cloud Alpine Linux Salary 130,000-210,000

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