Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Who we are

We're a leading, global security authority that's disrupting our own category. Our encryption is trusted by the major ecommerce brands, the world's largest companies, the major cloud providers, entire country financial systems, entire internets of things and even down to the little things like surgically embedded pacemakers. We help companies put trust - an abstract idea - to work. That's digital trust for the real world.

Job summary

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with deep experience in Go (Golang) to help build scalable, cloud-native web services that interact with network devices and power our automation pipelines. You’ll work on distributed systems that integrate with PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Prometheus, deploying to public clouds like AWS using modern CI/CD tools.

This is a role based in the India time zone. Candidates should be available for partial time zone overlap with global teams across the U.S.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services in Go that interface with networking hardware and automation frameworks.
• Build and optimize data models using PostgreSQL and manage high-throughput workflows via Kafka.
• Develop and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and containerized applications (Docker).
• Interact with tools such as Prometheus, InfluxDB and Clickhouse.
• Create and enhance CI/CD pipelines to support fast, reliable delivery.
• Collaborate with global cross-functional teams to deliver secure, observable, and scalable systems.
• Participate in architecture reviews and code quality initiatives
• Contribute to operational excellence through logging, alerting, and performance tuning.
• Be on call to support our infrastructure and services.

What you will have

• 7+ years of backend software development experience.
• 4+ years of production-level Go (Golang) experience.
• Hands-on experience with SQL databases and timeseries databases.
• Familiarity with Kafka for real-time or asynchronous event processing.
• Experience deploying services to AWS, GCP, or Azure using Docker.
• Proficiency in building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Strong understanding of service observability tools like Prometheus
• Comfortable working remotely with distributed teams and across time zones.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, proactive work style.

Nice to have

• Experience with GraphQL or hybrid API architectures (REST + GraphQL).
• Exposure to networking protocols or network telemetry.

Benefits

• Generous time off policies
• Top shelf benefits
• Education, wellness and lifestyle support

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