Senior Backend Engineer, SOC – Threat Hunting

🕒 May 8

🌐 United States, Canada – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $125k - $165k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Censys

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏢 Enterprise

Cybersecurity • Enterprise • Data

Censys is a leading Internet Intelligence Platform that specializes in Threat Hunting and Attack Surface Management. It provides security teams with a comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date map of the internet to defend against attacks and hunt for threats. Censys offers solutions for Cloud Asset Discovery, Exposure and Risk Management, and External Attack Surface Management. Its proprietary Internet Map delivers detailed insights and extensive internet scanning capabilities, allowing organizations to continuously monitor internal and external attack surfaces. Founded by the creators of ZMap at the University of Michigan, Censys is deeply rooted in the security open source community and boasts a large internet intelligence community. Censys empowers organizations, including those in financial services, government, and healthcare, to act swiftly against evolving threats and protect their internet-facing assets effectively.

📋 Description

• Architect and refine robust backend services to drive the capabilities of the Adversary Investigation module • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Frontend teams to create high-impact solutions for our customers • Maintain end-to-end ownership of the development cycle, from automating builds and testing to deployment and ongoing monitoring • Facilitate data-intensive user experiences by integrating both internal systems and external APIs • Engage in a fast-paced, iterative environment focused on technical excellence and proactive feedback loops

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience building distributed web applications and APIs • Experience with building microservices in GO (2+ years) • Experience with at least one cloud provider, like GCP, AWS, or Azure • Familiarity with Docker and interest in improving CI/CD deployment process • Desire to improve test coverage and increase code maintainability • The ability to thoughtfully participate in technical discussions and drive towards data-driven decisions amidst ambiguity and competing priorities. • Strong communication and documentation skills. Explaining complex technical concepts to other engineers, designers, salespeople, and content marketers is no problem for you.

🏖️ Benefits

• equity • health, dental & vision coverage • retirement with company contribution • parental leave • mental health & wellness benefits • flexible PTO • professional development stipend • sales incentive pay for some roles • annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles