SENIOR BACK-END ENGINEER SCALABLE DATA SYSTEMS - JOB DESCRIPTION:

Join our Vulnerability Management Platform team as a Senior Back-end Engineer specializing in scalable data systems. You will lead the design and development of high-throughput, data-intensive services that power critical security insights. This role involves owning new features from architecture to deployment and mentoring teammates to shape the future of our platform.

SENIOR BACK-END ENGINEER SCALABLE DATA SYSTEMS - MANDATORY SKILLS:

• 5+ years of experience building high-throughput, data-intensive applications.
• Proven expertise in Python and relational databases.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Experience designing systems that handle billions of events.
• Deep knowledge of data modeling and query optimization.
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

SENIOR BACK-END ENGINEER SCALABLE DATA SYSTEMS – NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS:

• Experience in vulnerability management or cybersecurity domains.
• Prior success mentoring engineers.
• Leading architectural decisions.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
• A proactive, independent mindset.

• Architect and implement high-throughput ETL pipelines to onboard new datasets and enrich vulnerability context.
• Design and build scalable, maintainable RESTful APIs using FastAPI, SQLModel, and Redis.
• Optimize API performance to meet strict SLAs.
• Automate repetitive tasks to enhance operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with DevOps to deploy and scale services in OpenShift/Kubernetes environments.
• Monitor and analyze API usage, latency, and error rates to ensure reliability and performance.
• Conduct design and code reviews, and mentor junior developers.