Kentik · 2 hours ago
Sr Backend Engineer, Platform Engineering - Network Data
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$177K/yr - $240K/yr
5+ years expKentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams, enabling organizations to deliver applications and innovation at scale. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to scale their network data observability portions of the platform, working collaboratively with various teams to enhance service delivery.
Cloud Data ServicesInformation TechnologyNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Work as an Individual Contributor to improve our network data observability services to meet customer demands
Collaborate with other engineer teams, support, and sales teams
Work on high-visibility, challenging engineering problems
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in backend development using Go, with a strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and high-throughput data pipelines
A passion to grow personally and contribute to our team
Strong collaboration skills
Preferred
Experience building scalable REST/gRPC APIs and Kafka-based streaming pipelines is a plus
Experience in network management or network data analytics
Basic understanding of network observability topics like IPFIX/Netflow/sflow, SNMP, IP (v4/v6) allocation, BGP, DNS, etc and the network domain and use cases
Benefits
100% of premiums are paid by company for health, vision and dental coverage for you and your dependents
Additionally, an annual Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) of $3,000 for an individual or $4,500 for a family
Paid family & medical leave
Open PTO, a quarterly Wellness Day, and a minimum of 10 paid holidays
401(k) retirement account
Home office reimbursement
Stock options
Company
Kentik
Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$101.7MKey Investors
Third Point VenturesVistara GrowthAugust Capital
2021-10-07Series C· $40M
2020-05-27Series Unknown· $23.5M
2016-08-04Series B· $23M
Leadership Team
Avi Freedman
Co-Founder and CEO
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Ian Pye
Co-Founder
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