Senior Back-end engineer

at  cside

About c/side:
C/side is laser focussed on solving web security, starting with browser side injections. Covering previously unmonitored attack surfaces in developer and user friendly ways.
The team of c/side are a diverse mix of highly capable subject matter experts. We’re kind but we mean business.
Since January 2024, c/side has raised 1.7 million in pre-seed Scribble Ventures, Roar VC, Dan Scheinman, Jason Warner, Kathy Korevec and many more. (psstt: and a further 6million in seed funding from soon to be announced investors) A team of handpicked, high value add investors invested in helping our company and team grow.
About the role:
We are looking for a highly skilled Backend Engineer to expand our team. The successful candidate will help to improve our proxy service, detection mechanisms and global distribution side capabilities.

What you will do:

• Design and implement event-driven, scalable, and resilient Backend Systems to address complex business requirements.
• For example, a microservice to detect malicious indicators in third party scripts. Or to gather threat intelligence data from different sources.
• Work extensively with TypeScript and Go to build and maintain our services.
• Deploy and manage services on Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Utilize Clickhouse for high-performance and reliable data storage solutions.
• Implement and manage Kafka for seamless data streaming and real-time data processing.
• Mentor and support team members, fostering a collaborative and learning-oriented environment.

About you:

• Have a lot of energy and are eager to work in a dynamic startup environment, working hard to build world changing technology, going from 0 to 1.
• Proven experience in monitoring, alerting and debugging high volume production systems.
• Solid understanding of a public cloud platform like AWS.
• You excel in fast-paced environments, managing multiple priorities and adapting quickly to new challenges.
• Experience with browser environments and client-side security is a significant plus.

At c/side:

• We’re constantly learning and developing better, we grow together
• We do not ship half projects, we do not sell snake oil, we don’t cut corners - out of respect for our team, our customers and our community. We put a dent in the universe by building good products
• Transparency and integrity above all

C/side offers:

• Quarterly offsite
• Generous work from home allowance
• Latest Macbook
• Stock options
• Market rate salary
• Take what you need PTO
• Fully remote, 4h overlap with UK working hours required
• Our team is invested in your long term career development. If you want to talk at events, we’ll make that happen, if you want to learn how to build your own startup one day, we’ll offer you a front row seat. C/side is built by folks like you.

We’re building a world class security company, and we simply want the best people for the job. We do not select or discriminate based on formal educational background, age, skin tone, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, marital status, veteran status… we’re welcoming all and celebrate equal opportunities

• Design and implement event-driven, scalable, and resilient Backend Systems to address complex business requirements.
• For example, a microservice to detect malicious indicators in third party scripts. Or to gather threat intelligence data from different sources.
• Work extensively with TypeScript and Go to build and maintain our services.
• Deploy and manage services on Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
• Utilize Clickhouse for high-performance and reliable data storage solutions.
• Implement and manage Kafka for seamless data streaming and real-time data processing.
• Mentor and support team members, fostering a collaborative and learning-oriented environment