Backend Software Engineer

About the company Our client is a cybersecurity company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build and maintain server-side systems, third-party integrations and data processing services for a software platform. The role covers backend engineering across a shared data layer, cloud infrastructure and production operations, with a focus on shipping quickly and resolving live issues. What you'll do - Build and maintain backend services and integrations with a large number of third-party software platforms. - Design and develop core components that process large volumes of event data through streaming pipelines. - Build data features such as scoring, outlier detection and time-series rollups within a shared multi-tenant data layer. - Manage cloud infrastructure, including deployment pipelines, monitoring and observability. - Ship features on a weekly cadence, debug production issues, and occasionally speak directly with customers. What we're looking for - 5+ years of backend engineering experience. - Deep hands-on experience with Go and with endpoint software on desktop operating systems. - Strong backend experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup. - Experience with systems internals and platform engineering. - A quantified record of production scale and ownership in recent work. - High agency, with a self-directed approach, a bias for action and clear thinking. - Ability to explain architectural decisions, not just the tasks completed. Bonus points - Experience running LLM-based features in production. Compensation and benefits - Base salary: $160K to $200K - Equity Location and work model - San Francisco, California, United States - Hybrid, with 3 days in-office - Full-time