Censys’ mission is to be the one place to understand everything on the internet. Frustrated by the lack of trustworthy Internet intelligence, we set out to create the industry’s most comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date map of the Internet. Today, Censys delivers real-time Internet intelligence and actionable threat insights to global governments, over 50% of the Fortune 500, and leading threat intelligence providers worldwide.
Location:
This position is remote within the United States. Employees also have the option to work from any of our office locations: Ann Arbor, MI; Los Altos, CA; Seattle, WA; or Tysons, VA.
Role Summary:
We’re hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer. In this role, you will work on the Core Services team, which is the foundational group responsible for building and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers authentication, authorization, analytics, and user/account management across our platform. You will play a key part in shaping secure and scalable systems that support our core business capabilities. This will involve working closely with product and engineering stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into robust, extensible, and maintainable software solutions.
What You’ll Do:
- Build and extend services to provide new core functionality to the platform
- Expand our authentication, authorization, and analytics capabilities
- Build, test, deploy, and monitor a distributed set of services
- Work with the product team, designers, and other engineering teams
- Expand the Censys public API to reflect growing capabilities on the platform
What You’ll Bring:
- Experience writing backend services in Golang
- Understanding of distributed systems and the challenges that come with them
- General knowledge of database design and common access patterns
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP)
- Strong collaborative and teamwork skills
Bonus Points:
- Experience building services within GCP
- Experience using Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience with SSO, SAML, and/or OIDC
Our target salary range for this role is between $120,000 USD and $160,000 USD + bonus eligibility and equity.
In addition to our great compensation package, our benefits are effective on day one and include but are not limited to: 401k match, health, vision, dental, and more! Please see our careers page for more details.
Our roots are in Ann Arbor, Michigan with location hubs in Seattle, the Bay Area, and Washington D.C. Our innovation is fueled by the team’s global perspectives. For this role, we are open to remote employees across the continental US.
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