Software Engineer II (Backend)
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JobgetherCybersecurity
USFull-TimeMiddle
SalaryUSD $137,000–$164,000 for high-cost areas, including the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, and Seattle. USD $116,450–$140,500 for other U.S. locations.
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Job Details
- Experience
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience building backend services.
- Required Skills
- PostgreSQLPythonSQLJavaKubernetesGogRPCRESTful APIs
Requirements
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience building backend services.
- Production experience with Go, or strong experience in another backend language such as Python or Java and the ability and motivation to become proficient in Go.
- Experience designing and consuming REST or gRPC APIs, preferably for frontend applications.
- Strong SQL skills and practical knowledge of relational data modeling, database indexing, and query performance.
- Experience building maintainable software, including automated tests integrated into CI, monitoring and alerting, and thoughtful code reviews.
- Experience with cybersecurity products, particularly attack surface management, third-party risk, or vulnerability management, is a plus.
- Experience building APIs for external developers or partners, including OpenAPI specifications, versioning, and webhooks, is a plus.
- Familiarity with event-driven systems such as Google Cloud Pub/Sub or Kafka, including idempotency and retry patterns, is a plus.
- Experience deploying containerized services on Kubernetes in Google Cloud Platform or AWS is a plus.
- Familiarity with AI coding tools and their use in software development workflows is a plus.
- Working knowledge of Internet technologies, including DNS record types, WHOIS, and Certificate Subject Alternative Names (SANs), is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Own backend API features from technical design and implementation through launch, monitoring, and iteration.
- Build and extend public REST and gRPC APIs for Exposure Management and Supplier Risk Intelligence.
- Develop risk event endpoints for integrations with Splunk, Google SecOps, and Microsoft Sentinel.
- Collaborate with frontend engineers and product stakeholders on API contracts, filtering, pagination, and response structures.
- Integrate data and services with other engineering teams using gRPC and Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
- Analyze and optimize API performance through PostgreSQL query planning, indexing, caching, and payload improvements.
- Write automated tests, implement observability, and take responsibility for service releases and on-call support.
- Incorporate customer feedback into technical and product discussions.
- Support interns and less experienced engineers through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
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