Dropzone AI · 5 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer - Middleware
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
6+ years expDropzone AI is on a mission to enhance cybersecurity with AI technology, aiming to empower security engineers with advanced tools. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Middleware to design and deliver control-plane capabilities for their autonomous investigation platform, focusing on orchestration, reporting, and workflow management.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cyber SecuritySaaS
Responsibilities
Lead design and implementation of control-plane services (APIs, schedulers, workflow/rules engines, config & policy management)
Build features around reporting/analytics, global alert filters/policies, re-investigation flows, and customer-visible auditability
Evolve multi-tenant, role-aware “organization & permissions” models; ensure safe, idempotent, and rate-limited operations
Define and version public/internal APIs
Partner with AI Core, Security Integrations, and GTM to prioritize roadmap and translate ambiguity into shipped outcomes
Provide mentorship and raise the bar on code quality, design reviews, and operational excellence
Drive quality through automated testing, performance monitoring, and secure coding practices
Periodically participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation
Qualification
Required
6+ years of backend engineering experience, including leading projects from design to production
Strong Python backend skills (clean, maintainable code; async where it counts) and service/API fundamentals
Experience building control-plane or platform/middleware systems (workflow engines, schedulers, policy/rules, config)
Solid data modeling and operational chops with Postgres and a queue/stream (e.g., Celery/Redis, Pub/Sub, etc)
Deep understanding of reliability patterns: idempotency, retries, timeouts, rate limiting, consistency trade-offs
Early-stage startup mindset. You thrive on ambiguity and move with lightspeed execution
Being data-driven is part of your DNA
Benefits
Company paid health insurance
401K Plan with employer match
Self-Managed PTO
Parental leave
And more
Company
Dropzone AI
Dropzone AI delivers pre-trained autonomous AI security agents that work alongside human analysts on security operations teams
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$57.35MKey Investors
Theory VenturesDecibel Partners
2025-07-17Series B· $37M
2024-04-25Series A· $16.85M
2023-08-08Seed· $3.5M
Leadership Team
Edward Wu
Founder and CEO
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