Senior Backend Developer

Description

Company is a pioneer of Active ASPM, focused on securing the modern software supply chain in the age of AI. The platform reduces alert noise by identifying the critical 5% of truly reachable and exploitable risks across the SDLC—from GenAI-generated code to cloud runtime. We enable developers and security teams to ship secure software faster through visibility,automation, and actionable security intelligence.

We are looking for a strong Backend Engineer to join our Security Research group. This is a high-impact individual contributor role where you will:

• Work closely with security researchers
• Turn prototypes, scrapers, and research pipelines into scalable production systems
• Own projects end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, and maintenance
• Build systems powering open-source intelligence and security research efforts

Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable backend systems and data pipelines
• Transform research prototypes into production-grade services
• Work with large datasets and high-scale systems
• Collaborate closely with security researchers and engineers
• Ensure reliability, performance, and maintainability of services
• Contribute to architecture decisions and system design
• Leverage AI/LLMs and automation tools to improve engineering workflows

Requirements

Requirements:

• 5+ years of backend development experience (Python, JavaScript, or similar)
• Experience building and operating production SaaS services
• Strong experience with high-scale systems and large datasets
• Ability to independently drive projects end-to-end
• Experience designing scalable architectures and data pipelines
• Strong problem-solving and builder mindset
• Comfortable using AI tools / LLMs in development workflows

Nice to Have (Bonus Points):

• Experience at a cybersecurity startup
• Malware analysis or reverse engineering (obfuscation, encryption, sandboxing, time-bombs)

Originally posted on Himalayas