Title: Back-end Software Engineer

Location: Hybrid (Austin, TX) - 3 days per week in office

Type: Full Time

Salary Range: Competitive salary with equity

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Project Ownership: Translate requirements, estimate effort, and address or escalate blockers while understanding and contributing to all aspects (infrastructure, application tiers, and data tiers).
• Software Development: Participate in all stages of the software development life cycle, from design and development to deployment and maintenance.
• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable code that adheres to best practices in readability, design patterns, reusability, and testing.
• Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor performance metrics and recommend improvements or refactors.
• Collaboration: Work closely with a global team, including engineers, product managers, and UX designers, to build a stable, high-performance platform.
• Testing & Performance: Implement comprehensive testing and performance tuning to ensure system stability and uptime.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience working in agile environments (ideally Scrum), collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Proficiency in server-side development with hands-on experience in building scalable and reliable back-end systems.
• Proficient in Node.js and Typescript; experience with Python is a plus.
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and distributed systems (CockroachDB, ClickHouse).
• Familiarity with Kafka for building real-time data pipelines and event-driven architectures.
• Expertise in using Docker for containerization, Jenkins for CI/CD, and Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, etc.) for cloud-based application deployment.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs and integrating with external services.
• Strong attention to documentation and maintaining standards across projects.
• Skilled at estimating project complexity based on early documentation and discussions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits

• Equity & Compensation: Competitive salary with stock options.
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health benefits.
• Work-Life Balance: Unlimited PTO and parental leave.
• Professional Growth:
  • Tuition reimbursements.
  • Opportunity to grow with a leading company in the cybersecurity space.
• Culture & Community:
  • Recognized as one of the "Best Workplaces" and "Best Places to Work."
  • Global team of 500+ employees committed to making the world a safer place.