Senior Backend Engineer (SOC & Threat Hunting)

Join Censys as a Senior Backend Software Engineer II, where you will contribute to the development of specialized tools for threat hunters, SOC analysts, and incident response professionals. You will architect resilient APIs and scalable microservices for our SaaS infrastructure, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and maintain end-to-end ownership of the development cycle. This remote position offers a range of benefits, including health and wellness benefits, 401K, family medical leave, and more.

• Architect and refine robust backend services to drive the capabilities of the Adversary Investigation module.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Frontend teams to create high-impact solutions for our customers.
• Maintain end-to-end ownership of the development cycle, from automating builds and testing to deployment and ongoing monitoring.
• Desire to improve test coverage and increase code maintainability
• The ability to thoughtfully participate in technical discussions and drive towards data-driven decisions amidst ambiguity and competing priorities
• Familiarity with Docker and interest in improving our CI/CD deployment process
• Strong communication and documentation skills. Explaining complex technical concepts to other engineers, designers, salespeople, and content marketers is no problem for you
• 5+ years of professional experience building distributed web applications and APIs
• Experience with at least one cloud provider, like GCP, AWS, or Azure
• Experience with building microservices in GO (2+ years)
• Familiarity with a gRPC or REST
• Experience with microservice-based designs with GCP PubSub, Kafka or other
• Experience building, deploying, and maintaining containerized services in a Kubernetes
• Experience with different databases, like: Redis, BigTable, BigQuery, Postgres
• Familiarity with other web technologies such as TypeScript, JavaScript, and proficiency with React is a plus
• You understand the value of building maintainable software. Some of your first tasks when building a new service are ensuring test coverage enforced by CI, adding linters, and adding code complexity checks. You enjoy a good abstraction, and promote established design patterns, but also know when to think outside the box
• Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact