Research Engineer / Software Engineer (backend/general)

Overview

Job Description

Responsibilities

• - Design and build distributed backend systems that scale reliably and securely
• - Work in TypeScript, Kotlin and Go (and pick them up quickly if you haven’t used them before)
• - Deploy and operate services in AWS and other cloud providers.
• - Own problems end-to-end—from design through deployment to production support
• - Navigate ambiguity and help define how we build as much as what we build
• - Collaborate closely with teammates across the stack, including AI researchers, Security researchers and frontend engineers

Required Skills

• - Experience building and operating scalable, distributed systems
• - Comfort working in a fast-moving, early-stage environment
• - Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work with incomplete information
• - Familiarity with AWS or similar cloud platforms
• - You’re comfortable working with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform or CDK) and see infra as part of the engineering system—not something separate from it.
• - Eager to learn new tools, languages, and technologies as needed
• - A thoughtful communicator who values clarity and simplicity
• - Comfort working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment
• - Experience with event-driven architectures, message queues, or async workflows
• - Experience designing and optimizing relational databases (we use Postgres), and you know how to structure data for both performance and clarity.
• - Background in systems programming, networking, or performance tuning
• - Experience with hybrid deployments (cloud + on-prem) and know how to build resilient systems that handle the complexity of mixed environments.
• - Experience working in an early stage startup
• - Prior experience building security products or products for technical users

Benefits

• - Competitive salary and a generous equity package, making you a true owner of the company.
• - Career Growth: Shape your role, lead the function, and grow with the company as we redefine cybersecurity.
• - Meaningful Work: You will tackle technically complex challenges and play a pivotal role in the growth of our business, working alongside an amazing team and some of the world’s experts to shape how AI transforms cybersecurity.