Backend Engineer III
Job in
New York, New York County, New York, 10261, USA
Listed on 2026-07-20
Listing for:
Jobtailor
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-20
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Software Architect, Cloud Engineer - Software, Backend Developer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of core platform services that ingest, process, and route security events from different sources to various execution contexts.
- Drive the architecture for the Detection Content Management Platform (DCMP/CMS), creating advanced CI/CD and Dev Ops tooling to enable content authors to treat detections as code.
- Develop highly scalable and fault-tolerant microservices, leveraging languages like Go and technologies such as Kubernetes, Flink, and distributed databases (e.g., RocksDB).
- Contribute to the evolution of the Unified Detections Management (UDM) system, ensuring a consistent and comprehensive detection experience for all customers.
- Serve as a technical leader, mentoring mid-level and senior engineers, and driving cross-functional alignment on complex technical challenges.
- Architect and implement features related to cross-cutting concerns like Policy, Flight Control, and Observability, ensuring platform stability and operational excellence.
- Collaborate closely with Product Management and other engineering teams (Engine, UDM, Content) to translate strategic vision into well-defined, executable technical roadmaps.
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a focus on large-scale distributed systems and internet-scale challenges.
- Deep expertise in one or more modern programming languages (Go preferred).
- Proven track record of architecting and delivering critical, highly available, and scalable platform services in a cloud environment (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
- Extensive experience with data streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink) and distributed computing concepts.
- Strong understanding of cybersecurity or SIEM principles, data models, and content/rule authoring life cycles is a significant plus.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience in a Staff-level role, driving multi-quarter initiatives, and influencing technical direction across multiple teams.
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