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Synack · 3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$140K/yr - $180K/yr

7+ years exp

Synack is a cybersecurity company focused on transforming security through its Penetration Testing as a Service platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, you will develop and integrate cybersecurity testing systems while leveraging AI technologies to enhance the platform's capabilities.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cyber SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop and integrate cybersecurity testing and analysis systems with best-in-class cybersecurity platform

Build high-performance, resilient, scalable cloud-based software, utilizing AI technologies, microservices architecture and containers

Take software through CI/CD all the way to production and own its quality and availability

Utilize GCP platform to build and run highly-available software systems

Identify and resolve performance issues across systems and components

Collaborate on a cross-functional team, working with Product, Operations, and DevOps

Integrate monitoring and alerting capabilities with backend modules to allow proactive improvements to availability and response times

Design, implement and deliver well-tested, scalable, highly available systems

Own and ideate technical solutions for product requirements and user stories

Actively engage and participate in design and code reviews

Offer guidance and support to junior team members, encouraging and cultivating a culture of continuous learning within the team

Qualification

Backend software engineeringAI technologiesMicroservices architectureGolangDockerKubernetesGCPNoSQL databasesRDBMS technologiesREST API designAsynchronous messagingUnit testingBDD testingAgile methodologyCommunication skillsCollaboration skills

Required

7+ years of experience in distributed-systems and backend software engineering

Experience with AI technologies, e.g. LLMs, RAG, MCP, etc

Recent experience with golang preferred; however candidates with distributed-systems expertise in other language ecosystems such as Java, C#, Rust, C/C++ etc will be considered if you are committed to making the jump to golang

Strong experience and understanding of microservices, REST API design, gRPC, writing unit testing, BDD testing

Strong design skills required – UML is a bonus; exposure to Domain Driven Design desirable

Experience with asynchronous messaging technologies such as Google PubSub, Kafka

In depth knowledge of NoSQL and RDBMS technologies

Strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Environments (GCP preferred)

Experience working on agile teams

Excellent communication and collaboration skills in all mediums

Experience working on and scaling a microservice-based application

A proven ability to thrive in a collaborative environment involving different stakeholders and subject matter experts