Staff Backend Engineer, SOC & Threat Hunting

The role

You will develop specialized tools for threat hunters, SOC analysts, and incident response professionals within the Censys Platform. You will architect resilient APIs and scalable microservices for SaaS infrastructure to advance the Adversary Investigation module.

What you will do

• Architect and refine robust backend services to drive the capabilities of the Adversary Investigation module
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Frontend teams
• Maintain end-to-end ownership of the development cycle
• Automate builds and testing
• Handle deployment and ongoing monitoring
• Facilitate data-intensive user experiences by integrating internal systems and external APIs
• Engage in a fast-paced, iterative environment

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience building distributed web applications and APIs
• Experience with building microservices
• Experience with Go, Java, Python, or Scala
• Desire to work with Go in this role
• Experience with at least one cloud provider, like GCP, AWS, or Azure
• Familiarity with Docker
• Interest in improving CI/CD deployment process
• Desire to improve test coverage and increase code maintainability
• Ability to participate in technical discussions and drive towards data-driven decisions
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Open to using AI to amplify skills

Nice to have

• Familiarity with a gRPC or REST
• Experience with microservice-based designs with GCP PubSub, Kafka or other
• Experience with different databases, like: Redis, BigTable, BigQuery, Postgres
• Experience building, deploying, and maintaining containerized services in a Kubernetes
• Familiarity with other web technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, and proficiency with React

Benefits

• equity
• health, dental & vision coverage
• retirement with company contribution
• parental leave
• mental health & wellness benefits
• flexible PTO
• professional development stipend
• annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles

Before you apply

• Candidates are required to keep cameras on during video interviews
• Candidates who receive an offer will be asked to complete an identity verification through CLEAR

About the company

Censys delivers real-time visibility and actionable intelligence through the Censys Platform. The company is trusted by half of the Fortune 500 and government agencies all around the world.