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Remote (U.S.) Employment Type:
Full-Time Compensation:
$150K–$205K base + bonus + equity + benefits We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help lead the evolution of a modern cybersecurity SaaS platform used by enterprise customers for attack surface management, asset visibility, and security operations. This is a high-impact role for an engineer who enjoys owning architecture, designing scalable APIs, solving distributed systems challenges, and operating production systems in a fast-moving environment. What You’ll Do Own and evolve a large-scale Python backend platform serving enterprise customers Design and maintain robust APIs using FastAPI and Django Steward API contracts consumed by a modern TypeScript front-end Manage and optimize multiple data stores including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis Lead deployment coordination, schema migrations, and release management Participate in customer incident response and production troubleshooting Contribute to roadmap initiatives including multi-tenancy, RBAC, SSO, audit logging, and compliance readiness Partner closely with front-end engineers, product leadership, and platform stakeholders Required Qualifications 7+ years of professional Python engineering experience Strong production experience with: Django FastAPI / Starlette 3+ years of Rust experience in production environments Deep understanding of ASGI, async architectures, and hybrid sync/async applications Experience designing and optimizing PostgreSQL and MongoDB schemas Experience operating multi-database architectures Strong OpenAPI/schema design experience Experience managing database migrations across production environments Strong Linux and Docker experience Security-focused engineering mindset Excellent written and verbal communication skills Preferred Qualifications Experience with FastAPI + Django hybrid architectures Redis caching/pub-sub patterns OAuth / SSO integrations Kubernetes and Helm SOC 2 or enterprise compliance environments Pydantic v2 experience B2B SaaS platform experience What Success Looks Like Within your first six months, you will: Take ownership of backend release management and production operations Contribute to architectural direction and modernization efforts Drive reliability, scalability, and platform hardening initiatives Help shape the future roadmap of a growing cybersecurity platform Why Join Fully remote U.S.-based team Equity participation High ownership and technical autonomy Complex engineering challenges with real-world impact Collaborative engineering culture Unlimited PTO 401(k) with match Medical, dental, and vision coverage Home office and professional development stipend
Languages
- English
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