Backend Engineer III

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Next-Generation Endpoint Protection • Endpoint Detection and Response • Next Generation Anti-Virus • Managed Threat Hunting • Incident Response

5001 - 10000

Description

• Develop Go-based microservices to support new and existing features which help detect cyber attacks, as well as RESTful APIs to support customer-focused workflows. • Take end-to-end ownership, both individually, and as part of a team, for delivery of projects of increasing complexity. • Work closely with designers, product managers, and engineers across product groups to understand, design, and implement solutions. • Mentor junior engineers on the team via pair programming, code reviews, and one-on-one knowledge sharing. • Challenge the status quo by continuously re-evaluating our features, infrastructure, and services for areas where we can improve architecture, user experience, performance, latency, or stability. • Relentlessly pursue quality by following engineering best practices including: Appropriate testing paradigms, effective peer code reviews, logging, monitoring, and resilient architecture patterns. • Utilize Kafka for event-driven workflows, Redis for distributed caching, and Cassandra, ElasticSearch, or PostgreSQL for data storage. • Provide monitoring and operational & customer support for production services owned by our team.

Requirements

• Computer science degree or commensurate experience. • Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, RESTful patterns, and multithreading concepts; knowledge of software development best practices and willingness to learn more. • Proficiency building and scaling services in production using Go, Python, Java, or C#. • Track record of leading projects and delivery on schedule. • Passion for customer success and guides decisions with the end user in mind. • Effective communication across functions and levels throughout the company. • Initiative to pick up and fix issues as you find them, without waiting to be assigned. • Bonus Points: Currently developing Go-based web services for scalable microservices architectures. Familiarity with AWS, Cassandra, Kafka, ElasticSearch, Redis, Grafana. Experience with containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. Experience working in cybersecurity or intelligence fields.

Benefits

• Remote-first culture • Market leader in compensation and equity awards • Competitive vacation and flexible working arrangements • Comprehensive and inclusive health benefits • Physical and mental wellness programs • Paid parental leave, including adoption • A variety of professional development and mentorship opportunities • Offices with stocked kitchens when you need to fuel innovation and collaboration