Staff Backend Engineer, SOC & Threat Hunting

Role overview

Build backend capabilities for security professionals investigating potential adversaries and responding to incidents. The work centers on resilient APIs and scalable services for a cloud software platform, helping users make sense of large volumes of internet and threat data. The position is listed as fully remote in the United States or Canada.

Responsibilities

- Design and improve backend services that support investigation workflows. - Work with product, design, and frontend partners to turn user needs into useful software. - Own delivery from build and test automation through deployment and ongoing monitoring. - Connect internal systems and external APIs to support data-intensive product experiences. - Contribute in an iterative engineering environment through technical collaboration and feedback.

Requirements

- 10 or more years building distributed web applications and APIs. - Experience designing or building microservices. - Professional experience with Go, Java, Python, or Scala, and willingness to work with Go. - Experience with at least one major cloud platform. - Familiarity with Docker and an interest in improving continuous integration and deployment. - Focus on test coverage, maintainability, and making evidence-based technical decisions amid ambiguity. - Strong communication and documentation skills, including explaining technical ideas to varied audiences. - Openness to using AI tools thoughtfully to improve work.

Nice to have

- Familiarity with REST or gRPC, messaging systems such as Pub/Sub or Kafka, and databases such as Redis, Bigtable, BigQuery, or Postgres. - Experience operating containerized services with Kubernetes. - Familiarity with TypeScript, JavaScript, or React. - Experience establishing test enforcement, linters, complexity checks, and sound design patterns.

Benefits and work setup

The listing gives base salary ranges of $198,000–$233,000 for certain high-cost US locations and $172,000–$216,000 for other US locations, with bonus eligibility and equity. It says actual compensation depends on factors including experience, qualifications, role scope, and location. The role is remote; the listing also mentions that in-person onboarding at the team’s headquarters may be offered.